Congratulation to the last winner.
The prize this week is a 2.5″ PATA hard disk enclosure that allows you to take your data on the road. Just slide in a drive (not included) and plug into your USB port.
This contest will run for this weekend only (September 22 - 23, 2007) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give the answer in the comments.
Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with “Name the Thing Contest” as the subject, and the message body consisting of:
* The name of the item in the above picture
* An example of what the item pictured above can be used for
The winner will be chosen at random from all of the correct entries.
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Added September 26, 2007
The item to guess was a RF POWER TRANSISTOR NPN SILICON, Congratulation to the people who guessed it correctly.
The winner is Nckel O.
Thanks to all who entered.
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Below is a picture of the prize.
September 22nd, 2007
Shouldn’t you have masked out the partnumber?
This is just to easy
September 22nd, 2007
Yeah, i agree with henkie…
Why is the part# still there? Well, maybe i will win this time… 
September 22nd, 2007
Way too easy.
/mike
September 22nd, 2007
Without the partnumber it would have been hard.
I have never seen a … like the one in this picture
September 22nd, 2007
I guess it will come down to the “random” part. Hope I win I have the drive just need the enclosure .
September 22nd, 2007
I was thinking that if this part number was removed it would have been very difficult to identify. The last bunch of contests have been very hard also so I wanted to make one that would be easier.
Good luck.
September 22nd, 2007
well then i hope pseudorandom luck is on my side…
A 2.5″ enclosure would be nice for laptop data recovery.
September 22nd, 2007
The MRF247 is designed for ****
September 22nd, 2007
Unamico, that was kind of a dick move.
September 22nd, 2007
unamico, that was kind of a @ss#ole thing to do. Like this wasn’t easy enough already.
September 22nd, 2007
Hey Unamico,
Please send in your guess to the email address shown, please don’t post the answer in the comments section.
Thanks
September 23rd, 2007
Maybe it will be okay if every second character would be masked
Im blind or there is 3 usb plug on the prize?? :O
September 23rd, 2007
Ooooh, ooooh, ooooh, I know, I know, I know
September 23rd, 2007
Funny, I have one of these sitting right in front of me!
September 23rd, 2007
In your screen?
September 23rd, 2007
Well, I haven’t cracked my screen open, but probably not. I’ve got one sitting on the workbench right now for something I am working on.
September 23rd, 2007
Got one on the bench… Impressive.
September 23rd, 2007
feki00, the 3 USB lead is common on USB host powered drives - one goes to the drive, the other two are for power and data (so they take 2 USB ports on your computer)
September 24th, 2007
Oh thanks!! Thats handy, no need to a big psu.
September 24th, 2007
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September 27th, 2007
Winner announced (lots of entries for this one!)
September 27th, 2007
Next time blur the part number out
September 28th, 2007
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