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Congratulation to the last contest winner.
Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with “Name the Thing Contest” as the subject, and the message body consisting of: The item to guess was a Zenith Space Command, Congratulation to the people who guessed it correctly. The transmitter used no batteries; it was built around aluminum rods that were light in weight and, when struck at one end, emitted distinctive high-frequency sounds. The first such remote control used four rods, each approximately 2-1/2 inches long: one for channel up, one for channel down, one for sound on and off, and one for on and off. They were very carefully cut to lengths that would generate four slightly different frequencies. They were excited by a trigger mechanism - similar to the trigger of a gun - that stretched a spring and then released it so that a small hammer would strike the end of the aluminum rod. The device was developed quickly, with the design phase beginning in 1955. Called “Zenith Space Command,” the remote went into production in the fall of 1956, becoming the first practical wireless remote control device.” The winner is Neal L. Thanks to all who entered.
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October 20th, 2007
lol at the choice of prize
October 20th, 2007
Good contest this time.
October 20th, 2007
I think I know this!
October 21st, 2007
Wow lots of people know this one… We might get a record number of correct entries! The emails are just pouring in.
October 21st, 2007
This one is easy to guess, even if you haven’t used that particular model… It is an elegant design, and solved one of the problems that more modern versions still have.
October 24th, 2007
A slightly on topic comment for the October comment contest (gift cert, gift cert
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I recently used the tripod I won (first time!) via “Name the Thing” contest to film a couple of videos for some projects I’m working on:
* “Demo of Arduino with MCP23S08 8-bit SPI I/O Expander”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCavKgJJmZs
* “Demo of Arduino with WIZ810MJ Ethernet Module”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ergT9y7Qg3g
Thanks for the tripod and the competition fun.
October 24th, 2007
Cool videos Follower!
October 24th, 2007
Winner posted. Yes the prize was selected specially.
November 1st, 2007
[…] Congratulation to the last contest winner. This weeks prize would be perfect to mount your camera on and document your hacks. This contest will run for this weekend only (October 27- 28, 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. […]