The winner for the last contest will be announced soon.
The prize this week is a cable tester that will let you make sure your ethernet project cables are functioning properly.
This contest will run for this weekend only (January 26 - 27, 2008) . 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 January 31, 2008
The item to guess was a speaker voice coil and spider suspension assembly.
The winner is Fran F.
Thanks to all who entered.
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Below are some pictures of the prize.
January 26th, 2008
Love the prize! Hope I win.
January 26th, 2008
omg thats sooooooooooooo easy.
January 26th, 2008
Oh this is too easy…
Here’s hoping this is a trick or something.
January 27th, 2008
LOL, no trick here. This one should be quite easy for people who love to take things apart. I wanted to make up for the really hard one last week.
January 28th, 2008
It’s obvious - that’s a soldering iron.
January 28th, 2008
(Since the contest is over, it should be okay to post this now…)
HackedGadgets;
That would be the Voice Coil from an Electro-Magnetic Audio Reproduction Device (a “Speaker” in Layman’s terms.) More specifically, I would guess a low-power (judging from the wire guage) high-impedance voice coil (judging from the number of turns) on an approximately 2 inch diameter base (judging from the scale of the picture.)
I burned many of those out as a teenager. I used to love to strip 8 to 12 inch speakers out of old Televisions/Consoles/Speaker Systems, point them face up at the ceiling, put some pennys on them, and plug them straight in to 120 VAC. They would make a loud “BLAPPPP” for about a half second, throwing the pennys up in to the air (sometime hitting the ceiling if you happen catch the rising edge 60 Hz phase just right) and my Mother running to the door of my room to make sure I was alright. Ahhhh, those were the days!
Lets see P = E * E / R. For an 8 ohm speaker that would be 120 * 120 / 8 = 1,800 Watts RMS!!! (Just slightly over the speaker’s power rating)
Good Luck!
Almost_There
January 31st, 2008
LOL, that sounds like some good fun.
I have to admit that I have never launched anything using a speaker…
The winner will be announced tomorrow.
January 31st, 2008
Alan;
Just be sure to limit it to five or six pennies, any more and it will just load it down too much. Don’t expect to hit the ceiling with anything less than 12 inch woofer, and even then it’s just a matter of luck that you catch the 60 Hz at just the right phase.
Good Luck!
Almost_There
February 1st, 2008
Winner announced.
February 2nd, 2008
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