The winner for the last contest will be announced soon.
The knife we are giving away this week will help you void warranties like no ones business when you need to crack the next hack open. If you are under age we will have to find something a bit more age appropriate as a prize.
This contest will run for one week (May 17 - May 22, 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 May 30, 2008
The item to guess was a earth inductor
The winner is Mike A.
Thanks to all who entered.
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May 17th, 2008
nice ,harder one
May 17th, 2008
By looking at the responses I would say you are right!
May 18th, 2008
It sure is. I have some ideas but haven’t found it. I can make out a few words on the crank but not enough to identify it.
May 18th, 2008
Looks really well made, what ever it is.
May 18th, 2008
I don’t know what it is, but I know what it isn’t…
It definitely isn’t cheap!
(Oh, sorry, that was last week’s question.)
May 24th, 2008
its the new wii cyclotron 2.0 for the new interactive chemistry game
May 25th, 2008
Hehe… Are you going to keep us waiting much longer?
I’m extremely curious to know what the heck that is… as are most of us who couldn’t guess, I think
Since the contest is over… The colouring suggests it was made by Nikon (like some of their earlier microscopes)… but other than that I haven’t the foggiest.
May 25th, 2008
Gyroscope for a boat, as in a sea compass, or something or another?
May 30th, 2008
Winner announced.
Sorry for the delay.
May 31st, 2008
Wow! If I were to guess 1000 times, I never would have guessed that!
It makes sense once I read the description of how it works.