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The prize this week is a hard drive enclosure. This contest will run for one week (April 4 - April 9, 2009) . 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 winner will be chosen at random from all of the correct entries.
———————————–———- Added April 16, 2009 The item to guess was a Rubens Tube The picture was from here. The winner is Michael I. (There were 321 entries) ————————————–———-
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April 4th, 2009
Wow I actually know what this is, its a new fangled electric rotisserie cooker right, makes crunchy turkey in minutes yes?
April 4th, 2009
I had to expand my guess so I sent a new e-mail to clarify my guess, Is that ok?
April 4th, 2009
Wow, have to ask teacher if these could be bought for school
Variation that they are now using, isn’t even close as fascinating as this is.
April 4th, 2009
@Zaketus, I think they are easier to build than buy, we have about ten of these at my school they are quite interesting, i once made a 3 meter long one for a garden party…
April 4th, 2009
Yeah, I just checked how these are made (I hadn’t heard of these before this contest) and I relized how simple these actually are.
April 4th, 2009
Hi MikeyFinn,
Sure that is no problem.
April 4th, 2009
hot dog grill, duh
April 4th, 2009
my physics teacher brought one in once. he did a big show about waves and other things it ended with him laying on a bed of nails and another teacher breaking bricks on him with a sledge hammer. he was the coolest teacher ever!!!!!!!!
April 4th, 2009
Wow that sounds like a cool teacher. I didn’t have anything like that in high school.
April 4th, 2009
first time I knew what it is and so dose everyone else, oh well I guess I’ll guess again
April 5th, 2009
My science teacher would blow things up, have us take notes, then blow some more stuff up. The first day of physics, he taught us why grain bins blow up so easily with flour air and a candle. Awesome fireballs that.
April 5th, 2009
First time I saw this in action I ALWAYS wanted to make one… there is just something very mystical about it.
April 5th, 2009
it has been on a show on Mythbusters.
Watch out for it.
It’s a nice contraption like the sensitive flame.
April 5th, 2009
Alan, did you get my E-mail??
If not PM me back so I can send you the answer.
April 5th, 2009
Yup Mythbusters did it. They look so nice I am thinking of building one this summer. Not sure I would use it indoors though.
April 5th, 2009
Hi Alex,
Don’t think I got your guess. Around the time of this comment post there were no emails from any Alex. You will get an automated confirmation email when it goes through successfully. Did you send your guess to the email listed in the contest body?
April 5th, 2009
my chem teacher was the one that blew things up. soap bubbles full of natural gas, hydrogen filled balloons, lithium and sodium in water, and the “alcohol bottle rocket” where he swirled alcohol in a bottle and lit the opening. then it took off down the desk.
April 6th, 2009
i love it
April 7th, 2009
I know what that is… it’s a poor man’s oscilloscope
(for audio frequencies only)
April 7th, 2009
It’s a gas grill, but the awesome part is what you did to it. It’s controlled by sound waves, so if you put music to it, it will be like the bar on media player. A representation of a EQ visualization. see the flames to my music.
April 8th, 2009
How about an “Aural Wave Maker”! Reminds me too much about how my stocks have been fairing with “BO” at the helm!
April 9th, 2009
So, who’s the winner?
April 9th, 2009
Hi Vynn,
It’s still open. Today is the last day.
April 9th, 2009
Oh, yeah…um I forgot what day it ends, I thought it was already ended
Sorry for that mistake. And thank you for reply Alan 
April 10th, 2009
I sent my e-mail but it didn’t seem to work
Is there any way to send it via Yahoo?
April 10th, 2009
and, yes i did send it to the adress
April 10th, 2009
Hi Alex,
Any email client should work, the contest address is just a normal email account. The only thing that is special is the auto responder that sends a confirmation email back. There is a space on either side of the @ symbol to prevent spambots from finding the email and bombarding me with spam. The contest is over but I will let you sent in your answer since you have been trying to do this for a few days now. Please use this form to send in your guess and I will add it manually into the contest email folder.
http://hackedgadgets.com/contact-us/
Sorry for the hassle and good luck!
April 12th, 2009
Hey, shouldn’t the contest have ended by now?
April 12th, 2009
does the rig work with PVC??
April 13th, 2009
i would say no. It might work for a minute but then it would probably melt. its best to use aluminum or steel. Just make sure you seal the ends up so there are no leaks where they not supposed to be. also you need to make sure its completely full of gas before lighting it (gas coming out of all the holes just give it a couple of min. before lighting) if not the flame could back up inside.
just remember even a 2-3 foot long 3-4″ wide pipe holds a lot of gas so be careful
April 13th, 2009
Yes the contest is over the winner is not always announced right away. In this case it will be a few more days before the winner is announced.
Yes there are some of these that have been made with PVC.
April 14th, 2009
there is a tipe of PVC that has an inner core made of aluminum.
That could stand the heat.
April 14th, 2009
oh and one more thing!!
The foto was taken in the UK(look at the mains)
April 14th, 2009
I have never seen any plastic pipe with a metal inner core. I think you are correct, it is definitely not taken in North America.
April 14th, 2009
Interestingly enough, the photo is on a US school’s website, even with the dual switched UK-style receptacle
April 15th, 2009
the pipe exists in Europe only.
it’s called PEXAL.
plastic-exteriour-aluminum
April 16th, 2009
Puzzled by some of the above comments… You DID notice that this assembly is in a lab, attached to the typical bunsen-burner gas feed?? Which means that there’s no real danger of the flame getting INSIDE the container and causing an explosion — there’s no oxidizer present until the gas is outside and mixes slightly with room air. In the same sense, as long as there’s any significant pressure of gas feeding in, the flame itself is automatically going to “stand off” from the pipe by a couple of millimeters (the gas/air mixing interface depth), so the radiant heat load on the pipe surface is highly unlikely to be enough to ignite PVC.
April 16th, 2009
your right about there being no oxidizer in the tube when its at full pressure. i was warning not to try to light it when you first turn on the gas. if you do then there will be gas and air mixed in the tube that could potentially explode just like with a gas grill you always need to let it run for a few seconds before lighting. even if the gas pressure keeps it from backing up into the gas line it would still burn or explode the rig. as for the radiant heat i will admit i don’t know. your probably right but me personally i would rather have metal then plastic when working with fire.
April 17th, 2009
Winner announced. I think this was a record for entries! Thanks to all who participated.
April 28th, 2009
Tolle Internetseite mit vielen hilfreichen Beiträgen. Wollte nur mal Danke sagen.