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Thanks to ioBridge for sponsoring another one of our contests, the last one they sponsored was lots of fun. This time they will be providing an IO-204 Monitor and Control Module to the contest winner, this product can be found on their online store. We have featured a ton of project on Hacked Gadgets that were based on the IO-204, remember the Chicken Coop Door Automation and Monitoring, Monitor Household AC Power usage using Clamp Meters and the Web Monitoring of Water Usage? “The IO-204 Monitor & Control Module helps bridge the gap between the physical world and the World Wide Web. The IO-204 module and online tools at www.ioBridge.com allow you to easily get your projects on the web. There is no need to run a home web server or track ever changing dynamic IP addresses. The IO-204 module takes care of the internet connectivity and the user customizable widgets on the ioBridge website remove the need for complex programming. Just plug in your IO-204 module, register on the ioBridge website and within minutes, you’ll be interacting with lights, switches, servos and sensors. A few features include
This week we are doing another fun guess what this isn’t contest. Simply reply in the comments what the device pictured above isn’t. Come up with something that is remotely plausible but not what it really is and sell us on it. Make your entry funny, crazy, weird… Just use your imagination. You can enter more than once if you come up with more than one thought. With a short vote the best comment will win the prize. Have a look at my first comment for an example entry. This contest will run for one week (March 27, 2010 – April 2, 2010) . Ending time is based on central standard time.
———————————–———- Added Apr 28, 2010 Lots of cool entries! The winner is Alex (#21) “Oh, c’mon, don’t you all se it’s a brand new, unused,Nuclear Isotope Radioactive Washingmachine. ————————————–———-
Below is a pictures of the prize.
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March 27th, 2010
This device was just released. It’s an energy efficient 3 zone hot water heating controller. Hot water is piped to the system and exits via the hoses that are located at the tops of the modules. There are 5 loops per zone (feed and return lines are shown side by side). The dials on this unit are used to set the actual temperature and the red and gray modules are used for setting cool down and warm up times. This manufacturer has listened to its customer survey of 10 users and decided to do away with the hard to understand LCD display and move to a simpler series of color coded plug in modules.
March 27th, 2010
This isn’t going to cost US Tax payer’s less than $10,000.00 per unit.
March 27th, 2010
This would be a nose hair trimmer. This model can do three noses at once! It can also adjust electronically to all different nose shapes. Plus it is the slimmed down version of the one that I have. I want to upgrade!
March 27th, 2010
Isn’t it obvious, it’s the military’s standard issue man-portable comm’s system. Weighting in at only 80 pounds and with a battery life exceeding 15 minutes, it allows soldiers to communicate verbally with one another by simply punching in their recipients 38 digit com number.
The XM47093A5M2 is the most advanced device of its kind ever put into service. By connecting to regularly placed “relay towers”, it obtains ranges far in excess of its predecessors, which were based on cup and string technology originally approved back in 2003.
As if all that weren’t enough, at a cost of only $80,000 dollars each, the units are completely disposable.
Experts disagree on the implications of this new technology, but clearly the soviets, once feared for their advanced flashlight and shutter systems will be left scrambling to catch up.
March 27th, 2010
This is obviously a Russian DJ system, the knobs are used for virtual scratching…
March 27th, 2010
Clearly this is the iPad predecessor. 100% as useful, just not as pretty without the touchscreen.
March 27th, 2010
First I thought it was a printhead for a banner printer, but after carefully googling I found that it is a control panel for a greenhouse plant nutrient delivery system called the ‘Planner-A3′. The three identical units can control three different greenhouses. The five lines in each unit are connected to N,P,K,Ca and Mg solutions respectively. The ratio of the nutrients required depends on the crops and can be preset using the upper red and grey plugin cartridges. The lower cartridges are timer units to control the on and off times. The large knob was used to adjust the flow rate. This model is SN 00001 and was made during the years 1967-1971. It costed $249.75 without the pumps and reservoir barrels. Alan almost had it right…
March 27th, 2010
Are you all blind?! It’s a toaster – simple as that.
March 27th, 2010
It isn’t safe!
March 27th, 2010
That is certainly not the radio headunit form my 1997 toyota RAV4! lol
March 27th, 2010
This is the “Great Firewall” of China. The module to censor Google and the internet in China
March 27th, 2010
It’s obviously an ashtray. See the two grooves on the front?
March 27th, 2010
This is a redundant control system for the world’s best mouse trap. Originally developed by NASA for use on Space Station Freedom, the project was abandoned after an oversight committee realized that there are no mice on space stations. The researchers were eventually reassigned to Project “Grandma’s Kitchen” whose goal was to find out what the best thing was BEFORE sliced bread.
March 27th, 2010
This obviously is a nuclear battery-the solution to all the world’s power needs. It’s obvious: look at the grounding wires between each 1.21 gigawatt cell.
March 28th, 2010
This was told to be a prototype of a hi tech chemical cell that turns water in to gasoline. A few days after that the guy that built it nor the machine was never seen again. In the end it turned out that he was building a steampunk timer for watering his garden. But if you ware a oil giant you wouldn’t take chances would you.
March 28th, 2010
I have seen one of those in a baby-shop a few weeks ago.
The BSR2000 Delux – Space Edition is a state of the art baby locator. You just strap it around the baby’s neck using the supplied neck strap and you never have to worry again.
The baby simply uses an external GPS-unit to get its position and plugs in lat-long using the two rightmost dials.
The unit then sends the baby’s position to a central location to which the parents then can fax and request an update of where the baby is.
Since the unit is made to be “space resistant” it is (for future upgrades) equipped with a third dial so that the baby can send its position in three dimensional space.
The thick wires coming out of the box are just for ttl-logic but they have been bite proofed. Therefore even teething babies can handle the unit without the risk of ruining it.
March 28th, 2010
This isn’t my ice-cream maker with built-in fusion reactor and tactical nuke feature.
March 28th, 2010
Ah, no, no… This is that prized of Cold War possessions, a Kyrgyz manufactured Soviet bliny pourer for military use. The top plate is hinged to put the batter in, then the knobs allow you to dial in the exact size of the bliny you want by millimeter. Unfortunately, being of Soviet design, it can only pour three at a time, and at a maximum size of 5 cm (~2 in.) in diameter. The tubes at the top serve no other purpose than to confuse the operator and add weight, which shows this to be the 1951 military model. (That year, the factory quotas were based on the total weight of products produced, which explains the 2/0 gauge toasters that came out of Kaliningrad that year.) Military models used Sputnik class plastic tubing instead of aluminum pipes because the military cooks needed to “travel light”.
March 28th, 2010
This ancient device is the first version of the Internet ; it has been completely de-magnetized by Stephen Hawking himself, when the Elders of the Internet installed the second version (or Internet 2.0) on top of Big Ben (because that’s where you get the best reception) a few years ago.
March 28th, 2010
This is clearly the new Burger Maker for all different burgers of the “MAC”-series (as printed). It can make four different burgers simultaneous. You simply have to plug it in, put water into the water port at the upper left and then put in the ingredients into on of the four I/O ports. After a few seconds (they’re displayed on the seven segment display) the burger is given to you by the same I/O port.
March 28th, 2010
Oh, c’mon, don’t you all se it’s a brand new, unused,Nuclear Isotope Radioactive Washingmachine.
You just have to place the specimens inside(door not seen here)and put on your lead overalls.
The healthy 100000 Rad max dose is sure to knock out those stubburn stains and kill any living
beeing standing in a 3mile radius unprotected(including humans).It can also deal with 3 times more
load than the previous model. Those pipes are for pumping heavy water to cool and
moderate the Radium-Cobalt radioactive source.
The knobs are used to controll the radiation dose.
Note, at a price of a mere $500 000, it gives you the most bang for your buck.
March 28th, 2010
Dudes, you’ve got it all wrong. It’s the latest Arduino board. Just think of all the blinking LED projects you can do with this sucker!
March 28th, 2010
This is a relay testing module from the Apollo space program. This one was built by Northrup-Grummond for use in the assembly plant in Houston. Each panel can test two normally-closed relays and one normally-open relay. The knob is used to adjust the voltage feed needed to trip the relay so they can tell the minimum necessary values. The module fits into a large control console that can simulate up to 32 discrete elements of an electrical circuit, including a battery simulator, load simulator, and the switch simulator.
Little known fact: During the Apollo 13 crisis, this exactly module was used by Ken Mattingly to verify that the power left in the batteries would be sufficient to trip the relay and open the recovery parachutes. Ron Howard cut the scene from his movie because he felt it was “too fake”.
March 28th, 2010
This is Toyota’s new Current-to-Gasoline-converter…hybrid? no! just make your own gasoline by using your car’s brakes….
March 28th, 2010
Hi reggaegandalf,
Makes total sense that they would reuse the enclosure. It looks very similar to the retrofit fix for the braking issue they are having. A module similar to this is slipped under the dash and secured with a few tie wraps.
March 28th, 2010
It is the new espresso machine for the International Space Station . It is capable of brewing three shots at once, and has a large water reservoir for each station. As you can see, the station on the right is for decaf (note the gray bean storage pods). The entire brewing process is controlled from the main computer, hence the large number of I/O cables needed.
March 28th, 2010
It’s an electronic towel and moisture removal device from the Apollo Missions. If the astronauts felt the least bit sweaty, they could turn on the device and it would suck all the moisture from your skin and recycle it into drinkable water.
March 28th, 2010
It’s an early version of the iPad before Steve sent it back to the designers. . .
March 28th, 2010
It’s a fully functional Steorn Orbo. It takes energy from the surrounding environment and converts it into electrical energy. Here you see three, connected via grounding wires between each and the thick cable bundle at the top. The gray and red bars can be used as USB charging ports, supplying 5 volts and is capped when unused. The capped cylinders are 12 Volts DC, maximum 500 watts each. With an inverter (and perhaps a box to hold the two) you don’t need a generator and best of all, doesn’t need refueling and is virtually silent!
March 28th, 2010
it’s a music mixer.
March 28th, 2010
This, my friends is an EEMP, – for those not familiar, EEMP in this case stands for Electro-Environmental-Magnetic-Printer. The EEMP’s purpose is to produce a series of cyphered, magnetic lettering on almost any metallic surface.
Originally used in the luke-warm war of 1913, by the republic of Palau, the device provided a convenient way to leave spy messages safely in public without the knowledge of the Cuban empire.
Usage:
Simply place the EEMP on the chosen surface, set the first dial/knob according to cypher level required (lower for high security due to a design fault in 1982).
Next, set the power level of the EEMP using the horizontal RED and GREY bridge pieces supplied: here, the power level is noted in trinary (red = 2,grey = 1, open = 0), 3′s compliment form, with the MSB as the top left bridge, the LSB as the lower right bridge).
Next, adjust the final 2 knobs/dials to adjust the XY position of the intended cipher, it does not matter which way you choose, as the image upon reading can be flipped as necessary.
Finally, adjust the vertical bridges according to the 1643 standard for ASCII (9 bits) for the character required. Then adjust the XY dials, and write another character using the vertical bridges.
repeat as necessary.
Also of interest in the device are the three brass covered vacuum tubes, used to drive currents for the Magnetic printing heads (located on the underside of the device). The selection of thick parrallel cables (each of a whooping 37 cores) on the front panel are necessary for inter-node communication of the three compartments – in the mark1 version, cables were internal, but suffered great interference – often leading to corrupted ciphers.
March 28th, 2010
This is a musical breakthrough the digital Xylophone.
March 28th, 2010
Too easy.
The grey and red rectangles are clearly harmonicas, the cylinders are little jars for your chewin’ tobaccy.
It’s a harmonica multiplexer. Pissed off with your washtub bass player? Banjoist stealing all your thunder? Get rid of them and get this. With the ability to play 27 harmonicas at once, you don’t need a rhythm section, you don’t need anyone. BE THE WHOLE BAND, with the HM27 Harmonica Multiplexer. Air goes in the top, bluegrass comes out all over everything.
March 29th, 2010
A self replicating backup system. As can seen it’s in between the second and third stage now since it has only 3 units as the third stage obviously would have 4.
March 29th, 2010
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-86/images/captions/KSC-97EC-1404.html
Technicians at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral prepare a Russian replacement computer for stowage aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis shortly before the scheduled launch of Mission STS-86, slated to be the seventh docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. The last-minute cargo addition requested by the Russians will be mounted on the aft bulkhead of the SPACEHAB Double Module, which is being used as a pressurized cargo container for science/logistical equipment and supplies that will be exchanged between Atlantis and the Mir. Using the Module Vertical Access Kit (MVAC), technicians will be lowered inside the module to install the computer for flight. Liftoff of STS-86 is scheduled Sept. 25 at 10:34 p.m. from Launch Pad 39A. (Photo Release Date: 09/23/97 )
March 29th, 2010
What this isn’t is one of the panels of Dr. Durand Durand’s Excessive Machine. (Called by the lay person ‘the Orgasmatron’)
We know this for two reasons: 1) Barberella broke the Excessive machine. and b) I watched that scene over and over, and would recognize any part of it.
March 29th, 2010
This is the prototype for the Russian (Soviet Era) MP3 player.
It holds the same amount of data as all of Joseph Stalin’s speaches.
It’s only controls are “You Will Listen” and “You will listen again”.
There is no skip, there is no pause, there is no stop, there is no FF.
March 29th, 2010
It’s the new Wiimote.
March 29th, 2010
This is one of the new official electronic voting machine for the 2012 US Presidential election. In the past, voting machines had placed emphasis on maximizing corporate profit, while maintaining a high level of user-perceived accuracy. In the wake of the hanging chad and Diebold email-leak fiascoes, Congress passed a law requiring voting machine user-interfaces to be representative of the device’s actual accuracy. The machines will first be placed in poor communities where they are needed the most. If their cost can be reduced by 99%, they may later be seen in other areas.
March 29th, 2010
OH MAN! I’ve always wanted one of these things!! It was one of only two (2)! Flux Capacitor prototypes known so far. Well…that is until the Russians stole it and turned it in to an implement of torture…Yep…I know what you’re thinking…electric chair, water torture…NOPE…DJ Vladimir’s new ULTIMATE TURNTABLE…yep, they through prisoners in a room and DJV mixes and scratches (digitally, of course) up some of his best techno tunes and before you know it they’re signing like canaries…sick I say…just sick.
March 29th, 2010
Introducing the new and improved Swimming Pool Super Control Unit(tm)! Runs 24 hours a day 7 days a week!
Automatically cleans your pool, and can also save people from drowning.Whats that, Uncle Steve was drunk and fell in the pool? No Problem with the Swimming Pool Super Control Unit(tm). He’ll be out of the water dry and sober in under five minutes!(Actual dry time may vary.)
YOU DON’T NEED ANY MORE REASON TO BUY THIS DO YOU!?
IF SO HERE ARE FIVE MORE EXCELLENT REASONS TO BUY ONE TODAY!
1.This unit controls everything from the filtration system to how wet the water is!
2.Turn your Olympic sized swimming pool into a hot tub for the entire neighborhood!
3.Gets rid of pesky weeds.*
4.Feeds the dog and waters the lawn.**
5.WHY NOT!?
*And Pesky Neighbors.
**May contain up to 5% Pesky Neighbor in meal.
SERIOUSLY IF YOUR NOT CONVINCED BY NOW THERE WILL BE A MAN RING YOUR DOORBELL IN LESS THAN A MINUTE TO CONVINCE YOU!!!***
***May involve torture and/or blackmail.
March 29th, 2010
Quite simply, sliced bread is the greatest thing since THIS.
March 29th, 2010
I’m glad that in the mix of all these good comments, mine at least got a chuckle and a nod.
March 30th, 2010
This is the item that will win DJ HaCK the cool prize.
March 30th, 2010
It’s the control board for dr. evil’s robo seducers.
March 30th, 2010
I hope yuo don’t get trouble posting this image online. It’s a secret NASA development used as a storage for three different types of matter (normal, anti, strange) and letting them react. It can be used as a kind of bomb and was development to be used in cyber war. Some people even think that it’s stolen from an alien base on the moon during the apollo missions…
March 30th, 2010
[...] If you want an ioBridge for yourself have a look at the current contest where the prize is an ioBridge IO-204 controller. [...]
March 30th, 2010
This is the 20th century version of a sound mixing tool for DJs. For teh first time ever supporting 3 separate audio channels, with lots of crazy effects to be enabled by plugging in and out the jumpers on the devices interface.
March 30th, 2010
This is definitely the next generation ipod DJ mixing station. As you can see on the top are 10 iphone/ipod docks per unit where the system will access you and your guests’ music collections. Each unit also features 6 interchangeable effects using the red and grey modules. The knobs are used to adjust the volume and pitch while the controls in the middle are touch sensitive bass treble and gain potentiometers. The units can be daisy chained together using the handy hooks located on the sides of each device. Combining them and using the ability to stream a song form each ipod device the user can now achieve mixes and mash-ups which were previously impossible. Also for the DJ enthusiast the unit connects to external devices via rope lights coming out of the top of the modules or that club like feel. This however is just a working prototype, the manufacturer is still waiting for Apple’s approval. There is also talk of an app that would allow this whole device to be controlled via an iPhone or iPod touch.
March 30th, 2010
This is defiantly what they use at NASA to control the temperature on the surface of the sun. I swear, I’ve seen it with my remote viewing.
March 30th, 2010
This is the latest graphics card prototype by the recent Nvidiati merger which now controls 97% of the graphics card market. Given the lack of competition they have given up on energy savings and multi-kilowatt dissipation is now common. Unfortunately the graphics card is located under the heatsink and cannot be seen in this photo.
The card has 3 sections, each devoted to a specific task. The first continuously renders advertisements that are overlayed in the corner of the screen, as mandated by the government. The second is dedicated to render flash animations of lolcats and people falling down. The last section hosts the Trusted Computing core and makes sure you use the card only with approved software. Other graphics operations are done purely in software.
The heatsink features 30 liquid sodium heatpipes, seen on the top, and 27 corrosion-resistant heat exchangers. Each section has its own magnetodynamic pump, on the lower left. On the lower right of the section, you can see the sodium refill hole. It looks like the previous technician spilled a little. This operation has to be performed periodically under non reactive atmosphere and must be done by specialized professionals, thereby securing additional revenue streams for the graphics card vendor.
Coming to you in the near future.
March 31st, 2010
Its NASA cosmic ray crash inducer, so far, it only works on Toyota’s.
March 31st, 2010
THIS IS NOT a 3 bank, 30 I/O channel, E.D. Stimulator.
Thirty probes are connected to the Erectus-minimus.
Fifteen outputs stimulate blood flow and temperature
Fifteen input sensors measure:
blood flow or lack of, temperature, tensile strength, skin elasticity,skin color(red,blue green or yellow.), discharge pressure(psi), epidermis cracking or splitting, length(before during and after),
weight in pounds or ounces, diameter(inches or mm), vibration,hardness or lack of, duration in seconds minutes hours days, weeks,etc.,and two user defined inputs.
Stimulus is created by pulsating microwaves at 9.002Ghz (VCO controlled for stable operation)(other frequencies available upon request)
Input/Output probes are auto-leeching and self-lubricating.
Output report details are labeled Erectus-maximus, comma delimited, spreadsheet or database format.
Secondary output report details are labeled Erectus-missinginactionus, comma delimited, spreadsheet or database format.
Adjustable output wattage with safety override circuit (Prevents overcooking)
Max power, USER SELECTABLE = 0 – 1kW in 1W increments per bank
Total maximum power 3kW
Water-cooled tri-bank solid-state amplifiers.
Hot swappable banks. A, B, and C.
No calibration needed.
Rack Mountable with optional kit.
120vac 60 Hz power input
UL CE approved
FDA approved
USDA certified
AMA certified
Kosher and rabbi approved
Hospital, cafeteria and lab use only.
Use by FULLY TRAINED and CERTIFIED PERSONNEL ONLY.
Not responsible for misuse.
No user replaceable parts inside.
LETHAL VOLTAGES INSIDE!!!
Please wear safety goggles, rubber gloves, and lead apron, prior to use.
Warranty 9 months labor , 9 months on parts
Patent pending
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April 1st, 2010
Well, based on the design and the fact that there are three of them, this is showing something from a space program. I think it is pretty obvious this is V1 of the multiple redundant control module for the Space Shuttle Toilet Module, at no less than $375,000 per redundant unit. Knob controls the filter fan, you can’t really have an exhaust fan on a space ship now can you. V2 was the same size however was a totally sealed unit with digital display and automatic fan speed control, and double the cost. Due to high cost and failure rate V2 was replaced with V3, which was a computerized system based on off the shelf components, at half the size and only 1/3 the cost for all 3 units. This was replaced by V4 when the odor control mechanism was discovered to be a “pine tree air freshener” and senior NASA management proclaimed, “A pine tree air freshener for a car is simply not powerful enough for the space shuttle”. V4 included all the features of V2 at 4 times the cost of V3 per unit, now a cool $1 mil per unit, however it also included several multicoloredalso LED which served no purpose except to flash at random, and on command from Ground control would change in synchronization to music. According to NASA, “This device will also vastly improve the quality of the Space Shuttle Ground Control Based Wake-up System, or SSGGCBWS for short,known to the astronauts as GC-BS.”
April 1st, 2010
I’ve got fond memories of these devices, I used to service them when they weren’t considered illegal. The photo shows three bird scarers of the type HG-C7 being synchronized to maximize the effectiveness. The way the HG-C7 works is based on noise cancellation, but instead it uses anti brain waves that are in antiphase with those of the birds. When a bird comes within the effective radius of the device (about 1000 feet) the brain of the bird is effectively shut down so that only the cerebellum stays functioning which causes the bird to just fly along.
These devices were very popular on French vineyards until it was discovered that the anti brain waves also had some effect on humans, which explained the high number of car crashes that was previously blamed to alcohol. The French equivalent of the FCC then banned the use of anti brain waves which made me loose my job.
April 1st, 2010
It’s a peep machine. Yes, that’s right. It makes the soft, mushy, oh so sugary and lovable peeps. How else would the peeps come to this world? 3 different sections for 3 different areas of the peep. The buttocks, the chest and the head that everyone always bights off first. Without this machine the world as we know it will not have peeps. And I gotta have my peeps.
April 28th, 2010
Winner announced.
July 9th, 2010
john titor’s time machine! we finally found it!! I had lost hope that anyone would ever find one. this is obviously an earlier version. it doesn’t have the earth location pinpoint module, so it’s not very safe for humans. remember, that whole earth moving hassle? a fun party trick to try, set your time machine to a fraction of a second forward in time and go for a ride. if you do this at the right time of day, you’ll appear a few inches above the ground. try timing it so you fall into a swimming pool. loads of fun for the whole family!
July 10th, 2010
You’re a little late Lorenzo :p
July 11th, 2010
lol, that’s ok, I still like my answer. great idea for a contest.