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Thanks to Dangerous Prototypes and Gadget Factory for sponsoring the contest this week. They will be providing a project that they jointly collaborated on. The Open Logic Sniffer logic analyzer is sure to make quick work out of troubleshooting your most complex circuit on your bench. “Features (partial list)
This contest will run for one week (July 10 - July 16, 2010) . 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 July 17, 2010 The item to guess was a chalk line The winner is James H. (there were 624 entries, I am thinking this is a record!) ————————————–———- Below is a pictures of the prize.
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July 10th, 2010
New from H-Tel - Pocket Fisherman 2.0 ! Only $9.95! Orders today get two for one - you only have to pay additional shipping and handling charges!
July 10th, 2010
now if I can just get the darn worm to stay on the hook.
July 10th, 2010
Dang! I’m absolutely sure I’ve seen, and even used, one of these thing many, many years ago; I just can’t recall where.
July 11th, 2010
U nice prize this time (If you work a lot with digital and MCUs and such that is)
July 11th, 2010
yay, this is the first one i’ve actually known.
July 12th, 2010
grenade
July 12th, 2010
It’s a tripwire grenade! It’s only missing double sided sticky tape!
July 12th, 2010
Y’all are way off. It’s a rope extruder module for the RepRap.
July 13th, 2010
It’s a portable laundry line, we used to use these all the time when I was a kid. Never for laundry though, mostly for zip lining action figures
July 13th, 2010
Reusable dental floss.
Go green!
July 13th, 2010
I have used this fishing device before but all my fish have chalky taste. Nasty!
July 14th, 2010
Batman attached his Baterang to it to climb up buildings. It is Batbelt equipment.
Although the tripwire grenade thing is working for me, but the dental floss left a bad taste.
July 16th, 2010
It’s a variable length yo-yo.
July 17th, 2010
Winner announced. I think this is the largest number of entries we have ever had! Thanks to everyone for participating.
July 17th, 2010
It’s interesting - some weeks we get 624 entries, others 10. I guess this one was an easy one, or people figured it out from Unamanged’s hint.