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April 22, 2012

Name the Thing Contest – 203

at 6:28 pm. Filed under Contests

 

 

The prize this week is a non contact AC test pen. This pen can be used to test if AC voltage is present in a wire without needing to touch the bare conductor. This contest will run for one week (April 22 – 27, 2012). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for.

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.

Below is a picture of the prize.

 

 


April 15, 2012

Name the Thing Contest – 202

at 10:30 am. Filed under Contests

 

 

The prize this week is a non contact AC test pen. This pen can be used to test if AC voltage is present in a wire without needing to touch the bare conductor. This contest will run for one week (April 15 – 20, 2012). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for.

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.

Below is a picture of the prize.

 

 


April 8, 2012

Name the Thing Contest – 201

at 9:05 pm. Filed under Contests

 

The prize this week is a non contact AC test pen. This pen can be used to test if AC voltage is present in a wire without needing to touch the bare conductor. This contest will run for one week (April 8 – 13, 2012). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for.

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 April 17, 2012

The item to guess was a oxygen sensor or lambda sensor

The winner is Daz (there were 138 entries)

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Below is a picture of the prize.

 

 

March 31, 2012

Name the Thing Contest – 200

at 5:07 pm. Filed under Contests

 

 

Yahoo, this is the 200th name the thing contest, thanks to everyone who participates each week! The Debug Store will be sponsoring the contest this week with a great prize. They are providing a 16 Channel, 100MHz Logic/Protocol Analyser with 30 Protocol Decoders to the winner. This analyser can save you a ton of frustration on your projects by letting you see what is actually happening, and with 16 channels and 100MHz you won’t miss a thing.

“The ZeroPlus Logic Cube LAP-C(16032) is an incredibly easy to set up and use 16-channel logic analyser. Extremely compact and lightweight, the LAP-C(16032) connects to and is powered by the USB port of any desktop or laptop PC making it very portable and ideal for use in the field. The LAP-C(16032) provides sampling rates up to 100MHz and 32Kbits memory depth per channel.

This contest will run for one week (March 31 – April 6, 2012) . 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 April 17, 2012

The item to guess was a Class B audio amplifier (the mystery item shown with a question mark was a speaker)

The winner is Victorien V. (there were 249 entries)

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Below are some pictures of the prize.

 

 

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March 24, 2012

Name the Thing Contest – 199

at 11:14 pm. Filed under Contests

 

The prize this week is a non contact AC test pen. This pen can be used to test if AC voltage is present in a wire without needing to touch the bare conductor. This contest will run for one week (March 24 – 30, 2012). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for.

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 April 17, 2012

The item to guess was a iPad 3 Camera  Module

The winner is Nathan S. (there were 81 entries) Looks like this one was one of the harder ones!

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Below is a picture of the prize.

 

 

 


March 4, 2012

Name the Thing Contest – 198

at 11:55 pm. Filed under Contests

 

 

The prize this week is a pair of ESD Tweezers, just what you need to work with those tiny SMD parts. This contest will run for one week (March 4 – 9, 2012). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for.

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 March 25, 2012

The item to guess was a Dave Mellis ATTiny programmer

The winner is Perry H. (there were 147 entries)

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Below is a picture of the prize.

 

 

January 23, 2012

Name the Thing Contest – 197

at 10:27 am. Filed under Contests

 

 

The prize this week is a pair of ESD Tweezers, just what you need to work with those tiny SMD parts. This contest will run for one week (January 23 – 27, 2012). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for.

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 March 25, 2012

The item to guess was a Ladder Type” 250KOhm  24 Steps “Stereo” Volume Control

The winner is Joshua J. (there were 182 entries)

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Below is a picture of the prize.

 

 

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