Saturday Gizmo quiz

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[pmac]

I'm posting for pmkpmk.

Seems to be my turn this week. Here you go, folks. Enjoy!

What is this? [pbase.com]

pmkpmk, take it away.........

[Kirby]

turbine attic ventilator

[mattglet]

Is it a heater?

[sem4u]

Is it some kind of extractor?

[PatrickDeese]

Can it run Linux?

[mattglet]

Is there someone at the other end of this thread?

[lgn1]

septic line tree cleanout tool

[Jalinder]

looks like gOOgle threads churned by webmasters :)

[4crests]

Server Cooler?

[moishe]

exhaust fan for a restaurant vent hood

[Syzygy]

rooftop gravity ventilator?

anyone there?

[pmac]

Looks like we lost pmkpmk. :(

[cornwall]

WebMasterWorld Mod falls asleep after six days without sleep - board descends into anarchy

[pmkpmk]

Sorry, was offline for the day.

PatrickDeese was closest so far - but too general. If given the choice between heater and coller I would rather go for cooler.

[goodroi]

cool looking computer speakers?

[pmkpmk]

You call that speakers? The blades would distort any hi-fi sound coming out of them. Not even the hearing-impaired would enjoy that!

[pmkpmk]

OK, folks, I know I messed up with not being present for a while. But it can't be I'm the only one still awake? A few of you came pretty close, and it shouldn't be that difficult to come up with the very website this image came from. There must be some grey matter left over to solve this...

[incrediBILL]

free-spinning wind-powered roof ventilator

[pmkpmk]

Looks like it, does it? But the tube on top of it?

[lgn1]

USB 2.0 powered fan unit

[lgn1]

Self cooling computer. The computer is inside the fan unit.

[pmkpmk]

Damn close. Where does the tube lead to?

[lgn1]

To a water source?

[pmkpmk]

Nope. Not even close.

[lgn1]

Tubing?. It looks more like NMN-90 steel clad wiring conduit than tubing. Maybe that is where the Power, and pherpherial cables go?

[pmkpmk]

Continue that line of thought. You're pretty close.

[pmkpmk]

OK, I'm about to go to bed - so please no complaints!

I guess with the hints so far it might be possible to find the exact link where the image was taken from. If not, there is one exact and very common name for the technology used. And finally the unique gizmo this image belongs too has a name by which it was displayed in Los Angeles in 2002. If all else fails, just tell me exactly into what very un-computer-like device the tube leads.

Good night!

[lawman]

This is the weirdest Gizmo Quiz ever.

[lgn1]

Yeah, we need somebody to enforce the rules, like 24 hours notice of a quiz, or else there is no point in continuing with this.

No offence to the current host, however we do need a commitment to the rules of the game, or else Im afraid the gizmo quiz will become a thing of the past.

[Visi]

So the answer is a work of art...lol

A work of art called "CyberPumpkin

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