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What Is It? for 1/27/2013

Posted January 27, 2013 12:00 AM
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01/27/2013 12:35 AM

Those are parts of the 3M Dynatel RFID tracking system...

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01/27/2013 2:07 AM

Cable tester / locator kit.

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01/28/2013 7:34 AM

yep!

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02/04/2013 3:55 AM

Nice one, I really like it.

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01/27/2013 6:44 AM

Kaplin tracking device ?

Sorry, kaplin, but it's too much fun to miss. You can always get me back by kicking off a thread on 'darnit' stuff. I have a shedload of stuff I could relate, and it's way worse.. Much better to have a good giggle.

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01/27/2013 10:47 AM

RTLS

(real time locator system)

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01/27/2013 2:54 PM

That is the only functional Higgs Boson detector.

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01/27/2013 5:30 PM

Kaplin's Salvation. :)
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01/28/2013 2:02 AM

Gun for SNES's Duck hunt?

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01/28/2013 5:57 AM

Portable (ultra-sonic) Denture Cleaner for Mountain Climbers.

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01/28/2013 6:44 AM

Giant fuse puller (for giant automobiles )with accompanying dummy fuses. This training kit is marketed toward the severely astigmatic (or otherwise severely myopic).......

....driving condition suggest this is a huge demographic, so this product has a large market.

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01/28/2013 9:30 AM

Lightsaber prototype.
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01/28/2013 5:53 PM

device of unknown breeding
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01/29/2013 8:52 PM

It is a special computer for reorganizing CR4 to make it march at the same pace as IHS.

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01/31/2013 10:55 AM

It is a 3M line locator.
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02/01/2013 5:33 PM

That's a little brief. Not some kind of undergarment or the kind of gear I have lurking in the shed. I'm guessing that is the Dynatel product rather than some generic name ?

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02/04/2013 7:39 AM

I found the image on Craigslist and that was how it was described. Sorry I can't be more specific.
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02/04/2013 12:20 PM

No problem - the 3M website doesn't seem to work any better than my previous link. It's something a bit like this.

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03/27/2013 4:54 AM

its a lost wife locator prototype nobody bought any so 3M discontinued production this one was found frozen deep inside a cave near mount everest

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