Boiledbeans

Drama! Intrigue!! Geekiness!!!

2012

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Yes but does it have instagram?

—srikanth @ 23:59

Identify this gadget

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, Manish Achuth, soda buddi, KK, vinayaknp, Supritha Maiya, Harsha, mankuTimma and Ananth

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The Sectera Edge, or the Secure Mobile Environment Portable Electronic Device (SME-PED) is, apparently, the US army’s very own smartphone designed for high security communication.


Prometheus?

—devadutta @ 22:25

Guest question from %gqh% Dibyo. Thanks a ton saar!

What is blocked out in Yellow (second one from the top)? Bonus if you tell us what is blocked out in Green.

Send guestions (Guest Questions, haha) to [email protected]

Cracked by: Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, Manish Achuth, Prabhu, Aparna, Vishnu Prashanth, vinayaknp, KK, Supritha Maiya, mankuTimma, Harsha, Ananth and soda buddi

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Gilese 163 c, the newest “habitable” exoplanet to be discovered.


Sunday, September 2, 2012

At least it makes for a good workout if you carry it around...

—devadutta @ 13:33

1 is the first of its kind , 2 is the first to hit mass production. Identify 1 and 2. (Either one will make AutoRaja happy, both will make me happy)

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, Aparna, vinayaknp, Vishnu Prashanth, Supritha Maiya, Manish Achuth, Prabhu, KK, Jayaprakash B R, Ananth, soda buddi, Dibyo and Mayukh Bose

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1 is the Xero Note Taker and 2 is the Osborne 1. The first of portable computers.


Saturday, September 1, 2012

$35

—devadutta @ 22:02

What it is?

Cracked by: Rogi, SV, Supritha Maiya, Sujoy, Sumanth Patlolla, KK, Manish Achuth, manas, Aparna, Prabhu, Jayaprakash B R, mankuTimma, Harsha, Puneet, thiru d gr8 and Ananth

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Raspberry Pi


Friday, August 31, 2012

Da-See clearly

—devadutta @ 21:49

This Da-Vinci illustration is said to be the first time X was conceived. What is X?

Cracked by: Rogi, vinayaknp, Sumanth Patlolla, KK, Manish Achuth, manas, Aparna, Vishnu Prashanth, Supritha Maiya, soda buddi, Prabhu, mankuTimma, Harsha and Ananth

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Contact Lenses!


Thursday, August 30, 2012

And free Wi-Fi!

—devadutta @ 01:10

Real currency. Which country?

Cracked by: Goyal, Sumanth Patlolla, varuns88, vinayaknp, Jayaprakash B R, Rogi, KK, mankuTimma, bhargava, Supritha Maiya, Manish Achuth, Aparna, Prabhu, Dibyo, Bipin Banavalikar, Shubhang, Divya Sreedharan, Anonymous, Harsha, Mayukh Bose, Ananth, AbHi and Vishnu Prashanth

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Niue


Wednesday, August 29, 2012

These guys should sue everyone

—devadutta @ 10:57

Identify

Cracked by: Ananth, Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, mankuTimma, Jayaprakash B R, manas, Manish Achuth, Aparna, vinayaknp, Supritha Maiya, Vishnu Prashanth, Thirudgr8, varuns88, KK and Dibyo

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Simon by IBM, the first phone with a touch screen.


Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Round 1: What?

—devadutta @ 22:20

This actually happens. What is this game?

Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, Siddarth Pai, Manish Achuth, Vishnu Prashanth, Supritha Maiya, Sujoy, Bipin Banavalikar, vinayaknp, Dibyo, mankuTimma, rohanquizzer, Jayaprakash B R, KK, Ananth, AMIT KANSAL, Rogi and Mayukh Bose

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Chess Boxing. Contestants play a round of boxing followed by a round of chess.


Monday, August 27, 2012

Explore

—devadutta @ 22:18

Identify

Cracked by: Vishnu Prashanth and Rogi

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fsn - The 3d file system browser


Sunday, August 26, 2012

Stay Put

—devadutta @ 13:37

Sitter. What is blocked out here?

Cracked by: Anjul, Manish Achuth, KK, vinayaknp, mankuTimma, chetana, rickde, Sumanth Patlolla, Bipin Banavalikar, Jayaprakash B R, Supritha Maiya, Ananth, Rogi and Dibyo

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One of the easiest ways to find the pole star.