And the winner is …. or at least, the person that guessed closest is to what was scanned by our scanning electron microscope is …
AMANDA!
She guessed Taffey!
Great guess Amanda, it’s actually a starburst fruit chew. Congrats Amanda! You’ll be contacted directly and we’ll send you your USB stick and giftcard within the next few days!
It’s week 2 of “NAME THAT SAMPLE!”
Week 1 was pretty fun … we had some great guesses (and some not so great ones) … but all guesses/entries are encouraged.
This one is definitely a hard one. Whoever guesses correctly first will win a 1GB ASPEX USB STICK. (winner will be contacted via email) AND a $50 Giftcard to Amazon.com (we’re upping the stakes on this one since no oone has guessed correctly in over a week.)
Just comment below with your guess! The contest was supposed to end on Friday, but since no one has guessed correctly, we’re going to let it run for a few more days ..
UPDATE: December 19, 2009 – Noone has guessed correctly. A few people have come pretty close though. Let the guesses keep coming in!
UPDATE: December 22, 2009 – WE HAVE A WINNER! or someone that has answered pretty close … we will announce it later today! Our next NAME THAT SAMPLE campaign will start TONIGHT!
Interested in sending in an item to get scanned by one of our SEM’s? Just Send Us Your Sample!
System Configuration
Product: PSEM® eXpress
Operating Parameters: VP–BSED Detector,
Accelerating Voltage 20.0 kV,
Working Distance 14.4 mm
Reporting Software: Personal Image Print™
[...] What is it? I thought a thorn or something at first, but now I’m thinking… bee leg? Well, one thing I can say for sure is that it’s a scan by that desktop SEM machine we mentioned a few weeks back. They’re running a contest to win a flash drive and an Amazon gift certificate; all you have to do is go over there and comment what you think is pictured above. [...]
oculatum
Dust mite
I think it’s a spore lodged in tissue.
Pupa
A mushroom
I think it is book binding.
potato
The underside of a mushroom.
Bamboo shoot, new growth area.
Some sort of larvae crawling on wood
snowflake
microfiber cloth!
Mushroom
A potato.
Tree branches interlocking with each other.
a plant root being pulled away from the dirt it was next to, which, explains the transfer left on the piece on the left.
It’s a sea cucumber.
A sponge.
Paint roller
Its a bathtube
[...] What is it? I thought a thorn or something at first, but now I’m thinking… bee leg? Well, one thing I can say for sure is that it’s a scan by that desktop SEM machine we mentioned a few weeks back. They’re running a contest to win a flash drive and an Amazon gift certificate; all you have to do is go over there and comment what you think is pictured above. [...]
Glue
Tree Trunk
Dandelion seed head.
pencil on paper?
is it a caterpillar?
Mushroom
Envelope flap
A hair lice on a strand of hair.
Reminds me of the picture of the apple notebook that got shot.
sand
concrete
Thermal Grease/Thermal Paste
Garlic Bulb
It’s a cocoon attached to a tree or plant. I love that word for some reason, cocoon!
velcro
I believe those are yeast having sex (transfering plasmid-DNA) through a formation called “pili”
Bread
Two pieces of leather almost ripped apart and one of them having stains
A bean
bean / seed
It’s a rose.
pollen
chrysalis
Velcro
Is it the underside of a button? the “thorn” is the thread.
Caterpillar
An LP needle and record.
Plywood?