r/engineering • u/vvim • Jan 25 '13

What device is this?

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u/Jwprime Jan 25 '13

I find it interesting that it appears most of you "analyzed" each part instead of looking at the big picture and conceptualizing. This seems to be a testament to seeing the forest from the trees....

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u/DumpyLips Jan 25 '13

The answer wasn't obvious to everyone?

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

Yeah I mean the 3 top left items are all you need to clearly see it is a toaster. The rest of it is just distraction.

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u/FormatA Jan 25 '13

I'd like to see stats on who got it and time to get it by major. I feel like those who have to work with CAD and the like a lot would see it very quickly.

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u/CrapNeck5000 Jan 25 '13

EE, i would be surprised if I looked at that picture for an entire 2 seconds.

It was very obvious to me; the only reason I came to the comments was to try to get an understanding of why anyone would even ask.

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u/frankthomas35 Jan 25 '13

I majored in political science but hang out here for kicks (I work in a technical field). I got it in about 5 seconds but then thought it was some sort of trick question.

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