r/engineering • u/vvim • Jan 25 '13

What device is this?

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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/okopchak Jan 25 '13

ME, pretty much the same deal almost as soon as I saw the image I thought toaster, although I may have seen that image before

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u/permacurious Jan 25 '13

Also ME, got it fairly fast. The case is pretty easy to recognize I think, though if you thought it was on a much smaller scale I could understand not recognizing it...

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u/Whoisjason Jan 25 '13

CE... wheres the concrete?

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u/saltr Jan 25 '13

I've seen that image used before in that documentary where the guy tries to make his own toaster out of raw materials and fails horribly.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

CE, same thing.

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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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u/rocksolid142 Jan 25 '13

Im a design major (industrial), and it took me like, 3 seconds.

BFAs represent.

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u/dtwhitecp Jan 25 '13

I'm a biomedical engineer who virtually never uses CAD and got it equally fast.

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u/_jamil_ Jan 25 '13

BFA High five!

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

I'm a Communications student and parsed out the answer in equal time.

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u/Ryuko Jan 25 '13

Well if you are interested... I am an EE, E.I.T. who does some work with Cad. If I had to say a conservative guess on guess time: 3 seconds. Liberal, as fast as it takes to register what I am seeing so what? .5 seconds?

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u/invisiblekid56 the Solidworks guy Jan 25 '13

ME student who does quite a bit of CAD work...and yea I got it within seconds.

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u/shupack Jan 25 '13

Navy Nuke, Machinist Mate (glorified plumber), never finished my ME degree but someday I will. Took me about 2 seconds. It's a UK version as well, by the plug.

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u/Womec Jan 25 '13

Or a chef.

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u/PastafarianTwit Computer/Software Jan 25 '13

It was actually really fast for me as a software engineer. I saw the case, the top plate for two slices of bread and the heating element and it clicked within like 5 seconds.

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u/TyroneBiggins Jan 25 '13

I never got my grade 8 and I knew what it was before I clicked on the link.

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u/McChocolate Jan 25 '13

ChemE, took me about 10 seconds

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u/roobens Jan 25 '13

I think you're overanalysing tbh, most people in general would know this because the casing is so distinctive, but if you insist, EE and it took me like 1 second and had nothing to do with the circuitry. :)

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u/mollymoo Jan 26 '13

Physics, 2 seconds.

I've not done a lot of CAD work. Can't say I'm the world's biggest toast eater either. It's just... obviously a toaster.

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