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You can win equally twisted and "valuable" prizes by contributing your knowledge and experience to the development community. A new contest will begin each month.Yes, one of these prizes can be yours simply by contributing to the development community. You can also see how your fellow IT Professionals are doing in the current contest by checking the top point earners .

July 2009 Contest: 7/1/2009 to 7/31/2009

Grand Prize: Mimo Mini USB Monitor
Help Your Monitor Help Itself
Looking for that extra bit of screen real estate to get you through the busy workday? Referring to notes while writing an e-mail, checking info in a spreadsheet while entering data into a web page, keeping an eye on your to-do list while browsing YouTube... it's handy to have additional monitor space at the ready. Problem is an entire secondary monitor comes with its own needs like requiring a separate power cord or perhaps an additional video card.

The Mimo Mini USB Monitor changes this equation completely by offering a low-maintenance relationship between you and an extra display. A single USB connection from your computer gets you an instant high-resolution secondary display. This awesome display is perfect for your IM client, widgets, PC gaming tools, your email, a spreadsheet, your PhotoShop tools, or even video! Not only do these displays enhance productivity, they look great!

Mimo Mini USB Monitor Winner: TBA

2nd Prize: Star Wars Lightsaber USB Glow Lamp
Feel the Force
Plug this Star Wars Lightsaber USB Glow Lamp into your USB port to light your workspace with the Force! The base recharges the light and can be removed to adjust the illumination level. This singular lamp stands approximately 12-inches tall and makes an ultra-cool desktop accessory

Star Wars Lightsaber USB Glow Lamp Winner: TBA

3rd Prize: LED Binary Clock
Yes, It's A Clock. No, Your Mom Can't Read It
It's easy for any self-respecting geek to figure out how to read this clock in a few minutes. Check out the image below for the details. Still don't get it? Then this is probably not the prize for you. Sure you could wing it and 'approximate' the time based on the position of the sun and act like you can read this clock, but you should probably go get one of these instead. With one of these puppies and you are on your way to truly becoming one with the binary...

LED Binary Clock Winner: TBA

4th Prize: Fly Stick Van de Graaff Levitation Wand
Magical Science in Action
Get a bit of magic for yourself with this amazing Fly Stick Van de Graaff Levitation Wand. This battery powered wand features a mini Van de Graaff generator inside. Push a button on the handle and the static charge built up in the wand causes the included 3D mylar shapes to levitate at your command. You can also do some cool tricks causing the shapes to jump back and forth from your hand to the wand. Not quite Harry Potter... but hey, we do our best for you. "Todays magic is tomorrow's science"... as we always say here at ThinkGeek. Now you can get a bit of magic for yourself with this amazing Fly Stick Van de Graaff Levitation Wand.

Fly Stick Van de Graaff Levitation Wand Winner: TBA

5th Prize: Sega Pekoppa Robot Plant
Cute Plant Craves Your Attention
Plants would make great pets if they just did more stuff. Hey, they can grow, they can make oxygen, they can die... but that's pretty much it. Nobody names a plant. You can't really hug a plant. However, luckily for you Sega of Japan has re-envisioned the lowly plant as a cute robotic companion. Using futuristic muscle wires for movement, the Sega Pekoppa Robot Plant looks surprisingly lifelike but never needs watering or sunlight... what it craves is your attention. Talk to your Pekoppa plant and it responds to your voice by bending and moving in a very lifelike manner (if real plants could move, which they mostly don't). Ignore it and it gets pretty sad. The more you talk, the happier it is... making it the ideal companion for your wife or girlfriend.

Based on the research by Dr. Tomio Watanabe the Pekoppa incorporates "Unazuki riron" (nodding theory.) According to Dr Watanabe, nonverbal communication including nodding and face expression is crucial to human communication. Because of this, the Pekoppa has several ways of nodding and changes the ways it responds depending on your voice tone. The more you talk to Pekoppa the more it seems to understand what you say. It's a very good listener.

Sega Pekoppa Robot Plant Winner: TBA

6th Prize: "What Happens in the Holodeck" T-Shirt
Power Corrupts. Warp Power Warps
Holodeck technology allows so many incredible things that wouldn't be possible in the real world. You can try out risky medical procedures, teach new recruits with bridge simulations, pull up battle scenarios and take various tactics and work through them systematically to come up with the best approach. The possibilities are endless.

And yet, there's basically one thing humans are going to use that technology for once we get it. You know it, and I know it. And although we may now have altruistic aspirations and erudite ends in mind, more often than not in real life the holodeck technology would be used for a little thing we like to call Gettin' It On. *cue Barry White*

"What Happens in the Holodeck" T-Shirt Winner: TBA

7th Prize: Star Wars R2-D2 Peppermill
Droids Make the Best Pepper
Not that you've noticed... but all fine restaurants on Tatooine feature R2-D2 pepper grinders. Usually after you order your salad of Dagobah greens a Wookie will come around and offer you some fresh ground pepper from one of these handy droid-based mills. Word to the wise... never refuse a Wookie.

Fortunately for you we've managed to pilfer a few hundred R2-D2 pepper mills from eateries all over Tatooine for your spice grinding pleasure. Simply twist R2's head and he deposits pepper onto your food. Hey, it's not a glamorous job for a droid... but much better than being abducted by Jawas.

Star Wars R2-D2 Peppermill Winner: TBA

8th Prize: Splat Stan Coaster
A victim of a tragic drinking incident
Stan was happy and completely oblivious to the dangerous conditions. There were heavy drinks being hoisted and lowered all around him, yet he always felt perfectly safe. Then Stan got splatted by a giant pint. Now the only thing he can do is protect your table top from tea and coffee stains. He was never the smartest fellow but now he's a clever coaster for your mugs and glasses.

Splat Stan Coaster Winner: TBA

9th Prize: You Don't Know Me Anonymous Twitter Shirt
Part of the Twitter Relocation Program
Sometimes people say stupid stuff. Sometimes people Tweet stupid stuff. The difference with the two is that teh Intarwebs is forever. Sure, you can delete it out of your stream after you've realized it was a Bad Decision, but, as many subjects of federal investigations have discovered, digital never really goes away. That's why we've created the "You Don't Know Me" Anonymous Twitter Shirt. Spend the last 140 characters bitching about your boss? Take an inebriated TwitPic that's suitable for your MySpace page? Never fear! Abandon your old feed and create a completely new identity. Sign up for Twitter anew, fresh as a newborn babe. And please -- don't mess it up this time.

You Don't Know Me Anonymous Twitter Shirt Winner: TBA

10th Prize: Atomic Food Containers & Candy keeps 'em away
They'll never steal your food again
These fun Atomic Food Containers & Candy -- food tupperware-like containers emblazed with warnings like "experimental meal, consume at own risk" or “bio-dangerous, yesterday's leftovers". Prize includes three different Atomic Food Containers nuclear-colored bowls -- the smallest filled with Toxic Waste® hazardously sour candy

Atomic Food Containers & Candy keeps 'em away Winner: TBA