Caption CERN Contest Week 14

Week 14: 5/6/2015 - 9pm PDT 5/13/2015

We've seen a lot of strange equipment here at Hackaday, but this one left us at a loss for words - at least for a few minutes. What the heck is this thing? Pressure vessel? RF chamber? Looking at this image and another one depicting a strange device in CERN's labs, we haven't the foggiest idea. We do know it's large, and these two CERN scientists are working hard to get it ready for... something. It also has fins. Fins make everything cooler. Beyond that - we're leaving this one in the capable hands of our caption team here on Hackaday.io.

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Add your humorous caption as a comment to this project log. Make sure you're commenting on this contest log, not on the contest itself.

As always, if you actually have information about the image or the people in it, let CERN know on the original image discussion page.

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Discussions

Korishev wrote 05/08/2015 at 18:04

...and with this adjustment, I'll have the best costume at the "Enchantment Under the Sea" dance!

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Jordan wrote 05/08/2015 at 18:04

Yes John,I'm sure the Flux Capacitor Turbo will work

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NeoRazZ wrote 05/08/2015 at 17:17

hey joe ? why is this pressure valve marked "deadly neuro toxin "? and why has that guy from computer science been lurking around ?

dont ask so many questions tom .

it's for science

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dosuserx ross wrote 05/08/2015 at 17:11

The Infinity Device was almost complete, now they only needed to figure out how to stop working on it.

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The Green Gentleman wrote 05/08/2015 at 17:07

I don't know something about machinery, I know everything about machinery! Now shut up Maurice, and hold the spinner-thing steady...

Jacque's transfer from the Sûreté did not go as smoothly as he anticipated.

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Neil means wrote 05/08/2015 at 17:06

Kitchie, Kitchie, Kitchie Koo!

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Joakim L. Christiansen wrote 05/08/2015 at 17:00

No parts ever go to waste, here they are making some kind of alternative art.

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Rick wrote 05/08/2015 at 16:55

Evan bit his tongue and agreed to help steady the top while Mark finished his wind chime project for the Hackaday contest.

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Pin42 wrote 05/08/2015 at 16:33

"Are you sure the turkey will be done before thanksgiving party tonight?"

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Terry Davis wrote 05/08/2015 at 16:17

Here you see Dr. Bruce Banner working on his gamma ray emitter shortly before the.........accident.

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ar3itrary wrote 05/08/2015 at 16:09

After weeks of complicated assembly the team finally found out that the IKEA

Årc, was in fact not a fusion reactor.

It did make a hell of an espresso though.

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andy.stallard wrote 05/08/2015 at 16:08

Surely, we'll be able to suck a McDonald's Shake through this! Who's up for a Vanilla then?

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lsgarrow wrote 05/08/2015 at 15:45

Okay, Murphy. We didn't have room on top for a hoist hook, but those 4x4s should hold for now. Just make sure they don't fall out while I torque these last bolts...

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Robert the Rapid wrote 05/08/2015 at 15:31

And here we see Mr. Stark making the final adjustments to his first Arc Reactor.

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Jorpy wrote 05/08/2015 at 15:08

After the accelerator was complete, Hugh and Francis used the left-over parts to build the ultimate popcorn popper

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Eric Burton wrote 05/08/2015 at 14:43

I'm telling you, this one will be able to flush ANYTHING!

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atomkemp wrote 05/08/2015 at 14:36

"As Anton applies power to the Inverse Resonance Transformer, he wonders if Viktor lied about finding ESD rated 4x4's at Home Depot."

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dougal wrote 05/08/2015 at 14:26

This New Years Eve ball drop is going to be *da bomb*!

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joe_pumpernickle wrote 05/08/2015 at 14:21

Here you can see a successful example of CERNs early cloning program. Notice Earl I on the ladder, and his clone Earl II working dilligently in the background to the right.

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RoboMonkey wrote 05/08/2015 at 14:14

Little known facts about the beginnings of CERN...

They invented the float valve for the toilet used by the Jolly Green Giant.....

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