ID this object that is not the source of a famous US vs. Russia urban legend.

In reality, an object of this sort was closer to said legend :-)

Cracked in bits and pieces by jayanth , Dibyo , tete80 , udupendra , UDit , Rogi , Ram , krudebox , p vs np , achyuth , Advaith , BASABB , joe , Mo , Deepthi JS , Joshan , shenoyvarun86 , gudanggurum and Higgers.

Edit: Rogi, thanks for pointing it out. Seems to have been a hiccup in storing the right/wrong numbers, and a lot of people got skipped. And thanks for the additional info, too!

jayanth, Dibyo, tete80, udupendra, UDit, Rogi, Ram, krudebox, p vs np, achyuth, Advaith, BASAB, joe, Mo, Deepthi JS, Joshan, shenoyvarun86, Gurupad and Higgers

Almost everyone would have seen devices designed by this guy, but not too many people have seen him.

Who is he?

Cracked by: varuns88 , shenoyvarun86 , Johhny Walker , Rogi , joe , Raghuvansh , Gaurav Jindal , Advaith , Rohan , shashank , Jean Valjean , superbrat , Joshan , nishansolo , tete80 , gudanggurum and saurabh arora.

varuns88, shenoyvarun86, Johhny Walker, Rogi, joe, Raghuvansh, Gaurav Jindal, Advaith, Rohan, shashank, Jean Valjean, superbrat, Joshan, nishansolo, tete80, Gurupad and saurabh arora

Sitter for the saturday.. ID the project :-)

Cracked by Logik , jayanth , Jean Valjean , Rogi , shenoyvarun86 , visaka simhan , foobar , Joshan , Dibyo , gudanggurum , dheeraj and tete80.

Logik, jayanth, Jean Valjean, Rogi, shenoyvarun86, visaka simhan, foobar, Joshan, Dibyo, Gurupad, dheeraj and tete80

For a change, I am posting early :)

Identify

Cracked only by udupendra and joe. Sooper!

udupendra and joe

Guest question from duriel. What it is?

Sorry for the delay folks. As usual, this stays up 12hrs longer :)

[others@everywhere #] echo “Guest Question” > /dev/boiledbeans@gmail.com

Cracked by udupendra , Shrey Goyal , byslexia , Rogi , shenoyvarun86 , foobar , superbrat , Joshan , gudanggurum , dheeraj , anirudh patil , Dibyo , Johny Walker , Jean Valjean , varuns88 , tete80 , wanderlust and Logik. Yes , duriel , you do get points :-)

udupendra, Shrey Goyal, byslexia, Rogi, shenoyvarun86, foobar, superbrat, Joshan, Gurupad, dheeraj, anirudh patil, Dibyo, Johny Walker, Jean Valjean, varuns88, tete80, wanderlust, Logik and duriel

Connect:

Cracked by Dibyo , anirudh patil , Raghuvansh , udupendra , Rogi , foobar , shenoyvarun86 , Johny Walker and BASABB.

Dibyo, anirudh patil, Raghuvansh, udupendra, Rogi, foobar, shenoyvarun86, Johny Walker and BASAB

Connect

Hint: The list is missing one “thing”

Cracked by: Raghuvansh , madhur , Ananth , varuns88 , Logik , shenoyvarun86 , Joshan , foobar and Dibyo.

Raghuvansh, madhur, Ananth, varuns88, Logik, shenoyvarun86, Joshan, foobar and Dibyo

Identify the device and inventors. All this device does is exactly what it looks like it’s doing!

Cracked by tete80 , udupendra , Rogi , wanderlust , Joshan , Jagadish , Raghuvansh , superbrat , dheeraj , Logik , Sandipan Chakravarty and shenoyvarun86.

tete80, udupendra, Rogi, wanderlust, Joshan, Jagadish, Raghuvansh, superbrat, dheeraj, Logik, Sandipan Chakravarty and shenoyvarun86

Easy one, a live quiz style question.

What’s the guy’s age?

If you are still wondering, this is his birthday cake.

Cracked by: Shrey Goyal , Raghuvansh , akhi , gudanggurum , abhijeet , krudebox , dheeraj , Dibyo , madhur , Rogi , Debasish , Mo , Ananth and tete80.

Shrey Goyal, Raghuvansh, akhi, Gurupad, abhijeet, krudebox, dheeraj, Dibyo, madhur, Rogi, Debasish, Mo, Ananth and tete80

The title might be a tad tasteless, but still: Where would you find these three famous people, and about 16 other less-famous people together?

Cracked, more-or-less, by udupendra , bobo , Rogi , tete80 , wanderlust , Raghuvansh , lordmaldy , p vs np , Dibyo , Nakul , superbrat , abhijeet and gudanggurum.

udupendra, bobo, Rogi, tete80, wanderlust, Raghuvansh, lordmaldy, p vs np, Dibyo, Nakul, superbrat, abhijeet and Gurupad