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the hamster powered paper shredder

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posted: April 10th, 2007 20 comments author: technabob

Do you have too many adapters plugged into in your power strip? This decidedly Flinstonian piece of office equipment eliminates the need for electricity by using hamster power.

Hamster Powered Paper Shredder

As little hammy pedals his butt off, he generates his own shredded paper bedding. Fortunately, this isn’t a real product, rather it’s part of artist Tom Ballhatchet’s installation, planned for display next week in Milan, Italy.

Not feeling environmentally friendly? I suppose you could always defeat the purpose of this device by hooking up one of these USB powered hamster wheels.

[via Core77]

20 comments comment

1. BTT | Blog The Tech &raqu&hellip | April 10th, 2007 at 5:08 pm

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3. jason | April 10th, 2007 at 6:48 pm

what if you have paper to shred and the hamster wont get off its lazy rear?
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10. Aaron | May 1st, 2007 at 7:44 am

ummmm…..question: who in their right mind would come up with this s**t?! lol
11. Larry Smith | May 17th, 2007 at 6:03 pm

Now if only I could find a device to make my dog take care of it self.
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14. Dan | June 7th, 2007 at 9:39 pm

also a good way to self serve the hamster some spaghetti!
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16. me sofie | September 1st, 2007 at 7:12 pm

wow. nice. what is the design of the paper shredder? We’re finding a way to make a mechanical portable paper shredder. Just like the design of the mechanical pencil sharpener. How do you think can we make such?
17. technabob | September 1st, 2007 at 11:33 pm

You should probably try to contact the artist at:
http://www.tomballhatchet.com/
18. Edgar | October 2nd, 2007 at 2:49 pm

Do u have some invention so that hamster cleans to its disasters by itself lol
19. Rikku | December 2nd, 2007 at 7:02 am

Aint that a bit dangerous for the little hamster you know?!?

lol
20. HamsterAuthority | December 13th, 2007 at 7:13 am

This is a great concept as long as you only use newspaper. White paper is bleached and will hurt your hamster. In addition, the cage would be overwhelmed with paper and unless you used a hamster potty, you would be covering over, instead of removing the dirty area of the cage. Great concept, but I recommend not using this gadget.