Technabob » shred http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Hamster Powered Paper Shredder http://technabob.com/blog/2007/04/10/the-hamster-powered-paper-shredder/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/04/10/the-hamster-powered-paper-shredder/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:07:14 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/04/10/the-hamster-powered-paper-shredder/ 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 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]

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