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white goat eats paper, poops toilet paper

lambert v. — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:44:15 +0000

Spotted at the Eco-Products 2009 trade show, Oriental Co. Ltd.’s White Goat is a paper shredder that turns the shredded bits of paper into toilet paper. It is named after the famous Japanese White Goat, which eats paper and then shits out toilet paper. Yeah that’s not true. I wish it was though.

The White Goat can make one roll of toilet paper from 40 sheets of A4 paper, saving up to 60 trees a year.

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Sure, the toilet paper it produces isn’t exactly top-notch – it actually looks coarse – but wouldn’t it be awesome if you could shred your phone bill/failed exam/your office mate’s documents, turn it into toilet paper and then wipe your ass with it? Seriously though I can’t wait for this thing to be miniaturized. Every house should have a White Goat.

[via Popular Science]

teenage mutant ninja turtles shredder hoodie for the villain in all of us

range — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:42:13 +0000

One of the coolest villains in cartoon history has definitely got to be The Shredder. Before he was ridiculed in the movies, he was one mean dude in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoons. Now, you can bring out your own super-villain with this snazzy hoodie.

It looks pretty cozy and there are even these crazy blades on the side of it as decoration, which makes me even want it more. This TMNT Shredder hoodie is being produced by 80stees and will cost you only $60 (USD).

This Shredder hoodie is based upon the armor of the Shredder, or Oroku Saki. It comes with a neat half-mask, as well as a false cape and spikes protruding from the shoulders and forearms. I really like how the zipper zips up all the way straight over your face to make the mask.

[80s Tees via You Bent My Wookie via Geekologie]

panda shredder destroys tiny documents, not pandas

technabob — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:45:47 +0000

These wacky mini panda bear shredders aren’t really big enough to destroy that second set of books you’ve been keeping for your business (let alone pandas), but they are perfect for getting rid of tiny pieces of paper you’ve written secret love notes on. As an added convenience, the desktop panda will sharpen your pencil while it shreds.

The little hand-cranked shredders are also great for getting rid of business cards from unsolicited sales visits, that fortune you didn’t like from your Chinese lunch, and the occasional ATM receipt.

You should be able to find these for about $12 bucks over on Stupid.com, but they’re currently sold out, so you might have to settle for a crummy elephant shredder instead.

spamtrap: shreds spam into a fine pulp

technabob — Mon, 14 May 2007 22:24:25 +0000

I don’t know what it is that fascinates me so much about shredding devices lately; maybe it’s just my latent destructive tendencies. That said, this art installation by artist Bill Shackelford just seemed too good to not mention.

Shackelford’s Spamtrap is a computer-driven sculpture that receives spam e-mails, prints them out, then immediately shreds and discards them.

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The sculpture isn’t only generating a mountain of paper. It’s actually helping to build better anti-spam blacklists by submitting all messages it shreds to SpamCop. For those concerned about the (lack of) environmental correctness of the whole concept – not to worry – all of the paper Spamtrap shreds is being recycled after the fact.

shredder disposes of days gone by

technabob — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:35:28 +0000

Designer Susanna Hertrich created this unique calendar that gradually rids itself of the previous day by shredding them into oblivion.

The Chrono_Shredder combines a calendar, clock and shredder into a single device that gradually scrolls through the days, eating them away with the shredder. According to the artist:

The Chrono_Shredder’s function is not to show the current moment, like a calendar. Instead, it shows the nearest future (the next day) — and all the time that has past from the time the device has been switched on. Whilst you spend your time in hibernation — the Chrono_Shredder messes up your space with wasted time!

Now that’s deep. Regardless, I think it’s a pretty cool idea. All she needs to do is use hamster power to operate it, and I’ll buy one.

[via NOTCOT]

disc shredder or spirograph?

technabob — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:34:02 +0000

If you’re looking for a creative way to get rid of those military secrets your copied to CD-R, or just want to destroy your ex-girlfriend’s Justin Timberlake disc, you might want to check out Elecom’s SCR-CD001 portable CD/DVD killer.

The portable device etches a nasty series of spiral patterns into any CD or DVD, rendering the data unreadable. Simply plug the device into your USB drive, and you’ll be giving new meaning to “ripping a CD” in minutes. No release date or pricing has been announced yet.

[via Akihabara News]