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coffin-shaped mousetrap lets you show respect for the animal whose neck you just broke

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I’m not sure if PETA would approve of Sarah Dery’s mousetrap design. On one hand, it provides captured mice with a decent resting place, and it makes it easy for you to toss them out the window while shrieking give them a proper burial.

On the other hand, the mouse wouldn’t need the coffin if…

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September 3rd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: strange + wonderful

octopus trap speakers may only look versatile

takotsubo octopus trap speaker bird electron

In what has to be one of the oddest trends I’ve seen, Japanese company Bird Electron has produced a set of speakers built to resemble octopus traps. As you might have guessed, octopus traps are used to catch octopi. These speakers, apparently, are designed to catch attention instead of 8-legged sea creatures.

They’re pretty enough if…

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March 4th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: audio design