USB hamster powered by typing speed
What goes around comes around
By Nick Farrell: Tuesday 03 October 2006, 07:18
A GADGET maker has decided that the world needs a toy hamster
running around a wheel which is powered off from a computer's USB
chord.
According to iwantoneofthose.com, the hamster moves around on its
wheel whenever you start typing. If you type fast, it goes like the
clappers.
Apparently when it tested the gadget it sent shrieks of laughter
around the office.
"It is the ultimate parody of modern society," the advertisment
chirps.
Only in that it simulates the depressing fact that every time you
work you are going around in pointless circles. Of course the cute
little furry hamster doesn't die, because it never lived, but then
again it never escapes the wheel either. Buddha had some views on
this sot of thing apparently.
The reviewer felt the need to warn readers that the hamster was not
real and the USB gadget was not suitable for your pet
hamster.
Do you sometimes feel that you're caught up in the rat race of the
working world, and that you are chained to your desk and getting
no-where fast? Well we've found the perfect way to lighten the
load. Now we can't promise to take you out of the rat race but we
can throw a hamster in there to mix it up a bit.
The USB Hamster Wheel is an utter delight. Plug it into your USB
port, load the software from the CD provided and get typing. As you
type, the hamster gets running, spinning the hamster wheel around
in the process - the faster you type, the faster he runs. This
demented rodent sent shrieks of laughter around the office when we
tested it, and is the ultimate parody of modern society.
Features
Cute little furry hamster in a red plastic wheel.
The hamster and its wheel are powered by USB.
A CD of software (it is in the box, just right at the bottom) to
load onto your PC or Laptop.
Compatible with Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
