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.
FeaturesCute 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.
