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Modding A Paper Shredder

Posted by Hemos on from the zoom-zoom-zoom dept.

detaks writes "The university of alberta's undergraduate computing science student group modded the office shredder, with duct tape, 110volt case fans, and a athlon fan, to increase the speed of the paper shredder from 12 to 37 pages shredded before overheating. You can also read it in the google cache"

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  1. V8 chainsaw... by FyRE666 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This story reminds me of the vid clip I saw on this page. Totally pointless, but very cool - I've never seen anything chop through wood quite so quick - and the sound it makes it almost worth the effort...

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