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Paper Shredder Reinvented In Sculpture-Like Paper2Dust Concept
Posted by Kit Eaton at 8:34 PM on November 10, 2008
Paper shredders are usually simple and utilitarian-designed boring boxes, which may be why Bluelarix Designworks went to town on this reimagining of the machine. Paper2Dust is bizarrely sculptural, and works by having a "fast turning cord" spinning inside the top that literally rips the paper you slide into it into dust. The glass lid of the machine lets you see how pulped the paper's getting—when you're satisfied you simply release the power button, and the dustified paper slips down into the machine's leg. There's the usual safety features of course, but if it ever made it into a real product I think its selling power would be the therapeutic value of seeing hated paperwork being vaporised. [Yanko Design]
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Ariel_Wollinger
Posted 11:14 PM 10/11/08
you have to fold the paper? no, thanks...
Ariel_Wollinger
Curves
Posted 11:50 PM 10/11/08
Destruction without video? You're slipping Giz!
Curves
No_7
Posted 12:35 AM 11/11/08
@Curves: Yeah... after that lead in, I was expecting a video as well.
So this is basically a weed eater turned upside-down, and re-purposed as a paper-shredder?
They should really take this one step further, and make it into a full-blown paper recycling plant. Add some liquid and make that pulp into a paste, then spray it into a nice sheet, iron it, and spit it out the other end. Now THAT would be a product worthy of Gizmodo!
No_7
slez
Posted 4:59 AM 11/11/08
Not very green; you can't recycle paper dust. Maybe you could use it for insulation.
slez
BeautifulAgony
Posted 6:05 AM 11/11/08
@slez: What? [citation needed]!
Paper dust is easily recyclable, as it helps form a bonding agent "sludge" in the mixture. Also, with proper filtering (using natural biological methods) paper dust can also be used to make natural fertilizers because it contains potash, which is highly beneficial to soil.
There's no problem with paper dust, it can be useful. The only downside I can see to this method of shredding is that it has the potential to be messy for the user when emptying the bin. Otherwise, it sounds like an interesting and unique way to shred that enhances the security of the process by not leaving recognizable traces of documents.
BeautifulAgony
Purple Dave
Posted 6:45 AM 11/11/08
@No_7:
They should do it Jimmy James-style and shred the instructions...before reading them.
Purple Dave
Zedster The Myuu
Posted 12:32 PM 11/11/08
@BeautifulAgony: I can imagine the cloud of paper dust puffing up at me when I'm trying to empty the bin... Not going to be very safe with fire around is it? If I'm smoking a cigarette, will it go up in flames like a cloud of flour does?
Zedster The Myuu