Pedometer for Hamster Wheels
The "Mini Animan" is pedometer for hamsters, designed to clip onto their wheel to measure rodent revolutions per minute. Although it was discovered by the glowing Lisa Katayama on Tokyo Mango, her site about Japanese ephemera, it wouldn't surprise me if someone had made a similar product in the West.
The Hamster Wheel Pedometer [TokyoMango.com]
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Reminded me of a hamster hack I saw just the other day: http://www.otherpower.com/hamster.html
It's a homemade hamster powered night light that provides extensive hamster stats (distance, speed, travel times, averages) while powering a LED - now that's nerditry at work. Though unfortunately, he doesn't include info on making colorful Japanese packaging.