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What Is It?
Yesterday we presented a photograph of a gold medal winning product design at the 2010 International Design Excellence Awards. But we couldn’t figure out what it was. It looked like a flower vase or a wine caraf and was called OneDown.
Just one reader, Sharon B. guessed that OneDown is a humane rat trap. (I think she Googled it ;-) ) The trap rests precariously in a horizontal position on a circular foot. Bait inside would lure the rat into the trap, a metal insert in the base coupled with the weight of the rat will tip the trap and bring it to a vertical position indicating that a rat has been trapped. Then the rat can be released instead of killed. It’s from the DSK ISD International School of Design in India where rats are a major problem.
Photo by DSK ISD International School of Design.
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Sharon Buckland on June 27th, 2010 2:10 pm
Of course I googled it! How could I not want to know straight away? :-)
Angela Shupe on June 27th, 2010 8:59 pm
I want a couple. I hate traditional traps, not to mention they’re not necessarily safe around kids. I love the idea of humane traps but have yet to find one that works and at a reasonable cost. I like the interesting design of this one, though!
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