<Hamster-Powered Boat>

< The hamster powered boat will enable children with pet hamsters (or any small pet!) to enjoy the benefits of playing in a water environment
- Children will be able to play with their pet hamster and watch them frolick on the open seas. Normally, hamsters get bored of running in a hamster ball. By changing the landscape, they'll have endless hours of navigational fun.
- The toy is based on renewable energy in the form of a self-powered boat. This also teaches children that not all new toys need to be powered in order to be interactive and fun.
- The toy will be very cheap to manufacture due to its simple plastic construction. All pieces will be large, thus saving manufacturing costs (no extremely-tight tolerance parts) and ensuring the safety of the child by eliminating small parts
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Ray Barsa
Carnegie Mellon University
February 3, 2009