{"id":2335,"date":"2009-12-17T02:40:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T02:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/attention-peta-fur-covered-usb-sticks-alert-usb\/"},"modified":"2009-12-17T02:40:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-17T02:40:00","slug":"attention-peta-fur-covered-usb-sticks-alert-usb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/attention-peta-fur-covered-usb-sticks-alert-usb.php","title":{"rendered":"Attention, PETA: Fur-Covered USB Sticks ALERT [USB]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/823dc_500x_fur-usb2.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\">Courting controversy, Danish designer <a title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #magnhilddisington\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/magnhilddisington\/\">Magnhild Disington<\/a> has created a range of <a title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #usbsticks\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/usbsticks\/\">USB sticks<\/a> covered in real fur, because without fur they're \"neutral in appearance and lack emotional appeal.\" Err...okaay.<\/p><p>Trying to make a point, but failing somewhere in the execution of it, Disington uses leftover pieces of fur which would normally have been thrown away, to cover the USB sticks. 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