A reinvented, "gadgetized" trash can that takes your waste as input and generates a 3D digital representation, intended to persist in a digital archive composed of other discarded items. By transforming physical artifacts into digital traces of data waste, the object acts as both a critique of the proliferation of Internet of Things devices and digital services, and of the wasteful nature of these systems.

A re-imagined, gadget-ified trashcan that takes your trash as input and generates a digital 3D representation, which lives on in a digital archive of other discarded elements. By transforming physical artifacts into digital traces of data waste, it acts as both a critique of the increasing abundance of Internet-of-Things devices and digital services, and the wastefulness of such systems.