Not much of a story, really. Once upon a time, a guy thought, “Couldn’t a ‘pager motor’ power a tiny drill?” And it could. The End.

Yes, it’s functional, although I think its applications are limited to drilling holes in pieces of tissue paper. I do like the little noise it makes, though.
From Flickr user S8′s photostream.
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