These are Barbies modded to look like celebrities. Previous we covered the Barbie jewlery as well as the Lord of the Rings style D&D Barbie mods. I think these dolls are becoming great canvases as opposed to just being tossed. Link.
The Beatbox was designed and made by Andy Huntington. It is a physical programmable drum machine. It is on display as part of the RCA Interaction Design Show from the 23rd of June to the 3rd of July (excluding July 1st). They have a video of it on the site- Link.
You’ve heard of bubble wrap, and the boy in the bubble — now, here’s a datacenter in a bubble. I work for a government agency that, like most, is trying to cut back some costs, and one of those costs is a REAL datacenter. So, we decided to wrap the whole thing in plastic (including two 1.5 ton ACs). The room hovers about 83 degrees, however, the racks in the bubble (ok, more like a termite tent) stay about 10 degree cooler. [via] Mirror, Link.
The Swedish site 99Mac has a gallery of all the Apple knockoff products at the monster Computex tradeshow in Taiwan earlier this month. There were quite a lot. Knockoff G5, Knockoff iPod mini, Another knockoff G5, Knockoff iPod shuffle, Knockoff Mac mini (In white and black), Intel’s knockoff Mac mini (More info here), Another knockoff iPod mini, More knockoff shuffles. Link.
It was a nice day to be an underdog at the 50th Lancaster Soap Box Derby on Saturday. Caylee Warner, 10, of Berne Union Elementary, proved that as she cruised her way through the preliminary rounds of the event at Derby Downs. “She is just a real competitor,” said Cathy Warner, Caylee’s grandmother. The cars are a wooden and metal creation built for the children by friends or family members and sponsored by local businesses or organizations. “It took us about a month to build her car,” said Casey Warner, Caylee’s dad. “I gave it to her as a Christmas present.” [via] Link.
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Wake n’ Bacon is an alarm clock that wakes you up with the smell and sizzle of cooking bacon. Once the alarm goes off, it sends a signal to a small speaker to generate the alarm sound. The signal is re-routed by a microchip that responds by sending a signal to a relay that throws the switch to power a halogen lamp in the “baker module” that slow-cooks the bacon in about 20 minutes. I bet you could find some type of artifical bacon scent to make this a bit safer. Link.
After two weeks of planning, painting, cutting, and slicing, I have completed my idea for the Neuron Drive, the world’s first 80GB canvas. It is a fully functional USB hard-drive. The Neuron Drive contains 2 fans and 1 Maxtor 80GB hard-drive. It is fully functional as a hard-drive and both fans spin. It can be hung on a wall and plugged into a computer – serving as a working hard-drive. The Neuron Drive is oil on canvas and it’s 24×18 inches. Link.
