Posts Tagged ‘Baby’
How to Make Your Baby a Genius: The Science Quilt [Science]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 27th, 2009
Now here's how to ensure your child's Nobel Prize. Babies might not understand the theory of relativity (or words even), but maybe this science quilt will have the little tot thinking early enough to get a jump-start on the competition.
I love the way that images representing atomic physics are laid on top fabric featuring dinosaurs riding in a wagon. It's what I imagine a quilt made by They Might Be Giants would look like.
Check out the link for the rest of the images. And good luck, kid. We're all expecting you to cure cancer now. No pressure. [Reddit]
Baby simulator surfaces in Japan, Devo wants its mascot back (video)
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 19th, 2009
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Baby simulator surfaces in Japan, Devo wants its mascot back (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Man Delivers Baby Using Guide Found on Google [Google]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 16th, 2009
Many men might watch helplessly as their wives are about to give birth, but not Leroy Smith. As soon as Smith realized that the midwife wouldn't arrive on time, he calmly did a Google search on his BlackBerry.
I don't know what Smith's Google query of choice was, but in the end it led him to a WikiHow guide on child delivery. And it must've either been one rather good guide or the Smiths were simply very fortunate, because their baby daughter was born without a hitch. The midwife arrived just as it was time to clamp and cut the umbilical cord, but otherwise Smith managed to get his wife through the delivery by himself.
I'm glad that this tale ended with everyone happy, healthy, and Smith's wife announcing that she'll never complain about his BlackBerry addiction again, but it makes me wonder about what happened to the days when people managed to deliver babies without cellphones and Google. [Sun via Slashdot]
Chinese Couple Sells Baby for Cellphone Money [Wtf]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News, Technology on December 12th, 2009
Faced with the prospect of raising a child they couldn't support, a pair of young, unmarried lovers in China decided to sell their little baby boy for just enough money to buy a cellphone.
It sounds like the couple sought support from their parents before handing their child to a stranger for 2,500 yuan (roughly $366), but it's unclear if that was what pushed their decision. No matter why they did what they did, in the end the pair regretted their decision, and are now attempting to get the child back.
Apparently they may actually even stand a chance of getting the child back because the fellow who purchased him raised some sort of authorities' suspicions and the toddler ended up safe and sound in the care of a welfare center. Other than a truly happy ending, all that's left missing now is word on whether the lovers are returning the cellphone they bought with the proceeds from the child-sale. [Global Times]
Note: The picture above was taken by Micah Sittig, and the cutie in it is not the child from the story.
Twoddler lets your toddler twitter and summon the Fail Whale #cute
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on December 5th, 2009
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Twoddler lets your toddler twitter and summon the Fail Whale #cute originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Hasselt University | Email this | Comments Confine Your Baby in a Motorised Suitcase Concept [Concepts]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on December 2nd, 2009
It’s like someone actually thought the adult-sized vehicles in Wall-E were a good idea. Thankfully, like with most things on Yanko Design, this individual baby confinement torture-device is just a concept, but it’s also a scary insight into someone’s mind.
That someone being designer Pouyan Mokhtarani, whose baby buggy contains a LED screen so you can gurgle and babble away at your baby from a distance, lest you pick up diseases from it, and the air purification unit ensures your baby breathes nothing but the cleanest oxygen.
Auto-rock it to sleep, and even flush away the baby poop with the Auto Diaper function. Actually, the more we look at this concept, the more we wish we could have an adult-sized one. [Yanko Design]
iPhone App Interprets Babies’ Tears While Excusing Pathetic Parenting [IPhone Apps]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on November 6th, 2009
The Cry Translator iPhone app is supposed to assist those with little parental instinct by translating the sobs and screams of their children and providing advice. How ever did we all make it to adulthood without apps like this?
The makers of the app claim that it is "accurate 96% of the time" in interpreting "the five baby cries universal to all babies, regardless of culture or language; hungry, sleepy, stressed, annoyed and bored." I don't have a baby nearby, nor did I manage to make anyone cry long enough to test the app, but I sincerely doubt the statistic.
Definitely hoping that no one makes any serious child raising decisions based on this $30 iPhone app. Then again, with some people it might actually improve their parenting. [Cry Translator via Wired]
Lullabelly prenatal music belt rocks the cradle of love
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on October 28th, 2009
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Portable Audio, Wearables
Lullabelly prenatal music belt rocks the cradle of love originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsRemainders – Things We Didn’t Post [Remainders]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on October 17th, 2009
Baby Gets Hit By Train, Strolls Away...There's a Hole In My Heart That Can Only Be Filled By—Stem Cells?...Beware Bobbies Bearing BlackBerries...Science Figures Out Why We Break Out Bubbly
Sure it's been the lead story on CNN and a big story on Gawker, but there just wasn't enough DIY mechanics or cellphone-related mayhem for us to pounce on this little gem. As a dad, I don't like seeing shit like this, but knowing there's a happy ending made it a bit easier to view. Oops, did I give too much away? [Gawker]
Hairband balladeers from the roaring '80s will be disappointed to learn that holes in the heart previously only able to be filled by some girl who is already dating some other guy can now be filled by a patch made of stem cells. As for the rest of us, we naturally assumed that if stem cells could give Christopher "Butthole" Reeve real Superman strength and build replica's of Shakey's Pizza, well, of course they can patch heart holes. [PopSci]
By March of next year, many British police officers will be handed a smartphone in order to maintain communication while increasing time in the field. It may work, assuming they block like a million distractions. Frankly, the only reason I wanted to even mention this in Remainders was to remind the world of that stroke of British police genius, Hot Fuzz, through Photoshop. It was that or an image of the gmilfy Prime Suspect herself, Helen Mirren. Did I choose wrong? [BBC via Engadget]
Science produces explanations great and small, and finally got around to one we've been waiting for since Heinrich "Coca" Cola invented the fizzy beverage: Why do we love the carbonation? Everyone used to think it was the exploding carbonation bubbles, but sure enough, it's the carbon dioxide itself—you listening, Al Gore???—that sends a message to open up the sour taste buds, delivering a genuine flavor change. Sure, it's not gadget news, but now, when you head out to the bars, you can order beer in the name of science. [Daily Mail UK]
CD Drive Rocks Baby to Sleep [Clips]
Posted by: Gadget Boy in Gadget News on August 27th, 2009
A baby. An old optical disk drive. A piece of string. A few lines of Linux script. Combine these disparate components to see something both magical and absurdly lazy take place. [via technabob]
