barbie
Toys
Barbie Foosball Creeps Me Out While Inexplicably Excites Me
1:00AM Jesus Diaz | We like foosball, despite the fact that we can’t play real football. We like Barbie, despite the fact that she doesn’t have any genitalia. It’s no surprise then that we really like Foosball Barbie. More »
Design
The Soul of a Barbie, a PS3, and a Big Mac Caught on Video
5:59AM Jesus Diaz | Satre Stuelke seems to have three passions: McDonald’s fast food, toys, and gadgets—specially the GE 4-slice medical research scanner he uses to create these stunning images and videos at Cornell University’s Biomedical Imaging Centre: More »
Toys
Super-Powered Power Wheels Are Childhood Fantasy, Actualised
9:20AM Mark Wilson | Have you ever witnessed a modified Barbie-themed Power Wheel drift through snow at 32kph? No? Then you haven’t lived, friend. [via bbGadgets] More »
Games
Barbie, Star of Barbie Commodore 64 Game, Turns 50 Today
1:00PM Wilson Rothman | The blonde bombshell known for her appearance in “Barbie,” the self-titled 1985 C64 game, turned 50 today. Some allege that Barbie is popular for reasons other than C64 compatibility, but we’re not so sure. [Allure] More »
Toys
Barbie Digital Fingernail Printer Makes Girls Superficial AND Lazy
8:20AM Mark Wilson | OK, who here told the Barbie people about thermal printer technology?
Phones
Fake Chinese Barbie Phone Better Than the Real Thing
3:03PM Elaine Chow | You know what’s fun? When Chinese fakes actually turn out to be more useful (and would possibly sell better) than the real product. Case in point: This mobile phone designed to look like Mattel’s Barbie B2 mp3 player. More »
Gadgets
Dear Iran: Barbie Ain’t So Bad, But Robot Vacs Are Evil
1:00AM Addy Dugdale | This week, Iran told Barbie, “We have to talk.” It’s not an all-out Dear John situation, but the blonde dolly may need to tread lightly in the country. She’s not the only one: Spider-Man, Batman and Harry Potter are already on the clerical watch list. Yep, the country that brought you carpets, backgammon, ethanol, windmills and carrots—one that until the Islamic Revolution in 1979 was the most progressive states in the Islamic world—is considering a Barbie Ban. When I saw that, I wondered what other products had been branded off limits, and which gadgets were left for the Barbie-less boys and girls to play with. Turns out, the mullahs might not have their priorities straight. More »
Gadgets
Barbie B2 Music Player Just Scoops iPhone for Gadget of the Year
7:31PM Addy Dugdale | Sometimes, it’s hard to be a woman. Especially when you see things like the Barbie B2 touchscreen MP3 player, aimed at the female market in Korea. I don’t think the player includes the pube-clad doll, but perhaps it would be better for mankind if it did. [Aving USA] More »
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Student Makes Barbie an Electric Chair for Science Fair Project
8:08PM Addy Dugdale | Middle school student Jessyratfink (not her real name) came up with an innovative &mdash and utterly brazilliant &mdash project for her science fair: an electric chair for Barbie. You can find out just how she did it on the Instructables website, but there’s a small gallery below of her handiwork. More »
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