Kaiser21 and child show off this flaming tailfined auto-stroller at the 2010 June 5 Monthly Muscle Car Show in Plano, TX. Papa Kaiser notes, “This little stroller won first place in the Open Car class. It has air-ride, lights under the car, and even fire out of the tailpipes!” Brady Cash Custom Cadillac Baby Stroller ( via DVICE )

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Flaming muscle-car stroller

For the past five years, Peter Jansen, a Canadian scientist whose PhD is in neural computation and cognitive modelling, has been developing a series of open source hardware “tricorders” — handheld sensor packages running GNU/Linux that can be used by everyday people to make and record observations about the world around them. There are several versions of the tricorder, some with sensors attached (atmospheric, electromagnetic, spatial), others that are “blank,” with places to mount your own sensors. The latest version, the Mark IV, is still in development, and is intended to be mass-produced at low cost. The Tricorder project emphasizes accessibility. The devices we build are meant to be as inexpensive as possible, so folks might have access to them without having to worry about the cost, or their difficulty of use. My hope is that someday every household and every child who wants one might have access to a small device that can easily be kept close in a pocket or bag, and quickly pulled out when curiosity strikes. By turning a walk home through the park into a nature walk, and Dad’s spring time home repairs into a lesson about heat flow, it’s my hope that everyday experiences will become opportunities to learn and develop an intuitive understanding and deep fluency with the science of our everyday world. It is my deep belief that knowledge brings about positive change. It’s possible that the same instrument that can show a child how much chlorophyll is in a leaf could also show how them much pollution is in the air around us, or given off by one’s car. As an educator and a researcher, I feel that if people could easily discover things about their worlds that were also important social topics, that they would then make positive social choices, like reducing their emissions, or petitioning for cleaner industry in their communities. By having access to general tools, people can learn about leaves, or air, or clouds, or houses or light, or magnetism, or temperature or anything the Tricorder can help them see. Most of all, the Tricorder is designed to discover things that we don’t already know. I’m excited about what you can discover with it. And that’s what it’s about. Little discoveries, everywhere. the Tricorder project: ( via MeFi )

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Open source "tricorders": handheld sensor packages for everyone

On Reddit, KelseyPolo describes a friend’s awesome gift for her (presumably Narnia-obsessed) 9-year-old-daughter, which features a through-the-wardrobe entrance leading to a playroom annexed off of the bedroom sporting lovely floor-to-ceiling Narnia murals. My friend got her 9 yr old daughter a wardrobe for her bedroom, but it’s not just any old wardrobe… (imgur.com)

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Narnia-themed kid’s playroom with through-the-wardrobe entrance

Before the “Nintendo wars” of the early 21st century, there were these toys, which invited young children to practice accurately releasing atom bombs. I’m not sure that the skills you learned with this gadget would translate into real A-bombing practice, though, which probably disappointed some youngsters. Atom Bomber

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Old toy for teaching children to accurately drop atom bombs

Have one of those annoying little shits who won’t eat their pancakes unless they’re in the shape of Star Wars spaceships ? Send them to school with no breakfast. Oooooor break down and buy this $10 set of Star Wars molds from Williams-Sonoma and prepare to be WALKED ALL OVER. Each set includes an X-wing, TIE fighter and Millennium Falcon. Unfortunately there’s no Death Star, but that’s okay. “Because most pancakes already look like Death Stars?” Ding-ding-ding-ding! “I won?” No, that was the fire alarm — NOW GO! “You’re not coming?” Nope, I’m going down with the ship. “That wasn’t really the fire alarm was it?” I don’t know what the f*** it was I just really want you to leave right now. Product Site via Star Wars Pancake Molds [incrediblethings] Thanks to lilco, who agrees waffles are way better. And why? “Because they hold more syrup!” *buttering chest* That’s right they do.

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Battle For Breakfast: Star Wars Vehicle Pancake Molds

This is a peek at Hasbro’s (OMG — I has bros too!) upcoming ‘My First Transformer’ toy line. It was designed for young children and people like me who would try to eat and subsequently choke on the wheels of a regular Transformer. My first Transformer? My first transformer was a stick that turned into the sword that I’d stab my brother with. Hit the jump for shots of the toys rolled out, one of which looks suspiciously like he has a peenor (it’s the race car).

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But Will They Fit In My Mouth?: ‘My First Transformers’

Italian Etsy seller ConceptualDevices made this $450 elephant beanbag chair, “a place where to read (and write) fairy tales.” Its external lining is made of a soft fabric used for outdoor upholstery produced by Sunbrella which is easily washable, waterproof, oil proof and sunlight resistant. The internal lining is 100% cotton and contains the expanded polystyrene padding. TANTO is manufactured in Italy. Elephant is the first character of a wide collection of pachyderms that we intend to make. TANTO. A Place Where to Read (and Write) Fairy Tales. ( via Super Punch )

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Elephant bean-bag chair

Pittance sez, “This is my brand new 3D printed Fisher-Price record player record (for the old clockwork music box one, not the new electronic one) playing “Still Alive” from Portal. It’s entirely made using Processing and printed at Shapeways and, now I know how to do it, I really hope I can make more with different tunes - suggestions?” 3D Printed Record - ‘Still Alive’

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Homebrew, 3D printed Fisher-Price record-player disc plays "Still Alive"

MakerBot has announced “MakerBot Playsets,” a series of freely downloadable dollhouses, furnishings and dolls for your 3D printer. Whip up as pieces as needed, on demand, and amaze the wee ones (and compulsive hoarders) in your life. MakerBots own design superstar Michael Skimbal Curry, creator of such Thingiverse megahits as the Turtle Shell Racers and Gothic Cathedral playset, starts the ball rolling by architecting a pair of MakerBot Playset buildings. Introducing two new Thingiverse superstars: Cushwa and PrettyLittleThings are doing a tremendous job furnishing these playsets with their imaginations.1 So without further ado, straight from the soundstage backlot of Annelises Replicator music video, The Right Heart, we present you with the MakerBot Fairytale Castle Playset and the Damsels! The collection has to be seen to be believed. Introducing the MakerBot Playsets: MakerBot Fairytale Castle

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Makerbot playsets: free, downloadable 3D files for dollhouses, dolls and accessories

NOTE: SERIOUSLY TURN YOUR SPEAKERS DOWN TO BETWEEN 0 AND 1. I know I said no more Christmas posts , but I’m also a notorious liar. Just ask any my friends. “One time I used my only phone call from jail to call him and he said he’d be right there to bail me out. He never came.” Haha! Yeah, I went right back to sleep. This is a video of a kid getting an iPod Touch for Christmas and then raging his screamy little face off . It…reminds me why I don’t want to have kids. So much so I just nuked my balls in the microwave for like two minutes. “I thought it smelled like burnt pube and Hot Pocket in here!” Bite? Hit the jump for the video and remember to WRAP THAT DANGLE UP. UPDATE: So I just watched the video again because I hate myself that bad and please, don’t even bother — you’ll seriously regret it.

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Turn The Volume Down: Kid Gets iPod Touch, Rages