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NOELLE™, The First Pregnant Robot

While doing some research for my upcoming delivery, I discovered NOELLE™, the pregnant robot. NOELLE™ was created in 2006 by Florida-based company Gaumard Scientific and has been increasingly used to train doctors and nurses deal with complications of pregnancy. The high-end model retails for $20,000 and comes equipped with several umbilical cords, dilating devices, vulva (for simulating post partum suturing), and even two robot babies (one birthing baby and one interactive neonate)! NOELLE™ is controlled via a wireless PC and can simulate various birthing scenarios, including shoulder dystocia and PPH, vertex as well as breech positions, and C-section deliveries...

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All My Friends Are Dead

All My Friends Are Dead is a hilariously morbid "children's book for adults": If you’re a dinosaur, all of your friends are dead. If you’re a pirate, all of your friends have scurvy. If you’re a tree, all of your friends are end tables. Each page of this laugh-out-loud illustrated humor book showcases the downside of being everything from a clown to a cassette tape to a zombie. Cute and dark all at once, this hilarious children’s book for adults teaches valuable lessons about life while exploring each cartoon character’s unique grievance and wide-eyed predicament. From the sock whose only friends have gone missing to the houseplant whose friends are being slowly killed by irresponsible plant owners (like you), All My...

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Survival Tracking Guide [Ninjas Rock]

Posting will be light this weekend — or at least only filled with fluff pieces like this — as I am sick. Who the heck gets a cold in July? Me, apparently. Stupid pregnancy and its suppressed immune system! Both J and I couldn't help but crack up as we saw this — beware of those ninjas! It reminded me of this old but still hilarious video of the Ninja Parade in Modesto, CA...

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