The Weird and Wonderful World Of Teddy Bears
Teddy Bears have been around for over 100 years, but that doesn't stop designers and inventors from coming up with wacky new ways of using, changing, or (in some cases) destroying them!
From the innovative to the kitsch, the world of Teddy Bears is full of inventive new thoughts, ranging from the wonderfully sad, to the downright weird!
The Teddy Bear Gun
Surprisingly, this isnt a joke! This Japanese 'toy' has really been calculated to make life simpler at your wedding! As a replacement for of throwing confetti at the bride and groom, the Japanese go one step further and throw Teddy Bears!
Naturally, a name everyplace in Japan realised that this tradition could be made a whole lot simpler if they had a gun to 'throw' the Teddy Bears for them, and so bent the Teddy Bear Gun.
This apparatus-- bent by Japanese paintball gun manufacturers, Sunamiya-- utilises the science behind their paintball guns to thrust the Teddy Bear through a transparent barrel, high into the air with a simple click of the trigger.
Fortunately, no Teddy Bears are injured with the use of such a apparatus as each bear is fitted with their own mini parachute, so they glide safely and gracefully back down to Earth to wish the bride and groom well on their journey.
USB Teddy Bear
That's right, a data-storing Teddy Bear! At a first glance this is just a normal, cute Teddy Bear, but once you pull its head off (Yes, you are required to cut off somebody's head this poor Teddy Bear!), it suddenly becomes a USB memory stick, with the head acting as the cap.
When plugged in, it appears as though the Teddy Bear is being sucked into your computer! Poor thing. Maybe a name had a score to settle? Were not too sure when, or even if these Teddy Bears will come on to the market. So if you dont feel like coming up to find out, it cant be that hard to pull apart one of your much loved cuddly toys
The Huggable
The 'Huggable' Teddy Bear certainly fits into our 'fantastic' class!
This Teddy Bear is being developed to act as a automatic companion for the ill, elderly or infirm who are unable to delight in the presence of real animals, and the benefits this can bring. The thought of the 'Huggable' was born after clinical trials proved that animals can reduce stress levels in patients, but some- due to allergies or local restrictions- are not able, or allowed to have access to such animals.
Making use of the latest sensate-skin equipment, cameras in the eyes, microphones in the ears, wireless equipment and data collection techniques, the Teddy Bear has been brightly calculated to answer to touch in the way a real animal would, and then converse in an apt manner.
The aim is to grant a helpful tool for care providers that is emotionally lovely and provides real, measurable health benefits to patients. This has to be the most advanced, forward thought, technologically packed Teddy Bear weve ever seen!
Teddy Bear MP3 Player
Appealing to Teddy Bear fans the world over, a nifty small Teddy Bear MP3 player, competent of storing 128mb of audio, with a USB connection, and a liberal $78 price tag, seems set to become one of the most useful and practical Teddy Bears available, without compromising on excellent looks.
Bent by Tomy, and weighing in at only 50g (without battery), this rather retro looking product will offer you up to 8 hours of playback from a single AA battery!
Teddy Bear Chair
As soft and as reassuring as a 'real' Teddy Bear, this eccentric Teddy Bear Chair was calculated by furniture designer Matti Klenell. Perfect for any Teddy Bear lover looking for something completely different to furnish their home with, 'Mido' is an upholstered Simple Chair, shaped like a Teddy Bear, originally showed at the Agate Gallery, Stockholm as part of an impressive solo exhibition.
The Evil Spy Robot Teddy Bear
No, this isn't the latest military scheme, but a Teddy Bear fitted with the latest and most advanced equipment. The Teddy Bear is being developed to answer to the Teddy Bear's owners' voice, movements and even facial expressions!
With Microsoft showcasing a high-tech Spy Robot Teddy Bear at the TechFest trade honest, the stage looks set for further investment and enhancement into intelligent Teddy Bears competent of tape moments of your child's day, reading them a book, and even connecting to a parent's system in a remote location to enable them to 'curriculum a repertoire for a child'. The look excellent seem endless!
Initially, this Teddy Bear was calculated to plainly track someones passage around a room, but since then, the whole scheme has exploded, and future plans for the Teddy Bear will take this toy to an incredible level of sophistication.
The Creepy Teddy Bear
This may be the weirdest and most disturbing Teddy Bear Ive ever come across, and slots into our 'weird' class impeccably!
Called the to some extent reassuring 'TeddyBearBand', this 'cuddly toy' was surprisingly calculated by Philippe Starck who claims that 'an overabundance of toys fosters infidelity' in children, leading him to make this kind of hybrid of Teddy Bears/soft toys that apparently meets all of a child's needs!
With this Teddy Bear having a bunny for a hand, and a dog for a foot, it certainly packs more animals into a cuddly toy than the average Teddy Bear, but I'm worried about the dreams I'll be having tonight after seeing this thing, let along the effect it'll have on a young child.
The Teddy Bear Remote Hegemony
This slightly odd-looking Teddy Bear, calculated by the innovative designer Leah Culver, doubles up as an all-purpose remote hegemony.
While maintaining it's softness and child-like appeal, this Teddy Bear makes a surprisingly effective, fully functional remote hegemony. Squeeze the Teddy Bear's chest to play/pause your curriculum or film, and change the volume with a soft pinch of the ear.
We really like this one! Slightly weird, but also to some extent fantastic!
GPS Navigation Teddy Bear
This cheeky but fun GPS-fitted Teddy Bear (Navirobo) sits on your dashboard and directs you to your destination. But heaven forbid if you take a incorrect turn, for your cuddly companion-- who even does a small jig when you finally reach your destination-- will mock you!
This is a fantastic, laugh-out-loud Teddy Bear, calculated and manufactured in (you guessed it!) Japan, will be a fantastic addition to your dashboard that will make your long journeys home far less deadly!
'You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog'
When Barney the guard dog went on a storm at Wookey Hole Caves, it was no ordinary Teddy Bear that became one of her victims
Mabel, made in Germany in 1909, who earlier belonged to none other than the King himself-- Elvis Presley-- lay mortally offended, surrounded by the ruins of nearly a hundred rare Teddy Bears, ruined by the foul-tempered Doberman Pinscher.
The Teddy Bears were on loan at the time of the attack, showed at Wookey Hole Caves, Somerset. Mabel-- bought for $40,000 by Sir Benjamin Slade, an avid aerial of Elvis memorabilia-- was, not-surprisingly, the star attraction.
Barney, who was supposed to be guarding the Teddy Bear collection, worth over 400,000 was wrestled to the ground among the ruins of the Teddy Bears, with "Heads pulled off, arms, legs here and there, it was a total butchery really. I've never seen such a mess, there was stuffing, fluff and bear bits everywhere."
Sir Benjamin was, understandably, not best pleased!
Do our Teddy Bears have feelings too?
With so many weird and fantastic things experience in the Teddy Bear world, it makes you wonder whether our cuddly friends have feelings and emotions of their own. What would they reckon of the crazy thoughts we have for Teddy Bears? Do they come awake at night and dredge up our moments of cruelty?
I don't know it is sometimes right that we form connections with the exhausted objects that we surround ourselves with and eventually humanise our Teddy Bears, and by doing this, we start treating them as if they have human emotions- pain, dread, like. Whatever the case, here at Funky Bears, were sure the crazy Teddy Bear inventions will continue, and we cant wait to see the next weird or fantastic thoughts that people in the same diligence as ourselves will come up with!
Author: Paul Lakeman
Condition Source: EzineArticles.com
