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Man Uses Linux and CD Tray to Rock Baby to Sleep
The creative parent, using Ubuntu Linux, wrote a program commanding his CD-ROM tray to repeatedly eject and then pull back in. Connecting the tray to his baby's car seat with a piece of string, macjonesnz effectively created a continuous baby-rocker. As the video clearly demonstrates, Baby Charlotte v1.0 is resting peacefully -- and for a fraction of the price of some other non-traditional baby toys. [From: macjonesnz, via Neatorama]
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Subscribe to commentsMary AnnAug 27th 2009 1:03AM
I love it! Ingenious! What a little sweety. She has a very smart Daddy who wants her to be rocked. I remember falling asleep in my rocker with my head bobbing only to jerk awake and keep going for hours on end to try to get my baby a decent nights sleep. Good work Dad!
MuscherrygrlAug 29th 2009 2:15PM
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO HAVING A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP! WITH YOUR CHILD! To me rocking a baby to sleep as tiring as it may be is a highlight in watching the child grow up.
FayeAug 29th 2009 2:52PM
Good for that daddy! Unfortunately, it's not always practical to sit in a rocking chair for hours trying to rock a fussy baby to sleep, and she certainly looks safer and snugglier than she would in an infant swing (not that there's anything wrong with those, either!). My only concern: Does using the CD-ROM door like that void the warranty?
Anna MarieAug 29th 2009 4:52PM
Ok - it's a cute video and looks ingenious, but there ARE some problems:
1 - The string can be a choking hazard as soon as the infant is old enough to grab it - it looks like this would only work for the few short days/weeks when they are very small and just lay there. I don't advise anyone actually trying this.
2 - It's tough on your CD tray.
3 - One day your baby will be all grown up and you will have missed their warm, sweet, cuddly stage; plus, a car seat is no substitute for human arms from the baby's point of view and development. Sometimes you just gotta put a baby in a carseat/chair/playpen/rocker but some babies go from one to the other with hardly any human contact - they are even fed in these things without being held. Make sure you give a baby lots of cuddling as there is no substitute for that.
jeriAug 29th 2009 7:55PM
holy cow if something drastic happens,you can always plead insanity or take the fifth
they are both about the same thing.jaroy
annalovesbinkAug 29th 2009 8:53PM
Hahahaha I love it!! If the paranoid --ahem, I mean concerned-- people who are worried about the lack of a "personal relationship" portrayed here could please describe how THEY would maintain an orderly home, (fix meals, keep up with the laundry and entertain big sis etc.) while never once allowing their baby to fall asleep on their own, do SHARE your secrets of expertise with the rest of us!!!! Oh, and the idea that someone clever enough to arrange this controversial contraption would be dumb enough to endanger a baby capable of reaching the string? Yeah whatever. LOL