Furby Autopsy

Today's site, by it's title may sound a little, well, warped. That should make it very appropriate for us to look at. And after you spend sometime here, you will agree that it truly belongs with us.

The name of the site is Furby Autopsy. For those who don't remember, Furbies were little animated toy pets that were hugely popular several years ago. My kids had them, your kids probably had one, they were all the rage. But like any good toy, they had an expected life. After that life was up, most of them most likely ended up in the garbage or land fills or on a shelf somewhere. But the owner of this site was not about to let theirs go peacefully. They wanted to know why it died. So did they call CSI or SVU or anyone else? Nope, they did it themselves.

Essentially the site describes how to disassemble a furby, and see how it works, or in this case, how it doesn't work. The procedure is very well described, and even the technical side of the device is discussed. All of the inputs and outputs are described, as well as a way to hack into the furby (why is there a picture of Chucky in my mind right now?).

This is really a pretty cool site. The Furby was so popular, that it doesn't surprise me that a site like this popped up. They were (and still are) pretty popular little creatures. The Warp-o-Meter gives this a 9.0 rating.

http://www.phobe.com/furby/