Art Lebedev's Matryoshkus redefines Babushka dolls
By Ryan Block 
posted Aug 8th 2007 3:27PM
posted Aug 8th 2007 3:27PM
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Whats it...do?
These would make excellent educational tools for teach computers to senior citizens and young children.
what happened to the other bits?
Nottin, it is design, it's not suppose to do anything.
What are Russian nesting dolls suppose to do anyway? And think about it, they must have solled millions (Mega# ?) of these.
The Russian nesting dolls started as toys for kids over a century ago. Some of the matryoshkas (this is how they are called in Russia) had very elaborate painting and became collector items. I have a few in my store: http://matryoshkastore.com/ The novelties like the terabyte appeared much later. It should really have a sort of USB storage built in to be complete :))
this is stupid. art lebedev is the Ron Paul of tech forums.
Id rather have him working on the price of his OLED keyboard.
This kinda... boring
my thoughts exactly
They should be ralative size. Bit would be smaller than a micron.
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. CONTAINS SMALL PARTS.
yeah, pretty close to a micron.
Since they are 3 dimensional, each step (assume its 1000x for simple calculations) would only be 10 times larger (or smaller) in each dimension. so if the terabyte is 0.1 of a meter tall, the gig would be 1cm, the meg would be 1mm, kilobyte is 100 microns, byte is 10 microns, but the last step is 8x (1/2 in each direction) so it would be about 5 microns.
I say start by making the bit 1cc then build relatve sizes up from there.
yeah, pretty close to a micron.
Since they are 3 dimensional, each step (assume its 1000x for simple calculations) would only be 10 times larger (or smaller) in each dimension. so if the terabyte is 0.1 of a meter tall, the gig would be 1cm, the meg would be 1mm, kilobyte is 100 microns, byte is 10 microns, but the last step is 8x (1/2 in each direction) so it would be about 5 microns.
I say start by making the bit 1cc then build relatve sizes up from there.
*preemptive volume is wrong, logarithmic or something or other comment*
Damn, to late.
Great, so they cover all the ones most of us know, but forget about the ones we might actually get confused about.
He forgot a few steps.
bit
nibble
byte
word
double word (dword)
quad word (qword)
kilobyte
kibibyte
megabyte
mebibyte
gigabyte
gibibyte
terabyte
tebibyte
petabyte
exabyte
exbibyte
zettabyte
zebibyte
yottabyte
If you aren't familiar with some of these, look them up on Wikipedia.
Don't forget 'page'.
Actually, when you get into the mega- vs. mebi-, tera- vs. tebi-, etc. discussion, it should be pointed out that these are not steps in the same order, but rather are alternate hierarchies of magnitude. In truth, megabyte would be 1,000 kilobytes (how HDD makers size things), while a mebibyte would be 1,024 kibibytes.
So we actually use the wrong terms for the sizes we commonly reference (1,024). If you want to show all options, you could also add kilobit, megabit, terabit, etc. (factor of 8) to the list and do the same for kibibit, mebibit, tebibit, etc.
:)
They're the same color as the new imacs!
Will they blend? That is the question...
Likely
...and they really need to, that's for sure.
I don't get it. What's the take?
I like the idea, but I don't like the font
They should be proportional in size, that is, each one should be 1000 times larger than the previous one. Ha!
A byte = 1000 bits? :O
Just buy these. :)
http://blog.stylehive.com/index.php/weblog/entry/hot-product-blank-babushka-dolls/
10 pieces, can't be hard to add the writing yourself.
Hum. Definately not going to get 8 of those bits in that byte.
This is a brilliant take on design! A few steps are missing but we get the point..
Circuit Board Labels
Awesome idea, but needs to go a few steps beyond gigabyte. Just add Terabyte, Petabyte, Exabyte, Zettabyte and Yottabyte, and make it cost less then $40. There's a lot of people i know who would love it as a gift.
And i am all for minimalism, but this taking it WAAAY too far.
Nice design but i feel its too minimalist especially giving the ussual decoration the traditional dolls have ... i would also love a version with nice computer related illustrations instead of just words.
In Soviet Russia, Babushka redefine YOU.
It's called a matroshka doll, not babushka doll. Babushka means "rain hat."
not true. Babushka (бабушка) means grandmother
Sorry folks these are just prototypes.
The real ones are scheduled for December of 2008
-maybe.
aww man.. you beat me to it :(
Should 8 of those nest inside the next next size?
It'd be better to just build an inverted pyramid, then you'll have a better understanding of the size
This idea is almost as bad as "My Therapy buddy" from American inventor.
They are called Matroshka dolls, not Babushka...
Babushka means grandma..
Man no
pettabyte
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zetta""
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When will they ever get it right
I'm buying one for sure. Then I'm giving it to my friends and family who boast about their hard drives with 'tons of megabytes'.