BoingBoing reader Michael says,
This is what every parent needs, geek or not — a tinfoil water-cooled hat for overclocking your baby! Sure, technically the cap is sold as a solution for a serious cooling deficiency in some newborns, but I think we all know that’s just a cover story for the underground baby modding scene.
Reader comment: Sarah H says,
The coolcap isn’t for correcting a cooling deficiency, it’s to lower the temperature of a normal baby who’s having a difficult birth to well below normal. Lifelong disabilities like cerebral palsy can be caused by insufficient oxygen supply to the brain during birth, and the coolcap lowers the brain’s temperature to reduce its oxygen demand. While overclocked babies make a witty headline, you might also mention that the company who created it demonstrated that it seriously reduces the chance of death and major neurological disability! Link.
Anonymous Google employee says,
I’m a Googler, and our new Google Patent Search gives even more insight into this oddity: Infant Brain Cooling Device!