Put away the Star Wars action figures and set your phasers to stun, the PRC is not hosting a Sci-Fi convention. BUT, we did recently receive a very generous gift of lil’ mimobots (thanks mimoco) for use in our youth education programs. I’m not generally a “Tech Geeking Out” poster but these little guys were just too cool so I thought a blog entry was in order.

So what exactly is a mimobot? When all is said and done, a mimobot is a designer USB storage drive. mimoco, the company that produces the toy/drive, commissioned a variety of artists and designers to develop the identity and design for each individual mimobot. The result, cute and cuddly mass storage devices that truly demonstrate the new convergences between art and commerce. The roster of artists commissioned by mimoco include some heavy hitters in the creative field such as artist/illustrator/ cartoonist/all-around madman Gary Baseman. And for all you sci-fi folks, they even have a new Star Wars series. Now if they could only hook up my floppy disks.