Do you want to be your own Barbie doll? Now, maybe you can

My eye was caught by a weird yet interesting article that I found tucked away in an obscure corner of the New York Times. Called "Gaining Perspective, Small and Large, With Dolls," the article talks about Karolinska Institute in Sweden which has conducted research in which it connected people with dolls via electronic headsets. Here is how the article puts it:

"Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden hooked up volunteers to a headset connected to a camera display that provided the subject with a first-person perspective from the doll's point of view. Then, the researchers touched the subject's body and the doll's body at the same time with a small rod. This created the sensation that the subject inhabited the doll's body..."

The article goes on to make points about the scientific importance for this understanding evolution and even the creation of medical robots. Well, that's nice but what an unbelievable doll accessory that would make. I mean, come on, how cool would that be? It could be the next big advance in doll play.

Someone in the toy industry better get over to Sweden...NOW!