Nails painted with a printed circuit board motif

My nine-year-old daughter would like to have her nails painted this way, I think. These were created by Erin Hatebury. (via The Mary Sue)

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fuzzyfuzzyfungus

Wait a second… The owner of those nails would appear to be modeling them against the backdrop of an authentic Voodoo 5 5500(AGP variant)… The last and most powerful Voodoo card ever to hit retail.

That’s some geek cred, there. Respect.
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1362381940 Erin Hateberry
  
  chest bump.
fuzzyfuzzyfungus

Oh, on another note: between the availability of teeny SMT parts and silver lacquer rework pens, it seems that it would be possible to incorporate actual electrical behavior into nail polish designs. Powering them might be a trifle tricky, though.
- Boundegar
  
  No, the redstone repeaters are just too bulky.
- http://twitter.com/digitalArtform Joseph Francis
  
  They got Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss up to a GHz which is pretty good considering he fabricated it in 1907.
ohbejoyful

Boingboing . . . Pinterest . . . worlds collide!!!!!
- http://daruiburns.tumblr.com/ Dlo Burns
  
  This can’t be pinterest it’s not beige enough.
niktemadur

Took ‘em long enough to come up with the idea!
Very clever, really. Now do the contact lenses also, and you’re halfway to a Superman III costume (Mrs. Webster being turned into a robot).
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1362381940 Erin Hateberry

I made these :3 You can see more of my designs here: nailpopllc.tumblr.com
and here:
facebook.com/NailPopLlc
- http://profile.yahoo.com/65BTLCSC5HID2CFRDXCAU2B73A lookingforoldfriends
  
  give the gal some credit BOINGBOING!
  - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1362381940 Erin Hateberry
    
    an updated post with a link to my tumblr or something would be AWESOME.
theophrastvs

all that and they don’t even light up when opposing nails make contact? (middle finger nail reserved for special displays)
Rodney Hoffman

I’ve always thought someone should make carpets / tapestries of this kind.
- fuzzyfuzzyfungus
  
  Back before the full adoption of copper-trace-on fiberglass(especially the widespread availability of cheap multilayer boards and vias) electronic gear had a much more textile-y feel. From the prototype/kit wire-wrap stuff, up to the hardcore cable management of the Cray 1(below). Looks like a mess; but every single signal pair is of the correct length to account for signal transmission time, and none are greater than 4 feet, to keep latency down…
  
  I’ve also got some old Amdahl boards around here somewhere: All the ICs are through-hole parts in fiberglass; but every single electrical connection is made with very, very fine enameled wire, point-to-point, hand soldered. I can’t find a picture, though, I’m afraid.
  
  PCBs are cheap, and they get the job done; but they just don’t make ‘em like they used to…