Here you can see Carrie Fisher in her metal bikini alonside Tracy Eddon, her stunt double in Return of the Jedi. Both are suntanning between takes on the deck of Jabba's Sail Barge, on location in Tunisia's desert Yuma, Arizona. Yes, Han, this shot is one in a million. [fukung via @Kottke]

This is exactly why you should never wear bikinis given to you by strange Belgian men. (Waffles on the other hand are perfectly acceptable. For eating and wearing.) Hit up the link for the NSFW version which is basically an extended clip with nipples showing. [clint]

Basically, the ladies stand on conductive pads on the floor, and paint their (and Harris's) hands with the conductive skin-safe ink called Bare Conductive. When Harris slaps his hands against those of the ladies, a small current travels through their bodies and onto the pads on the floor, which triggers a sound, all without the girls feeling a thing. He uses eight models to play the main accompaniment, and the others perform a tightly-choreographed routine to create the rhythm. I trust all comments will be about this interesting ink. [Creative Review via Metafilter]

Sure, it would have only made sense as water soluble bathing trunks for everyone but Jesus, who is European and therefore wears a bikini, but still, the idea holds up. You give them to your unsuspecting friends who then go in the water. Within three minutes, they disintegrate, leaving your friend humiliated and terrified. Heeee-larious! [RevengeShop]

That bulky iPod color hangs tenuously from this girl's bikini. How impractical. That's not going to stay put once she runs towards you in slow motion in your mind. This particular model is from 2004, right before the shuffle was released in 2005, and years before the last and current gen's clip. How far we've come in beach-appropriate gadgets. [Snowking@Flickr]

Make sure to hit the comments for all of the inevitable Konami code jokes. [Complex via Kotaku]

[Flesh Asia Daily (NSFW) via The Gadget Blog]

According to Bengal Boy, the Sony Ericsson xPeria X1 is his dream phone, the heir of his Sony P800 in terms of quality but using Windows Mobile Professional 6.1, which he thinks is the best smartphone operating system. Of course, he also thinks that "Brandy Wine" and "Lex'ah" here are hot, so I guess we will have to wait and actually try the SEX1 ourselves. In the meantime, head to Bengal Boy for the full photoreportage and impressions. [Bengal Boy]

This in-your-face reminder might be enough to scare you out of the sunshine, protecting you from that leathery look you will get by the time you're 50, while keeping you from getting a nasty sunburn that will make you feel like you've been spanked all over. Oh yeah, and then there's that dying-of-skin-cancer thing.

While those malignancies showing up in various places on that bikini are not exactly attractive, at least they might remind you to use sunscreen. Surely this is more of a performance art piece than a concept for an actual product, because we can't imagine who would actually want to buy and wear one of these. – Charlie White

Designer's Page [Fiona Carswell, via medGadget]

The remote itself has no screen, no numbers, and no real special features. Well, unless you count hiding the channel up/channel down buttons under the bikini a special feature. Which we totally do. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Lighterside via Spluch via Coolest Gadgets]

Solar Bikini [via Make]

This swimsuit, designed and sold by Solestrom, has an integrated UV meter in the band of the bikini bottoms. It will accurately monitor the amount of UV rays hitting your innocent, half-naked body. No worries about getting wet, either, the UV monitor is waterproof. Show that skin cancer who is boss! It won't get you! Available for $160 through Solestrom. – Travis Hudson

UV Monitor Bikini Tells You When You're 'Done' [The Raw Feed]

We're showing you this modified PC with only the best of intentions. In fact, we worship the female form. Heck, some of us are actual females in real life!

Kat's Land [via iZ reloaded]