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I’ve posted before on plush particles, plush organs, knitted dissections, and even plush microbes. It seems in the math/science world, there’s always some creative soul who wants to cute-ify subjects of study.

Well, that set is joined by the latest plush craze… plush… statistical distributions? (HT: Flowing Data). Less stuffed-animal-like per se than say a pillow, but the Etsy store Nausicaa Distribution is selling normal distribution shaped pillows:

If the normal distribution isn’t your thing, how about some of its friends (like t, chi-square, log-normal, uniform, weibull, cauchy, poisson, gumbel, or erlang)?

And not to mention a wide range of statistical-relevant material:

If you’re interested, check out Nausicaa Distribution’s Etsy website!

(Image credit: all from Nausicaa Distribution’s Etsy site)

Who said giant subatomic particles and giant microbes had a monopoly on plush cuteness? I Heart Guts shows you that plush organs can be just as cute:

That would be a heart (on the left), lungs (on the top), kidney (in the middle), and liver saying hello from what looks like a location in Japan.

And there are more adorable creations! They include: intestines, spleen, stomach, bladder, brain, pancreas, gallbladder, uterus, and even a special faux leather “black heart”!

What does this have to do with technology and science? Well, I found these on the Internet after all… okay its a stretch. But, after all, how can you not *lung* these guys (yes, they also sell organ-inspired T-shirts)?

(Images all from I Heart Guts website)