Computer Engineer Barbie facts for kids
Computer Engineer Barbie is a special Barbie doll made by Mattel. She is the 126th Barbie doll to have a specific career. This doll was created in 2010 because many people wanted to see a Barbie who was a computer engineer.
However, in 2014, Mattel said sorry for a book that came with the doll. The book was called I Can Be a Computer Engineer. Many people online felt the book showed Barbie as not very good at engineering. It suggested she needed help from boys to do her work. This was not the message people wanted for a computer engineer Barbie.
About Computer Engineer Barbie
This Barbie doll comes with cool accessories. She has a pink laptop and a pink smartphone. She also wears stylish geometric pink glasses and a pink watch. Her outfit includes black leggings and a T-shirt. The T-shirt has "Barbie" written on it using binary code. Binary code is a special language computers use, made of only zeros and ones.
She also wears a fitted vest and pink wedge shoes. To complete her tech look, she has a Bluetooth headset. This is a wireless headset for talking or listening to music.
Behind the Doll's Design
When you bought the doll, the package had a special code. This code let you unlock extra games on the Barbie website.
Mattel wanted the doll to look real. So, they talked to real female engineers. These experts helped decide what Barbie's clothes and workspace should look like. One of these engineers was Betty Shanahan. She is the CEO of the Society of Women Engineers. Another was Alice Agogino from the National Academy of Engineering.
The engineers even suggested some fun details. They thought Barbie should have a "Coke can and a bag of Doritos" on her desk. This was to make her work environment seem more authentic. In the end, Barbie has a coffee cup on her desk. One early design even showed a Linux penguin. This penguin is the symbol for the Linux computer system. It showed Barbie using Linux on her computer setup with two screens.
