Swarovski Computer – Most Expensive Laptop

Actually, most expensive laptop ever must be not only Swarovski-studded, but also made of gold, encrusted here and there with expensive diamonds, with the display all made of sapphire crystal, just like we’ve been accustomed by the luxury cell phone manufacturers.Talking about expensive laptop, here you have a relevant example that might horrify you, so you’d better be careful! Looking at the picture, I surely understand why people are sick and tired of so many gadgets that are aimed at the fairer sex and I couldn’t blame anyone for having such an opinion, which, as a matter of fact, I am sharing with them.


Ok, people are different, which means they like all sorts of things, but this isn’t a justification for the bad taste. And they usually need something luxurious to make them feel different, to make them feel like leaving their mark on the things they use on a regular basis. The Ergo FashionNote mini-notebook is a laptop adorned with approximately 1,444 Swarovski crystals.

Mini Canon camera USB flash drive

Canon’s IXUS series of digital cameras are primarily for fashionable customers, which are characterized by thin, small, beautiful and are in favor with the female consumers.

This gadget designed by Paradox Media and inspired by Canon’s IXUS 200 IS digital camera. Female consumers can use it as an ornament around the neck, even the sparkling gems can not overshadow its glory :) But, the key is whether it’s only a 4GB USB flash drive or a digital camera with the function of USB flash drive.

Edible pens with a variety of flavors

Some people always chews on pencils when they’re in a state of mental concentration, although it’s a thinking behavior, yet the graphite materials in pencils aren’t beneficial to our health, Dave Hakkens designed a series of edible pens inspired by putting candy and pens together. It has a variety of flavors: banana, watermelon, oranges, etc., the edible part is ring-shaped section and the only part which isn’t edible is pen’s point. User can chew a part of it and enjoy the delicious candy when they’re all attention.

Jackson 'Thriller' jacket sells for $1.8 million

LOS ANGELES, June 27 (UPI) -- The red and black leather jacket U.S. pop star Michael Jackson wore in his "Thriller" music video has been sold at auction for $1.8 million.The zombie-themed clip was for the title track off of Jackson's wildly popular 1982 "Thriller" album.

EW.com said Texas businessman Milton Verret bought the piece of music memorabilia Sunday.Verret said he intends to display the jacket at an Austin children's hospital, then will send it on tour to raise more money for youth-oriented charities, the entertainment news Web site reported.The Hollywood Reporter said the iconic garment was expected to sell for around $200,000 at the sale, which was overseen by Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Jackson died June 25, 2009, at the age of 50. His doctor is awaiting trial on involuntary manslaughter charges for allegedly administering the anesthesia and sedatives that killed the singer whom he was attempting to treat for insomnia.

Unique ‘Plug MP3 player’

There is no difference between the "Plug MP3 player” and the normal plugs in appearance, people will mistake it for a plug if there’s no control panel, it’s just a simple MP3 player in function and control panel is similar to the iPod shuffle, it also has a LED indicator and can be charged when connecting the power supply, surely a very creative design. Focus of the design lies in its unique shape and convenient charging. Designer: Giha Woo.

Is it possible? think...

This is an amazing world isn’t it? And can you think it is possible?

World's oldest person dies in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO: A Brazilian woman recognized as the oldest person in the world has died at the age of 114, local media reported Tuesday.

Maria Gomes Valentim was certified in May as the world's oldest person, edging past US woman Besse Cooper, who is 48 days younger, according to Guinness World Records.Valentim, who had been a widow since 1946 and confined to a wheelchair, was hospitalized on Sunday with pneumonia and died later from infection, according to the Globo news site G1.Born July 9, 1896, she had credited a healthy diet with giving her a long life.Valentim had one son, four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. (AFP)

11g super mini SLR

It’s just a digital camera which has the appearance of SLR (Single Lens Reflex), weighs only 11g. It can capture 200 million pixels (1600 × 1200) JPEG format photos and can last 36 minutes of 640×480 resolution continuous video recording, it mainly depends on the capacity of battery. This gadget can even support TF card (Trans Flash also named micro SD card (Secure Digital Memory Card)) for data store, USB charging. 

Ping Pong Bat Hotel in China

The Chinese keep surprising us, some days ago we posted an article on the entire Austrian village that is being copied in China, which is off course pretty crazy, but the following might be even crazier, a hotel in the shape of a Ping Pong Bat!It looks pretty cool, but according to Jin Chang, director of Huainan Municipal Bureau, an upside down Ping Pong bat also has a perfect architectural shape for a hotel (not sure about that ). The top will be a viewing platform, in the middle there will be rooms and the bottom half of the ping-pong bat will be used for conferences.

This 150 meter tall hotel will be built in Huainan city, and is part of a future Olympics park. It isn’t the only building in the shape of a sport attribute. Other future buildings in this area should include an athletics stadium in the shape of an American football, a volleyball shaped aqua complex, a soccer ball shaped gymnastics stadium and a basketball shaped soccer stadium. Why the soccer stadium isn’t shaped as a soccer ball remains a mystery … Crazy Chinese

Swim goggles with camera – Hands Free Underwater Digital Camera Mask

Underwater Digital Camera Mask can be easily worn on the head and can take pictures and video. Equipped with a 500-megapixel camera, two AAA batteries as supply power, up to 2560×1920 pixel resolution photos and VGA format video, the operation is very simple, only two buttons: on/off/mode, shutter/Select.

You have nothing to worry about the battery or memory capacity. By default, if more than 120 seconds without operation, Digital Camera Mask will automatically turn off camera to make sure battery life. Meanwhile, in addition to built-in 16MB flash memory, it also supports up to 2GB of Micro SD card, it’s enough to shoot more than 3,000 high-resolution photos!

1GB 20 Years Ago And 1GB Now

The below picture shows a 20 year old hard drive which weighs around 32kgs and next to it is a 1GB SD card.

Japan creates world's fastest supercomputer

A Japanese supercomputer has snatched the title of the world's fastest machine, ending China's brief reign at the top after six months.The K supercomputer, built by the Fujitsu Company, is as fast as one million desktop computers connected together.

It has more than three times the power than the previous title-holder and is capable of performing eight quadrillion calculations each secondA quadrillion is one followed by 15 zeroes and in computer jargon the speed is known as 8.2 petaflops.


The previous fastest machine was the Chinese computer Tianhe-1A, which was clocked at 2.507 petaflops and highlighted the emergence of China's growing technological and economic power.
The Tianhe- 1A machine was the first time China had topped the speed list, wrestling the title from the U.S. who had four of the top ten supercomputers.

Marilyn Monroe Dress Fetches $4.6 Million

While it’s true that the economy is still a bit shaky, that didn’t seem to matter at a weekend auction of Hollywood memorabilia.The iconic dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in “The Seven Year Itch” was sold to a collector who paid a hefty sum of $4.6 million.Monroe’s dress was originally collected by Debbie Reynolds who intended to house her array of Hollywood goodies in a museum.

Other notable items auctioned off were Audrey Hepburn’s costume from “My Fair Lady,” and a headdress worn by Elizabeth Taylor in “Cleopatra.”

Mobile cancer

World Health Organization recently issued a statement: yes, with frequent use (more than 30 minutes per day) mobile phones are potentially dangerous for the brain.

"Potentially dangerous" - so that can dangerous, but maybe not. Pundits again avoided explicit language, referring to the mobile phones group 2B, which means "the possible carcinogenic effect." The risk of brain cancer increased by as much as 40% if over 10 years to use mobile phone for more than 30 minutes a day.But we would, just in case) reduced the time for talk on a cell phone. Negative factors that influence health, and so completely: the dirty air, substandard products, tobacco, alcohol ... By the way, are you sure that fully imagine the harm caused by alcohol a person?

Paperphone: A Phone with a Flexible Electronic Paper Display

PaperPhone is the world’s first nextgen, thin film smartphone and interactive paper computer. It is based on a 3.7″ flexible electrophoretic (E Ink) display that does not consume electricity when it is not refreshed. Thinfilm sensors allow the phone to respond to bending of the screen to navigate pages in ebooks, play or pause mp3s, make phone calls, or navigate apps. A flexible wacom tablet allows users to draw on the screen with a pen as if it were a sheet of paper.

The Solar-Powered Bikini

New York-based designer Andrew Schneider spends about 80 hours each week stitching photovoltaic mini-panels into bikini forms with conductive thread. If you think you’d like an iKini (that’s right–an iKini), be prepared to drop about $200 for the custom-fitted swimsuit.

Each suit comes equipped with four hidden pockets for carrying anything from a cell phone to an iPod to… something else that needs charging. And if you’re worried about getting your iKini wet, don’t be–as long as you make sure the suit is dry before plugging in your device. “You wouldn’t even feel the charge,” says Schneider.

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Fearless Cleaners

You need nerves of steel to be a window cleaner in Dubai. When this worker spotted a mark on an apartment window, he just had to pop out to give the glass a quick wipe with a squeegee. Nothing odd about that – except that the apartment was located 400ft up on the 34th floor of a tower block in Jumeirah Beach, Dubai. He stepped out on to the narrow ledge and, holding the frame, stretched across to wipe away the annoying smudge. As he takes his life into his hands, at least he has the sense to hold on to the window frame, even if it is by his fingertips, as he goes about his task.(Link)

Fearless Cleaners

In 2005, five pressure washers filled with cold water were carefully aimed at the Mount Rushmore sculpture in a bid to clean its four enormous heads. The job took three weeks to complete.(Link)

Fearless Cleaners

This window cleaner works in front of the court during the second round match between Igor Andreev and Marin Cilic in the Monte Carlo Masters tennis tournament in Monaco. I hope he doesn't get distracted by the match.(Link)

Man builds the world’s tallest sandcastle

Ed Jarrett received confirmation from Guinness World Records Wednesday that he has broken his own record building the World’s Tallest Sandcastle at Winding Trails in Farmington.

That was expected, with the castle standing at 38 feet, .75 inches on May 20 in may, based on a height survey conducted by F.A. Hesketh & Associates, Inc. of East Granby, but there was an unsuspected drop in height to 37 feet, 10 inches.

This is the third time Jarrett, director of golf and operations at Farmington Woods in Avon, has broken the record for world’s tallest sandcastle, and his second bout breaking his own record. In 2007, he built a 31-foot-6-inch sandcastle in Maine and raised over $100,000 for charity during the process. He first broke the record in 2003, also in Maine, at 29 feet, three inches, breaking Finland's record.

Crystal River Tree house

There is always a place for fun and frivolity in architecture! David Rasmussen, resident treehouse expert, designed and built this “treehouse” with log columns as the main support, since the trees on the property are not strong enough to build on...(Link)

Beach Rock Tree house

This treehouse by Japanese builder Kobayahsi Takashi was constructed with the express purpose of communicating with outer space. “A sparkling beacon among treetops, it is easy to imagine the dome succeeding at its mission to make contact with alien life,” writes Nelson...(Link)

Glamour Women Of The Year

She loves getting glammed up, and Kim Kardashian was spotted looking fabulous at this year’s Glamour Women of the Year Awards in London, England on Tuesday (June 7).The “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star rocked the red carpet in a long, black, strapless gown accessorized with dangling earrings with matching bracelets as she posed for pictures before heading inside Berkeley Square Gardens.

Tree house Restaurant

The Naha Harbor Diner in Okinawa, Japan, lies at the very top of a huge Gajumaru tree about 20 feet above the ground. Sadly, that is not a real Gajumaru tree, it's actually concrete. Customers actually have to get in an elevator inside the trunk to reach the restaurant...(Link)

Oldest light bulb still burning after 110 years

LOS ANGELES: The four watt bulb, installed in a fire station in Livermore, California, has been declared the oldest known working light bulb by the Guinness Book of World Records.

The bulb was a gift from a businessman in 1901 and with the exception of a brief period in 1903, a week in 1937 and some power outages between then and 1976, the light has remained on.

Lynn Owens, the chairman of the town's light bulb centennial committee, said that the light's longevity has baffled scientists.He said: "Nobody knows how it's possible. It is a 60 watt bulb and it's only turned on for about four watts but nobody knows why it keeps burning.

"We've had scientists from all over the country look at this light bulb. Of course nobody has ever been able to touch this it," he added.The bulb has become a major tourist draw for Livermore and a celebrity in its own right. Comedy Central's The Colbert Report did a comic feature for the bulb's 110th birthday.

Japan to launch record breaking roller coaster

TOKYO: A Japanese theme park has made a roller coaster with the world’s steepest vertical drop.

The roller coaster launched on July 16 features seven major twists over its 1,000 meter length, a sharp rise to a peak of 43 meters. The height triggers a moment of weightlessness before riders take a nosedive.
The ride lasts less than two minutes, 121 seconds to be exact and cost over $ 30 million.

Ocean Foam Out of Control

Spider's Leg Tree house

We're no strangers to Germany's tree house makers extraordinaire Baumraum, so when we saw another brilliant arboreal home design from them, we knew we had to share it with you! The house resides at World of Living , a showspace/amusement park for sustainable housing company WeberHaus and greets visitors with its curvy body perched atop super skinny spider-like "legs". The unusual shape and clean lines are Baumraum's signature, and there are a lot of other cool features, so check them all out in our slide show...(Link | Via)

The Flexiphone by Philip Pearce

This mobile phone is completely flexible due to the technology behind it… it uses a grapheme touch screen being grapheme based makes it essentially indestrucable the battery has been created by NEC which is an organic radical secondary battery it’s slim, flexible and has a high-speed charge which is it’s key feature of only taking 30 seconds to maintain a full charge. the phone is also waterproof and the main speaker and keyboard can be removed for ease of use.

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Super DLP Pico Pocket Projector with Built-in MP4 Player

The DLP Pico Chipset, provides this projector an incredible 1000:1 contrast ratio, which ensures that images are as clear and crisp while they are projected on a wall as they seem on the on-board display. The state-of-the-art DLP projecting technology gives it a clear edge over other LCD projectors. It offers a better retention of color saturation, which in turn makes sure that the original quality of image is preserved as it is, even during extended periods of usage.

Source:  designbuzz

The world's most expensive house has been sold to a British heiress for an undisclosed sum.

The 57,000 square foot property in the Los Angeles enclave of Holmby Hills has been on the market since 2009. The initial asking price was $150 million, and Candy Spelling - widow of television mogul Aaron Spelling and mother to TV star Tori Spelling - had refused to lower the price, even during the housing market crisis.

The buyer, 22-year old Petra Ecclestone, is the daughter of British billionaire and Formula One tycoon Bernie Ecclestone. Her mother, now divorced from her father, is a Croation former fashion model who has worked for Armani.The heiress Ecclestone is a fashion designer who produced a short-lived menswear label. She is planning to wed entrepreneur James Stunt this coming August, after which she plans to split her time between Los Angeles and London, where she owns a six story house in the Chelsea neighborhood.

Candy Spelling, citing a desire to downsize, bought a 15,000 square foot condominium in nearby Century City.The Manor is a French chateau-style mansion on more than 4.6 acres. It has 123 rooms, including a flower cutting room, a China room, and a "Prince Charles suite".

Bathtub Bookcase

Biblio, an innovative bathtub design project by Antonio Lupi, was especially designed for a book addict, featuring a book case at the back side. This bathtub was made of resin and wood....(Link)

Illuminated Bathtub

This self standing, polyethylene, illuminated bathtub, comes with a set of installed halogen lights, or as an option, an internal multicolored programmable LED light unit. Comes in colors of white, flourescent orange, lemon yellow, pink, and red....(Link | Photo)