Gold spells good business in these difficult financial times. And with the price going over $1,000 an ounce, there is a suddent gold rush among the people who are looking for a safe investment to put their savings in. That is just the reason why gold bars have come back into fashion. Now, even brands likes Harrods have decided to take a detour from the conventional path and sell bullions at the very same counter that sells other gold jewelry too.

According to The London Times, the Knightbridge store has started stacking the miniature vault with pure Swiss gold bullions to cater to the growing demand for the same in the precious metal market. Again, there is the option of buying gold coins too.

All this is happening with a collaboration between Harrods and the Swiss refiner  Produits Artistiques Metaux Precieux. They are also offering online sales as not everyone would want to brave the traffic to reach the department store. You can be sure of the purity too for a gold bar comes nothing less than $466,000. The brand is also offering a safe deposit box in case you do not have a proper place to store the bullion in.

Via timesonline

Now that the ecnomic downturn seems to be going up a little, time is for businesses to stablize themselves especially the airlines industry. US Airways for instance is making the best of the moment by introducing the all new and ultra comfortable Envoy Suite. This new seating option meant for business class travellers on trans-Atlantic flights is a real innovation.

A cabin-type layout in 1-2-1 reverse herringbone design keeps everything you need right at your fingertips. The fully adjustable seats are great to relax in and if you want to catch up on your lost Zzzzzs then the seat can be reclined into a comfy lie-flat bed. It’s length can vary between 6′4″ to 6′8″ depending on the suite’s location in the cabin. All suites offer a generous personal space and stowage for the luxury passengers.

Plus there is a standard 110 volt universal power outlet as well as a USB port to charge your laptop. Then there is the state-of-the-art personal entertainment system with a 12.1” adjustable touch-screen for your recreation while a real-time world map keeps track of your flight. This facility will be available from December onwards.

Via businesswire

There is no dearth of fashionable handbags but none that you can carry to your business meetings. So for occasions like these, we bring to you the Sea Snake Tote. Created by Sang A, this elegant carrier has been woven in sleek, natural sea snake and is lined in mocha silk. 

The Sea Snake Tote has a gold tone zipper to complete the overall look of the handbag. It is just perfect for all your business outfits and will let you make a fashion statement as subtlely as you like.

On top of all this, the bag is bif enough to keep your files and folders while the sippered compartment helps you segregate your personal stuff aside. Two interior cellphone-sized pokets can hold both your private as well as business phone. The tote measures up to 11″ x 12″ x 3″ and is priced at $2,800.

Via vivre

We have been covering magnificent to minuscule forms of computer but researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh have ventured into a different domain to develop a device called ‘mind-reading’ computer. Hoping to be a fully functional mind-reading machine, it aims at predicting the activity prototype a brain tends to create for a specific word, hence offering a better indulgence of how and where brain stores facts. They are also hoping that the mechanism would enable them improve treatments for language chaos and learning disabilities.

Around nine volunteers have taken the initiative to undergo this training process. They were provided with 58 words and were asked to enquire about the connotation and value of the words. As a part of the process, brain scans were done via magnetic resonance imaging, thereby capturing their thinking process amidst different words.

Then the computer was assigned with two new words and images and was anticipated to pair them up correctly, which finally happened. Tom Mitchell, leading then study disclosed the next step is to test brain motion for idioms rather than individual words.

Via ComputerWorld