Articles tagged with: Gadgets
Posted in Luxury on 26 June 2009
Franck Nuovo and Michelle Yeoh are designers with Vertu and recently they designed the Constellation Vivre. The Vivre is an elegant phone that not only looks stylish but also feminine. The Vivre has been inspired by the flowers of Malaysia and it brings the tropical flowers to the realms of technology.
The cellphones come in pink, fuchsia, and ocean blue. There will also be a limited edition Vivre that would come in black. The black Vivre would have white diamonds and strange floral motifs. The limited version of black costs 22,000 Euros and the others cost 5,300.
Posted in Luxury on 24 June 2009
Wisdom Audio has launched their Sage Series speakers which are not exactly your conventional speakers. It comes with a planar magnetic driver array which can be adjusted to stand anywhere you want in the house, The L75i models look really awesome and each speaker costs $8,000. These speakers are in-wall speakers and come with amazing scalability.
The Sage Series speakers are bi-amplified and come with a built-in Audyssey MultEQ XT software. The result is amazing and would match the sound quality one would get in high end speakers. The point these speakers are quite high end too, at $8,000 and above each.
Posted in Luxury on 19 May 2009
If you thought recession had any effect on the way people spent, you actually might be wrong. Luxury houses are busy launching products that would turn spendthrifts’ faces red. Such is the condition with no one really bothering about global economic meltdown and all that.
Grasso, the luxury company have launched cellphones for girly girls. These phones are called the Lady Diamond Collection. The Lady Gold is bright red and in blue comes the Ultramarine. These phones are a gift to femininity and celebrated womanhood and the elegance of being a female.
Posted in Luxury on 16 May 2009
Blackberry and Nokia have now declared themselves as unaffected players of the telecom industry irrespective of this deep recession leaving its footprints across all segments. This is quite visible with their silent association with luxury designer and jeweler Knalihs Athem, to produce two limited creations– the Diamond Blackberry Bold (BlackBeauty) and the Diamond Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte (SnowWhite). The duo models radiate an impression of magnificence, tantamount to Athem past offerings. Not to mention, both these handcrafted handsets are created with expertise Swiss craftsmanship and comes coated with the a precise fitting of monochrome brilliant cut diamonds.
Both Diamond Blackberry Bold and Diamond Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte are customized in different designs with natural mottled diamonds in various shades i.e. pink, yellow, black, champagne and white. It gives you an opportunity to emboss your initials, lucky number, logos or any favorite thing on it. To make you realize the worth of your money, each of this handset comes with an official diamond grading report from a world renowned and reliable gemological lab.
Thanks John Bosco!
Posted in Elite Finds of the Week on 10 May 2009
The Martin Jetpack: Spare 1.5 minutes to witness jetpack’s 30-mins flight at 60 mph to an altitude of 8,000 feet. Its limited edition production of 10 units year would cost $100,000 each.
Stereovision concept table: Its third dimension form is so attention grabbing that you imagining your coasters, bathtub, alarm clock and even TV remote to develop similar appeal. This innovative creation by John Nouanesing looks like an anaglyph image. Agreed, they demand a view from 2-color glasses to get the full upshot, but 3D is all the vehemence these days.
Posted in Luxury on 8 May 2009
The Asus Eee PC T91 is a cool gadget which will be out in June much to the pleasure of geeks world wide. It is the first touch screen convertible notebook and would cost £449. It would also come with a TV Tuner and GPS. It would also have 9 inches screen and we cant be too sure about the specs.
There is no information about the specs actually. It is rather a big surprise that the Asus Eee PC T91 would in fact be even launched in the United Kingdom. Most did not expect the Asus Eee PC T91 to be launched anywhere outside Taiwan. I guess it would be great to carry this convertible notebook around.
Posted in Luxury on 8 May 2009
Richard Gryzch got really tired of going to the gas station to fill his bike every time. In fact he started hating it so much that he decided to mod a bike himself to run on solar and electric power. He also was not convinced of the idea about going to get a cool electric bike already available in the market.
His modded bike comes covered in solar panel and can reach a speed of about 90 miles per hour. It also has a range of 50 miles which he plans to increase to 300 miles. It is not clear of the bike is 100 percent solar but it certainly is a great a bike and looking at the way it works, we can say that it is really green and eco friendly.
Posted in Luxury on 8 May 2009
Lately there have been many gadgets which help patients to stay in touch with their doctors or medical health providers. However, they are either elaborate or require some sort of technology that actually makes the patient immobile. The Vena enabled inhaler uses the Vena technology which is an attempt to reduce the gap between a patient and a doctor.
The technology makes use of Infrared-based IEEE11073 and the Bluetooth Medical Device Profile. The idea is to connect patients and doctors through the very gadgets that are used for treatment. The inhaler, used by Asthma patients connects to an online database through a Smartphone or a computer wirelessly.
The doctor receives data about the condition of the patient and this helps the doctor to provide emergency care of the patient is not in such a condition. Unfortunately there is no information about when a person can the Vena enabled inhaler device. Perhaps it is in the best interest of all to wait for the device to be formally announced.
Via: CNET
Posted in Luxury on 8 May 2009
The PD-100 Black Hornet ‘nanocopter’ is an amazing mini helicopter that comes with many features that toy helicopters don’t come with. In fact this is designed as a spy gadget which can be used by the army and since its so small, it can’t be detected easily by the enemies. The Black Hornet is controlled by the smallest and also the lightest control servo in the world.
It weighs just 0.5 grams and the electric motor helps the Black Hornet to fly at speeds of 20mph. However these will only be sold to the government and its agencies and would not be sold in public though both military and civilian versions would be released.
Posted in Luxury on 7 May 2009
If you have ever been wheel-chaired by providence or by choice, you will know how useful a brain-controlled and mind-controlled wheelchair can be, almost dream-like. University of Zaragoza in Spain has developed a prototype of such a chair that could make lives a zillion times easier for wheelchair users.
Using a P300 neurophysiological protocol and automated navigation, this wheelchair requires an EEG cap to be worn on the user’s head.
