High-Tech Carbon Fiber Desk Looks Light As a Feather

Carbon fiber is showing up in everything these days—from bikes to toilets. I can't say I've always been a fan of the look, but this Hexa Desk is certainly an exception. More »

Carbon Fiber Electric Bike Drives Batman Environmentally Conscious

Really Batman, jet-fueled cars in 2009? That's not eco-friendly. But don't worry, there's an alternative to your old, wasteful ways. Because not only does the Sanyo Eneloop carbon fiber electric bike come in black—it only comes in black. More »

A Carbon Fiber Joystick...For No Good Reason Other than General Effect

Why do we reserve the glory of carbon fiber for lightweight performance items? You know, other than durability and expense? More »

Apple May Shave Weight of Future MacBooks with Carbon Fiber Composites

Apple is looking into new ways to save weight on their MacBooks, a recent USPTO filing shows. They have patented a new way to create carbon fiber composites that—unlike traditional ones—look sleek, shiny, and lickable: More »

Röger Leige Wave Infrared Sauna Is One Swank Torture Device

It's 2009. And to sweat your balls off, you shouldn't need to squeeze into a little room with a bunch of other sweaty men. More »

Blackbird Rider Nylon Guitar Actually Carbon-Fiber and Nearly Indestructible

Blackbird's Rider Nylon guitar is actually not made of nylon—ok its strings are—but instead it's far more highly-tech'd and its body and neck are actually carbon fiber. It may not be bullet-proof, but Blackbird says its "nearly indestructible," making it perfect as a travel guitar. The material has meant a few design tweaks over a traditional shape: it's far squarer, and the sound holes are now a single hole moved up to the neck, and dubbed a "soundscoop" instead—apparently this makes for a better sound response. The other side-effect is that it's light enough at 3-pounds to fit into an aircraft overhead locker. High-tech costs though—the nylon string model is $1,900, a smaller steel-stringed version is $1,600. [Product via GadgetLab]

Nokia Pimps 8800 Cellphone With Carbon Arte Version

Nokia's just come up with a new entry in its Arte series of "jazzed up" cellphones with the 8800 Carbon Arte. The old slider phone now has panels of carbon fiber in its front and rear faces, along with titanium and stainless steel. Internally it looks like the phone is pretty much unchanged, though now its storage has been bumped up to 4GB from 1GB. It remains a tri-band GSM phone, though, and Nokia expects it to hit the shops in Europe by the end of the year for around $1,600. [Phone Arena]