http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png http://gizmodo.com/tag/esquirenorth http://gizmodo.com/tag/esquirenorth In case you happened to notice that freaky looking thing hanging from the ceiling of the $8.5 million tech pad, it's an artwork called Drone #4 (2006) by Björn Schülke, from the Bitforms Gallery. After you watch our video, by Nick McGlynn, check out the artist's other interactive sculptures—I'm not sure if Björn's target customer is Terry Gilliam or Emperor Palpatine, but either way it freaks me the hell out. [Bitforms]

]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=307294&view=rss&microfeed=true We just visited this ridiculously expensive penthouse at the top of New York's Central Park, looking down on pretty much everything. Intel decked it out with some serious computing horsepower, and the result has us buzzing. (It's either the computers or the Lex Luthor-like putting green.) That's right, if you had $8.5 million, you'd be home right now. Stay tuned for a video walkthrough of the place, and a breakout of some of the hotter PCs (both literally and figuratively) that we stumbled upon. Til then, here's how the other half lives:
With reporting by Jennifer Hooker

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