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Death Star Hotel in Azerbaijan Is No Moon
This 521-foot-high hotel is coming to Baku, Azerbaijan, either to host a bunch of Imperial forces or obliterate the local population with a giant death ray. They call it "Full Moon" but they are not fooling us: this is a fully armed, fully operational battle station. And it shall be destroyed before it's too late, with a bunch of small fighters that can escape its turbolasers and drop proton torpedoes down an exhaust port. Or maybe not, if you look at it from its side.More »
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What do you do with a 25-meter-high acrylic glass cylinder, 238,000 gallons of sea water, 2,600 fish from 56 different species, and two divers? The Aquadom, the largest cylindrical aquarium in the world, that's what. In its core there's an elevator that travels through a cylinder of glass. As you will see in the videos after the jump, it's simply stunning.
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Aquadom Is Largest Cylindrical Aquarium on the Planet
What do you do with a 25-meter-high acrylic glass cylinder, 238,000 gallons of sea water, 2,600 fish from 56 different species, and two divers? The Aquadom, the largest cylindrical aquarium in the world, that's what. In its core there's an elevator that travels through a cylinder of glass. As you will see in the videos after the jump, it's simply stunning.
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Teen Steals Over $5K in Virtual Furniture, Gets Busted By Very Real Cops
Police arrested a Dutch 17-year old and questioned five other 15-year-olds for the alleged theft of over $5,000 worth of furniture from Habbo Hotel, a virtual hangout with more than 6 million visitors from 30 countries. "The six teenagers are suspected of moving the stolen furniture into their own Habbo rooms," says the BBC story. Reality just got bent. More »
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"Daylight" Hotel Concept Keeps Depression at Bay
This "Daylight" concept from Phillips is being touted as "the hotel room of the future" thanks to a window that can be customized to suit the visitor's preferences. Guests can change the ambiance, lighting, block out noise, and add some awesome virtual foliage with a simple wave of the arm. In time, Phillips hopes that guests will be able to pre-order the atmosphere in their room to help them recover from the stresses of traveling and the effects of jetlag. Still, if you have the cash to stay in a hotel like this you shouldn't have too much to be depressed about in the first place. After all, the only "ambiance" you are likely to get a a Motel 6 is a room strewn with condom wrappers and drug paraphernalia. [T3]
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Build a small hotel room and cram it full of Philips lighting, TVs, gadgets and remote controls, and you end up with this supposedly cheap lodging due to open in Q1 2008 in a few airports worldwide. A step up from those pod/coffins rented out in Asian locales, this room looks great with a big bed, shower with mood lighting and a smell-proof toilet. A nice room like this sure would be a welcome respite between two long flights. [Shiny Shiny]
Philips Builds Small, Cheap Hotel Rooms
Build a small hotel room and cram it full of Philips lighting, TVs, gadgets and remote controls, and you end up with this supposedly cheap lodging due to open in Q1 2008 in a few airports worldwide. A step up from those pod/coffins rented out in Asian locales, this room looks great with a big bed, shower with mood lighting and a smell-proof toilet. A nice room like this sure would be a welcome respite between two long flights. [Shiny Shiny]
4:15 PM on Tue Oct 23 2007
By Charlie White
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Hotel Door Alarm Keeps Unwanted Visitors Away (But Not Bedbugs)
Hang the Hotel Security Alarm on the door knob of your room and it will emit a scrotum-tightening 105 decibels of screechiness if someone touches the handle on the other side. This is the perfect gadget for men whose wives have thrown them out of the marital home and are bunked up in a ground-floor room at the Jumpin' Cootie Motel. I say this $36 gadget is aimed at men rather than women, because the Hotel Security Alarm doesn't shoot out 20,000 volts when activated by someone with more than a passing interest in cheapo motel room doors. Although perhaps it's easily mod-able. [BimBamBanana via Pocket Lint]
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Hotelchatter Rates the Best Hotels for Wi-Fi
If you're going on vacation, we'd recommend you leave your laptop at home, but if you're going on a business trip, you gotta get 'er done. And an integral tool to getting 'er done is Wi-Fi. Hotelchatter's got a list of the hotels with the best Wi-Fi coverage. More »
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Dubai Getting an Undersea Hotel for Rich Abyss Fans
Dubai, a place that represents what happens when a few people have way, way too much money, is going soon be home to Hydropolis, the world's first underwater luxury hotel. More »
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