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more about #luxury MisterHippity: "I'd like a room with a view of dirt, please." "Certainly, sir. What type of dirt would you prefer?" "Clay mixed with gravel? But no topsoil, please... more » Noobs-R-Us: This is a bit macabre. What? People can't wait until they're dead to sleep in the ground? more » DigitalArtery: when they made this, they really "broke the mole". (sorry, i had to) more » Dacker: What, no questions about the meaning of CHUD? Actually, it was spelled-out as C.H.U.D. I never saw it, but a co-worker back in '84 tried to get a grou... more » Homerjay is utterly alone.: THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM THE FORTRESS OF THE MOOOOOOLE! more » Navin R Johnson: I love this! When the price hits $500 I'll buy one. Until then I'll stick with my arduino based robots. more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Trans-co Jo-bot is on his way, Injected molded and programmed to save the day! more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Father, give me legs. more » Anonymoose: ...but still not a real boy. you have no soul, sucker. go ahead and cry your mechanical tears. more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: This one time, at B&O camp I stuck an alarm in my... Er, nevermind. Carryon. Nothing to see/hear. more » frigg: Is there any way to remove those post-it notes someone apparently stuck on that metal rod? more » my name is jonas: B&O designs are still 90's futuristic, and apparently so is there technology. I could build this myself for under $5. Although its most compelli... more » zenpoet: I have said it before and I will say it again. B&O can do no wrong with me. I can't afford much of it, it isn't always the best tech available, but ... more » something_unique_and_descriptive: I think they're about a year late to market, not many idiots left willing to drop $10k on a $30 flash drive and <$10 worth of Aluminum... yes, that... more » Purple Dave: Generally the way things work is that these puzzles are _really_ easy to take apart, but actually require some logical deduction (or dumb luck) to put... more » ripfire: Make it glow red, and you can turn your living room into a cylon base ship. more » Paul Whittaker: Is it just me, or is this missing a crapper? more » madog: "Calgon? Ancient Chinese secret huh?" more » Curves: I want to live in a bathroom like this someday... more » bosskev: One of the links describes this as "A stellar explosion in your bathroom". Ya' know, I get that same effect for the price of three bean burritos. more » -
#architecture
Underground Five-Star Hotel Fit For a Mole King
This proposed subterranean London hotel is going to put all 200 guest rooms beneath the surface of a former golf course. Sorry, CHUDs: it's time to gentrify the soil. More » -
#robots
Vstone Robovie-PC Is a Real PC and a Real Robot
Programming hobby robots from a computer is far from new, but what if the robot was the computer? Powered by a 1.6GHz Atom Z530 processor, Robovie-PC runs Windows or Linux, and comes pre-assembled with 20 degrees of super-expensive programmable maneuverability. More » -
#alarmclocks
Bang & Olufsen BeoTime Alarm Clock Caters to Flute Enthusiasts, the Rich
When Bang and Olufsen tackles a new type of device, they do it in a very specific way: oddly, stylishly, and with reckless disregard for cost. Exhibit F: The $375 BeoTime, a flute-like, accelerometer-equipped wireless alarm clock. More » -
#luxury
$10,000 USB Drive Makes Life More Difficult, Destitute
Mnemosyne's $10,000, 16GB USB drive is housed inside a puzzle that must be solved to physically get to the memory within. Apparently simple encryption is just too middle-class for anybody rich enough to afford this thing.
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#bathrooms
Dornbracht Supernova Bathroom is An Island...A Fantasy Island
In my fantasy, Calgon takes me away to the Dornbracht "Supernova" bathroom. A luxury installation where all the fixtures are located in the center of the room—an island of pure design bliss. More » -
#fakes
Fake Aura Slaps On Fake Louis Vuitton For Ultimate Tackiness
In case the Aura, Motorola's 2008 luxury phone, didn't scream nouveau-riche enough, some Chinese counterfeiters have decked their version out in a Louis Vuitton skin. More » -
#led
Audi R8 V10 Supercar is the First 100% LED-Equipped Automobile
Even if you can't afford a luxury supercar like the Audi R8, take solace in the fact that its cutting edge all-LED design will trickle down to your jalopy. Eventually. More » -
#cellphones
Motorola's Aura Luxury Phone Given First Groping, General Thumbs-Up
News on Mototola's crazy high-end Aura cellphone surfaced last week, and over at Mobile Review they've actually managed to get a hold of a pre-production example and given it a good playing-with. And as the gallery confirms, the round-screened phone really does seem to impress with its shiny looks, whizzy screensavers and clocks, and circularly-tweaked UI. More » -
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#cases
Orbino Aria MackBook Air Case: Was Rumorware, Now Real, Luxurious
Remember the MacBook Air case that was announced even before we knew for sure that the Air was real? Well, the Aria from Orbino is now a real product (meaning the 50% of you who voted it to be rumorware were wrong!) and it's pretty darn luxurious. Aircraft-grade aluminum, hand-folded calfskin leather... and that's just the start. -
#foosball
Crystal Foosball Tables Suck All of the Fun Out of the Game
We have seen long foosball tables, hi-fi foosball tables and even beautiful foosball tables before, but none can compare to the luxury and elegance that the Teckell Collection can provide. The tables come in a number of different versions, but they all feature a crystal frame with shiny aluminum players—potentially making them the most expensive foosball tables the world has ever seen. More » -
#hometheater
Homes With Hidden Home-Theater Tech Dazzle Us With Luxury, Expense
The folks over at Electronic House have been running a Homes of the Year feature, and they've turned up a bunch of luxury homes with amazing entertainment systems that are cunningly disguised in the design. The array includes an entire old-style velvet and starry-ceiling home theater with an entrance door concealed behind a mirror; a luxury bathroom with his-and-hers vanities with concealed mirror LCD TVs and a temperature-controlled wine cellar with glass walls and adjustable color lighting system. Check out a selection of photos of these luxury installations in the gallery. More »
