And you thought that the Magic Mouse was expensive. Seriously, who the hell spends $1200 in a mouse? [Intelligent Design via The Design Blog]

Yes, the only difference between the two versions is that the Titanium Edition has titanium-finish body pieces on it and it comes with a metal-wrapped battery grip. Oh, and only 1,000 of them will be made. Worth it? Uh, not for me, but hey, maybe you're an idiot. [Gizmine via Technabob]

Scientists and oenologists (did you know there's a word for wine dorks? Other than wino?) have discovered that they can rapidly age and thus round out the flavor of cheap, gross wine by using powerful electrodes. This technique is mostly being applied to raw, young wines, but it very much improves the flavor and "mouthfeel" of cheap and dirty wines as well. Wine is pumped through a pipe running between two titanium electrodes, which increases the reactions between alcohols and acids. Those reactions produce esters, which contribute to fruitiness and flavor.

They also found that too much electricity can create gross new flavors from new aldehydes, rendering it worse than it began, but a few super snobs have testified that the artificial aging really does work. The efforts were begun in China by chemist Xin An Zeng, and now a number of Chinese wineries are investigating the possibilities. Personally, I've been waiting for electrified wine for years. [The New Scientist]

The Raphael seems to be pretty interesting as well, and GSMArena says it's a successor to the HTC TyTN II (AT&T Tilt). It'll be sold as the Touch Pro, further illustrating how much junk HTC is shoving under the Touch brand, and still have a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

And last, the HTC Titanium, will be probably the HTC Touch Dual Pro and have a 12 or 20 key slide-out keypad. [GSM Arena and MS Mobiles]

Paul's iPhone Custom has a gold TiN Apple logo and a black TiAIN black front covering a variant of the TiN process described below. The back covers are replaced with black anodized aluminum to eliminate the contrast between the antenna cover and the usual silver colored backing. Another project involved a more minimalist black logo. Either way, they look stunning.

TiN is applied using a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition tool. There is a block of titanium placed into a mahoosive machine similar to the one you saw above, nitrogen gas is flowed in, plasma is formed, things get ridiculously fast, atoms get embroiled in a turf war and fallen atoms end up providing the basis for the amazing coating. What does that mean? We have no idea; we were paraphrasing, my limited education only got me so far in high school. Fortunately, we know a spanking gorgeous iPhone when we see pictures of it, and the iPhone Custom is the best example we have seen to date. No figures were thrown about, but the mods were said to cost "a lot of $," which pretty much means we cannot afford it. We still want. We really, really, really want. Oh, our want hurts so bad. [Gigapascal via gen[m]ay]

The Average: Video quality on the Hava Titanium HD is good overall, but the Sling Pro is a little better, with less artifacting than the Hava. Software is adequate on the Hava, but not quite as slick as Sling's interface.

The Bad: The Hava Titanium HD's on screen remote can be unresponsive, at times taking up to 10 seconds to respond to a command (compared to the 1-2 second delay of the Sling). Audio is noticeably inferior on the Hava, sounding tinny and lacking bass. When connections speeds slow, the Hava Titanium will often slow down the voices on screen, making certain females sound like trannies (that one permanently ruined a few fantasies for me). Works with Windows only, leaving Mac users in the cold. It's a bit more expensive than the Sling at $249, but also doesn't require a $50 add-on.

Conclusion: The Hava Titanium HD is an overall decent product, but the price, poor sound quality and lack of Mac support still make the Sling Pro a better deal.

What, that's not enough to warrant a couple grand? Okay, it's also made with titanium, leather and sapphire crystals. Along with that is Vertu's 24-hour concierge service, automatic backups of your contacts and calendar to a network that is housed in an ex-military bunker, and three ringtones created by David Arnold (the composer from Casino Royale). Just a note—if you complained about the iPhone being too expensive, stay away from Vertu as it only gets worse from here (Cobra Signature) [Crave]

These super elastic memory filaments of the bristle material constantly rebound instantly during brushing allowing for better penetration of the bristles in to the hard to reach areas between teeth and under gums!

Since I get a new toothbrush maybe once every couple of years, this one could last me a lifetime. Tempe, Arizona dentist Dane Robinson, the inventor of the TiFinity toothbrush, hopes to start shipping this product in six to eight weeks for between $35 and $50. – Charlie White

Product Page [TiFinity Toothbrush]

Success! The SanDisk Cruzer Titanium works fine and dandy after a thorough drying off. Good job, SanDisk, your products withstand the pee-test. – Travis Hudson

Voting will end on Wednesday.

Poll is at the bottom, yo.

Spencerland

"Several months ago i was painting my ipod mini and messed up taping over the wheel and screen. So i got pissed of at it and decided to shoot it with a BB gun and beat the shit out of it with my katana. Now all i have is the 50 cent edition ipod wich was the only suitible name for my extreamly beat up ipod."

E

"Here's how some friends and I tested the strenght of a particularly bad PC. Aways crashing. Always having problems. It just sucked.

We used concussive targets that are used for long range target shooting to help persude the PC to cooperate. Much fun was had, much beer was drunk (after the shooting was over, of course)."

Sanjay N.

We alerted security, who told us that we'd have to wait for an engineer to arrive. An hour and a half later the engineers and security guards finally arrive on the floor above us; and now we can hear them
tinkering around. Then they announce that they a) cannot fix the elevator and b) don't have an elevator key to open the shaft door.

So the four of us had to force the door open from the inside, and then reach up to the sixth floor landing and unlock the floor latch for the engineer and guards. Now we're staring at the socks and shoes of the
security guards and lone engineer because the elevator is halfway between floor five and six.

"Okay, now hurry and get the hell out of there!" The guards tell us. We all looked at each other and then everyone scrambled up and hoisted themselves out through the wedge of space. I was last to go, and as I
brought my leg over the lip of the sixth floor elevator shaft, I felt something leap from my pocket.

My iPod. I grabbed the headphones, but the socket unplugged and the iPod disappeared like a tiny snowflake into the black maw of the elevator shaft. "Forget it, just get out," the guard said."

Dennis T.

"I have had to work with troublesome 100MB Zip drives for some years now. We have finally convinced people at my company that USB drives are a lot easier and portable to carry around. So since we can finally get rid of these 100 MB drives, being the sportsmen that we are, we finished them off. It felt really good to be done with them."

ThisGuy

Mark R.

"What happens when you send an HP TC1100 Tablet PC through the mail? Well, the attached photo demonstrates the end result. This is my new tablet as sent to me from our IT department. There was no doubt that somebody (not me) really goofed on this one."

Jonathan eMachine

"eMachines are definitely destructable"

Jonathan Keyboard

"his old keyboard had been cleaned and was sitting in the (turned-off) gas oven, drying, when my sister turned on said oven without looking inside. After about an hour, we noticed that the house was filling with (probably carcinogenic) smoke."

Robert B.

"Fragile: Handle With Care"

Boris, French Guy

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Thanks to Alex for his submission of BlackBerry carpentry. Thanks again to SanDisk for sponsoring this contest.

SanDisk Indestructible Giveaway

Thanks to Mark for this very, very sad picture of a broken HP Tablet PC. It was shipped to Mark and the shipper decided to send it via U.S. Priority Mail ... in an envelope. It is kind of neat to see how much damage the USPS can do to an unprotected laptop.

Also thanks goes to SanDisk for sponsoring this contest and providing the 2GB Cruzer Titanium flash drives.

SanDisk Indestructible Giveaway [Gizmodo]

Also, big props to SanDisk for sponsoring the contest and providing the fabulous prizes.

SanDisk Indestructible Giveaway

This Cruzer Titanium is damn near indestructible, unlike most other gadgets out there. So, we want you to show us the gadgets you have that are destructible. You can do this in one of two ways: either show us your already busted gadget—in JPEG please, no wider than 520 pixels—and include a brief sob story explaining the broken gadget. Or, the other option is to take a gadget you already have, break it—preferably on film—and upload the video over at Youtube. Be sure to tag the video with Gizmodo. Once you are done, shoot an e-mail containing your submission—pictures or link to the Youtube video—to contests@gizmodo.com with SanDisk Indestructible Giveaway in the subject line.

The contest ends next Friday, September 1, at noon eastern. All of the standard Gawker Contest Rules apply and big props to SanDisk for sponsoring this contest.

The guys also took an indepth look at the U3 Launchpad software that is now included in the Cruzer Titanium. Pretty good review overall, I didn't know you could write so much about a USB flash drive, but good job nonetheless. The 2GB model they tested retails for around $90. – Travis Hudson

SanDisk Cruzer Titanium 2GB - Reviews, Specs, Prices [Everything USB]

Product Page [Via Zatz]