Shure’s New Luxury Sound-isolating Earbuds

The new sound-isolating earbuds from luxury audio equipment maker Shure, the SE420, are not plated with gold like the iCans but still cost more than the latter. All thanks to the technology behind the new earbuds. The Shure SE40 is gifted to cut off 90 percent of ambient noise and still manages to pack two drivers, tweeter and woofer, into its minuscule body. They sit perfectly and tightly in the ear like most of the canalphones. Personally, the $400 price tag is all for the technology, nothing for the looks.

Nokia E65 may turn up in Pink and Plum shades

Nokia's "E" line of business phones, the E65, hopes to freshen up in Pink and Plum shades. As we have blogged about this specific Nokia cell phone earlier, you can read about all the specs and techie part here. However then we missed on to mention about the One Touch key on the front cover that is most frequently used applications. You can actually make conference calls, access your contacts database, mute and unmute calls, and access an application of choice through 'My Own' key with just one push of a button.

Ferrari F430 Scuderia to be unveiled by Michael Schumacher soon

Prancing horse is spotted again. This time on a new Ferrari auto christened as the F430 Scuderia. It was rumored hard that the company would name this latest car as the 'Challenge Stradale' or 'Light Pista' , but again rumors cannot always be true…right? But you certainly can trust Ferrari for presenting a car that gives superb performance both on and off the track. All set to be unveiled by famed F1 driver Michael Schumacher at the upcoming Frankfurt Autoshow, the Scuderia drops quite a bit of weight (100 kg) and increases power to 510 bhp. Its version of Ferrari's 4.3L V8 produces 510 horsepower instead of 483. That, combined with its weight reduction, will significantly boost its performance stake. Zero-to-60 times should drop into the 3.5-3.6-second range.

Sprint and Sanyo present Katana DLX and Katana II in chic colors

Every single minute a new phone is unveiled in some or the other part of this world. This is not any research study, it’s my personal belief. Every cell phone maker is set to outdo its rival and most of the time they themselves are offering better device then the previous ones. Either ways, we are in gain. Recently Sanyo too has teamed up with Sprint to launch the new Katana DLX clamshell cell phone to complement its not-too-old Katana II. This newer edition provides easy access to Sprint's exclusive multimedia content, including the Sprint Music Store. It also offers more total download capacity (21MB) than the former Katana. This has boosted the device's capacity for games, ring tones, applications and more. Other tech features include a microSD memory card slot (up to 4GB in size), a 1.3 megapixel camera, EV-DO connectivity, compatibility with Sprint's Power Vision services, MP3 playback, speakerphone functionality, and PIM applications.

BBQ design Cellphone

Techeblog is showing us “How Not to Mod Your Cell Phone Case”, now there’s a guy modded his cellphone by melting the cellphone casing using torch. The phone is fully functional except for the BBQ casing. Just hope it won’t explode during phone calls. Pretty cool and dangerous.

Hand-Made Wooden Car

This beautiful wooden car featured here is not a result of any modification. This one is built from scratch by its creator Friend Wood. This one-of-a-kind wooden car titled Tryane II is hand-made through a process similar to that used by boat builders. The car weighs 900 pounds and it is capable of hitting a top speed of 100mph (160 km/h). It took Friend almost 2000 hours to create this work-of-art!

Source:bornrich

Ferrari Unica Gym is All-inspired from Ferrari Cars

For sports enthusiast and lovers of the car Ferrari, anything that resembles the sleekness of the car is a must-have thing. How about having a Ferrari-themed gym at your home or work place? The Ferrari Unica gym, adorned with the most traditional Prancing Horse colors, is an upshot of collaboration between Ferrari and Technogym. Earlier, the Technogym’s Kinesis gold-trimmed home gym made us drool but owning a Ferrari styled gym is surely bliss. Every bit and piece of the Ferrari Unica gym seems to be inspired from the Ferrari cars itself. The gym frame is racing red as expected while the leather trim of its padding is beige that resembles the classic Ferrari interiors. You can get into the perfect shape with 25 different exercises offered by the techno gym. It has been innovatively designed with an aim to offer a wide range of training exercises packed in a compact make. The Ferrari Unica targets every part of your body, the arms, shoulders, dorsals, abs, legs and calf muscles. The gym comes complete with a key card on which the client’s own physical data and training programmes are already installed. The Ferrari Unica gym is available for £10,000 (US $20,290).

Portable Projection Screens For Big Picture Anytime, Anywhere!

The jumbo plasma and LCDs might be out of your affordable range, and even if you do have one, you can not lug them around always! But, these BTX Portable Projection Screens is a darling for everyone! BTX’s NUVU portable screens unfold and fold back up in seconds, so you can take them anywhere…for your presentation, on an outdoor trip…no limits! The screen with a twist is a truly portable solution that allows you to mount it on the ceiling or floor in just minutes.

The ultra-portable screens are available in three types, 16:9, 4:3 and self-standing tabletop models with diagonal viewing angles ranging from 40 inches to 88 inches, with the most priced model for $420 inclusive of the floor stand.

Batman Themed Super Home Theater Space

Here is something specially meant for all the Batman buffs. The DC Audio Video Systems’ Batcave theater room made you drool last time and now, a company dubbed BKZ Contractors has modded the house of a Batman fan by using the basement to create a Batman styled home theater. The fundamental point of this theme theater is the homeowner’s ultimate collection of Batman figurines. Isn’t that more than enough to make any comic book buff envy?
Here is something specially meant for all the Batman buffs. The DC Audio Video Systems’ Batcave theater room made you drool last time and now, a company dubbed BKZ Contractors has modded the house of a Batman fan by using the basement to create a Batman styled home theater. The fundamental point of this theme theater is the homeowner’s ultimate collection of Batman figurines. Isn’t that more than enough to make any comic book buff envy?

The Batman home theater room measures 16 feet wide and 20 feet deep with a low ceiling. Despite the fact that the very space was damaged to some extent owing to flooding, the theater room looks so gorgeous that you can’t even think it was once in a messy state. To save space and to accommodate seating, the installer fabricated top-lit boxes to showcase the figurines, in the form of in-wall sidelights or sconces. The in-wall speakers and Novawall acoustic paneling on the front wall makes the startling home theater look munch pricier than it is.

Samsung’s 70″ LED-backlit LCD TV Coming to the States

Koreans were the first to lay their hands on the Samsung’s 70-inch full HD LCD television, which is also the world’s largest commercially available LCD. Now, the gigantic LCD panel is heading to the company’s US lineup. Packing Samsung’s local dimming LED backlighting technology instead of a conventional fluorescent lamp, the 1080p enabled screen impresses with its dynamic contrast ratio of 500,000:1. The backlighting technology improves overall picture quality by diffusing darker areas of the picture and reduces the power consumption by as much as 50%. This beast is equipped with 3 x HDMI 1.3 terminals and a USB 2.0 jack. It is expected to go on sale for an approximate price of $63K.

Source:bornrich

Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe Auctioned off for $1.6 Million

Sometimes, I feel like these charity auctions have become more a show than fundraisers. Leave this aside, a Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe was lately auctioned off for $1.6 million in order to raise funds for the Elton John AIDS Foundation. It’s a great jump for any charity auction if we talk about the actual pricing of the roadster, which falls between $400K and $500K. The Phantom Drophead Coupe is power driven by a 6.75 liter V12 engine that pumps out 453 horsepower and 531 pound-feet of torque. And, if you are interested in vintage Rolls Royce cars, a real-estate developer Richard J. Solove, who is well-known for his collection of Rolls Royce cars, will auction off 13 of the 14 Rolls Royce cars.

Source:bornrich

Cal Spas Go Green with New Swim Spas

For the health-conscious, we have frequently discussed the benefits of lap swimming from Endless pools to Pool Treadmillca that transforms your swimming pool into a twirling exercise machine.

Samsung SCH-B710 dual DMB phone

Samsung Korea has announced the SCH-B710 a dual DMB phone. It supports 35 channels of S-DMB and 18-channels of T-DMB which is about 53 channels to be viewed on your mobile phone and there is also a PIP (Picture in picture) mode

Nintendo Wii Wheel goes with Mario Kart

Bearing an uncanny resemblance to the black wheel we got free with the Wii GT Pro Series Game, the Wheel with the Mario Kart Game seems to have some extra buttons to help navigate the kart. Nintendo also promises more action with "more" online competitors, which is a good thing. The game will debut in Q1 2008 which will be more painful than waiting for the iPhone. The pricing of the game or the stand-alone wheel is not known

Samsung BD-P2400 and BD-P1400 third gen Blu-Ray players

Pleasing the movie freaks with their present announcement, Samsung's third generation Blu-ray players are ready to scorch the screens! The BD-P2400, and BD-P1400 feature Blu-ray playback at HD resolution (1080p / 1080i / 720p), HD video at 1920 x 1080, and DVDs at 1080p via HDMI. The BD-P2400 uses Samsung's "Hollywood Quality Video" and the player's audio features stereo and 5.1, coaxial and optical digital outs, and Dolby Digital Plus with DTS HD and MP3 playback. The video features HDMI, component, S-Video and composite outs.

LG KU990 now with touch screen and YouTube friendly too

Following the latest trend of touch screen, LG has also geared up to release its latest model LGKU990 with its most important feature being the 3inch touch screen. I wonder if the designers at LG were inspired by iPhone. This Prada like phone is believed to be a YouTube-enabled handset. This means that it'll not only be able to play YouTube videos but allow you to submit videos to the site straight from the phone as well. YouTube is going to be bombarded then! But this is possible because the KU990 comes with a 5-megapixel camera and HSDPA connectivity. Built-in FM radio, MP3 player, microSD card slot, and an array of pre-loaded applications, including the Muvee video editing are some of the few more specs

LG Shine ‘Titanium Black’ cell phone is the latest in LG Shine series

LG Shine has risen above black (Black Label Series) in a newer shade of metallic grey in its latest ‘Titanium Black’ edition. Not much has changed except the metal body that looks classier then ever. If you have appreciated the Shine series then this polished succession will definitely tickle your senses to run your fingers on it. For those who are much conscious about their style statement can look no further as ‘Titanium Black’ is here to create ripples in this market that is flooded with black cell phones

Sonic Chair - a world of your own with music

For that truly eternal experience where you feel one with your music seems possible with the Sonic Chair. Designed by Frank Hussong, Michael Kientzler and Daniela Reuter, this Red Dot 2007 award-winning chair encompasses you and transports you to utopia. The chair's speakers are placed in the "bowl" and the "powerful bass and focused acoustics" capture every nuance of the sound. The audio player hooks onto the chair via the line-level inputs. A swiveling drinks tray is integrated into the design plus you can customize it by adding a touchscreen controller or an iPod dock in its place. The backrest is made from suede micro-fibers and rugged-mesh, but it's the design concept that total floors you

Xbox 360 Failure Rate 33% while Sony PS3 & Nintendo Wii under 1%

We recently posted a story about the Xbox 360 Failure Rate of 33%, what we forgot to mention was that both the PS3 and the Nintendo Wii only has a failure rate of just 1%. One manager at EB Games said that they have

Weather-Forecasting Umbrella from Ambient predicts......rain

I’m sure all of us can look out of the window or watch the morning weather forecast news to decide if we need to carry our rain gears along. But here’s a techie umbrella to update you of the day’s weather from Ambient – The Weather-Forecasting Umbrella. Shown off during CES last week, the Forecasting Umbrella's handle lights up blue when there's a good chance of rain. It is connected to Ambient's proprietary network which allows it to know where it is and then download the local weather report. Head out for a stroll without any worries!

Exploding Motorola Phone kills Chinese welder

Faulty batteries have burned down houses, furniture etc in the past, but this is the first time it has claimed a life. Chinese news agency Xinhua is reporting on how a exploding Motorola phone took the life of Xiao Jinpeng a welder working at Yingpan Iron Ore Dressing Plant in Gansu's Jinta county. Xiao's mobile phone kept in his chest pocket suddenly exploded when he was working at the plant, his colleagues suggest that it exploded because of high temperatures. The incident took place on June 19 after which Xiao passed away yesterday as the explosion had broken his ribs and its fragments had pierced his heart.

Japan's new bullet train type N700 goes into service

It's time you graduated from the N700 USB Flash memory Bullet train from Shinkansen and go take a ride on the real thing. The Type N700 is a new bullet train jointly developed by Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) and West Japan Railway Co. The train made its debut on the Tokaido Shinkansen and Sanyo Shinkansen lines this Sunday. The train will travel between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations in two hours and 25 minutes shaving off five minutes than before. It will speed between Tokyo and Hakata in four hours and 50 minutes, saving about 10 minutes.

LG and Youtube to develop a mobile phone

LG's partnership with Google has moved to the next level as the South Korean company will now be developing a mobile phone in partnership with Google. The proposed model will enable users to view, upload and share video clips on the Youtube without the need of a computer. LG began selling third-generation (3G) handsets called "Google phones" with software installed for directly using the Google service, in Europe last month. The phone offers one click access to Google search, Gmail and Google Maps.

Nokia 7500 Prism debuts in China

The Nokia 7500 is finally out, announced in China along with a couple of other phones the 7500 has a unique diamond shaped keypad. The phone sports a standard 2 Megapixel camera, QVGA screen and MicroSD card slot. The phone runs on Series 40 operating system and with the FCC already blessing the phone it is a matter of time before we see the 7500 across stores.

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COMING SOON FROM NOKIA

NOKIA has unveiled its latest concept Phone designed to highlight the company's focus on The concept phone. dubbed Aeon, combines two touch-sensitive panels mounted on a fuel-cell power pack. The handset's connectivity and electronics are built into the panels to allow them to be used independendently. When assembled, one panel would operate as the display, the other as the keypad. Since the buttons are entirely virtual, Aeon can flip instantly between a numeric pad for dialling, a text-entry pad for messaging, or a media-player controller

It's a cute idea and one that ties in with Nokia's expectation that phones will become essentially "wearable" devices - it foresees users removing one of Aeon's display panels and mounting it on a watch-like strap or worn as a badge.

More than a phone, Aeon might tap into local wireless networks to transmit data acquired from sensors such as devices that monitor the user's health signs - which is the kind of application the company has in mind for its Wibree personal-area network technology. ®

New Nokia N95

Whats New?

The Nokia N95 is a 3G smartphone which comes is a clever two way slider opening mechanism. The phone comes with an integrated GPS navigation feature which supports maps for more than one hundred countries. The GPS navigation system displays the maps in clear detail on the 2.6 inch colour screen and will assist the user to find their desired location. The N95 works on a Symbian operating system with S60 which provides the user with high quality smartphone applications which include photo and video editing programs, music player programs and management applications.
Dimension
99 x 53 x 21 mm, 90 cc
Weight
120 g
Battery
Talk Time: Up to 6 h 30min, Standby Time: Up to 220 h
Memory
microSD (up to 2GB), hot swap 1 GB Card included
Connectivity
GPRS: Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps, HSCSD, EDGE: Class 32, 296 kbps; DTM Class 11, 236.8 kbps, 3G: HSDPA, WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g UPnP technology, Bluetooth: v2.0 A2DP, Infrared port, USB: v2.0 Pop-Port
Display Size
240 x 320 pixels, 2.6 inches
Display Colour
TFT, 16M colors
Operating Frequency / Band
HSDPA / GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Entertainment
Games downloadable, MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA playe, Stereo FM Radio, TV out, 3.5 mm audio output jack, Java MIDP 2.0, Built-in GPS navigation, Installed Maps application covering over 100 countries.
Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, video(VGA 30fps), flash; secondary CIF videocall camera
Imaging
Organiser
Ring Tones
Polyphonic (64 channels), Monophonic, True Tones, MP3

Messaging
SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging

World’s Largest Chair

This is not a photoshop work. This world’s largest chair is located at Manzano, Italy, a city of chair maker. Photographer Rob Krause said that they’re still working on the table.
[via Futility Closet Neatorama]

Mobile Phone with Nano Projector

Wow that’s really cool…I’m sure there are a lot of people waiting for this. SK Telecom of Korea has added a Nano Projector to a mobile phone. It is capable of projecting out a 20” image or video onto the wall. I think soon they will use mobile phone for PowerPoint presentation. The phone will be available later this year.
[via Ubergizmo]

Gourd Shaped Speakers

Bird Electron a Japan company has developed the Gourd Shaped Speakers for iPod, made from the real gourd. The two gourd speakers measures 6cm and deliver output of 2w. You can also get a [supikadejitaru] amplifier to get a better sound quality. Gourd Shaped iPod Speakers itself will cost $80 while the complete set with the amplifier will costs you $146. Check out one more shot after the jump.

HP's new Photosmart point-and-shoot cameras; Nine of them in all

HP bags the honor of producing the "the largest touch interface" camera included in its latest collection that it announced yesterday. The R937 is an 8-megapixel (with3X optical zoom) and sports a very large 3.6-inch touchscreen and offers you hands on editing on the go. Easy navigation plus tagging facilities make it easy to operate with Windows Vista and the likes. The camera also features slimming, spot removal, and red-eye correction and anti-blur functions. Next in line is the Mz67, which is also an 8-megapixels camera with a blackbody. It is the first compact camera from HP that features a high zoom: a 6X 7.9-47.4mm lens. It also features an anti-blur mode, and a 2.5-inch LCD with side buttons for its interface. The third in line to make a mark is the R742. The highlight of this camera is its style and colors; an all-metal design includes several colors like blue or silver. It features a 7-megapixel sensor and 3X optical zoom.

Carpet Alarm Clock forces you to stand up

The most difficult task in the morning is to get up and stay awake. Many of us succumb to the temptations of snooze and as a result run late for every damn thing that day! So here is another concept to help you rise and shine and get ready for another beautiful day. The Carpet Alarm Clock can be best describe as the awakening of the creators Sofie Collin & Gustav Lanberg (from Lund University in Sweden) ingenuity and resourcefulness.