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go away world, leave me alone: ovei personal multimedia environment

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The Oculas Groups’ Ovei (Oh-vee) is a living room in a pod. A very stylish, air conditioned and ridiculously expensive pod.

It’s elegantly designed by Lee McCormack and beautifully engineered by McLaren Applied Technologies. Which makes me wonder why there are no images of the ovei’s interior on the product website. Dammit. I want to see! At least they have…

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January 28th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: audio design home entertainment media players strange + wonderful technology

iphone 3g kings spits in the face of the economic crisis

aloisson iphone 3G diamond peter aloisson gold kings

For me luxury items are those that are not only ridiculously expensive but are also very impractical or unnecessary. Personally I think the iPhone is still quite expensive. I think it spreads itself too thin in trying to be too many things at once. On the other hand,  its price isn’t that ridiculous for a phone, so it would be…

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January 12th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: design gadgets hacks + mods mobile tech

gucci men’s watches go digital [fancy schmancy]

Gucci Mens Digital LCD Watches iGucci

Firmly parked at the intersection of Geek Street and Park Avenue, Gucci has entered the digital age with these modern watches which let your friends know that you’ve truly arrived (or that you’re just independently wealthy).

Part of Gucci’s appropriately named iGucci series, these luxury LCD watches feature a cool round white-on-black display, set behind a sturdy sapphire crystal. The…

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February 22nd, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design timepieces

davinciaudio labs luxury turntable: big and rich

DaVinciAudio Labs Luxury Turntable

At the tip-top of the audiophile market, there’s an elite group of folks who think the best way to listen to music is on a good old-fashioned analog turntable. This record player is for them.

The DaVinciAudio Labs AAS Gabriel turntable bases its unique design on the same process that’s used to cut grooves into masters for vinyl discs. In…

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September 12th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio design home entertainment

tag heuer monaco 69 watch hides a secret identity

Tag Heuer Monaco 69 Ana-Digi Watch

Tag Heuer’s elegant Monaco 69 might just looks like a really nice analog watch. But it’s concealing something beneath its surface that makes it stand out from the pack.

The watch has a unique flipping case design that reveals a modern light-on-dark LCD watch on the backside of the analog face. The watch has a slick stainless case, a durable…

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September 9th, 2007 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design timepieces

fancy watches get the virtual treatment

hublot second life avatar wearing watch

I’ll start out by telling you that I’ve never been a dweller of the Second Life universe, but then again, I’m too busy living three or four lives in the real world. But for those of you who do take up residence in the insanely popular virtual world, you’ll soon have a way to give your avatar a little more…

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September 3rd, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: timepieces video games