We have already seen the name Ferrari with a range of paraphernalia, from laptops to sunglasses to segways. Now, the Italian automotive manufacturer Ferrari and real estate developer Aldar Properties are taking on Disneyland with the Ferrari’s very own theme park. A Foundation Stone Ceremony was held lately in Abu Dhabi to officially announce the start of construction of one of the most multi-dimensional and hotly-awaited themed entertainment attractions in the world, the Ferrari Theme Park. The 250,000 square meter (62-acre) park will open its doors to visitors in the year 2009. A large portion of desert on the island of Yas will be reclaimed and will boast 24 attractions, including a 70-metre high G-Force Tower and the world’s first F1-branded twin rollercoaster ride.]]>
Chord Electronics, England is quite famous for its high-end amplification and digital conversion products targeted at the two channel audiophile and home theater markets. Following the success of the Choral series, the company has now rolled out Aspire stand to carry forth its reputation for superior design and engineering, excellent build quality and sterling reliability. Boasting a height of 1.2 meters, the Aspire stand can house 5 Choral components, each of which is positioned at a 45-degree angle allowing for the unique styling of each unit to be more fully appreciated. The six-piece system comes in brushed or black aluminum and includes the Chord Blu CD Transport, DAC64 Digital to Analog Converter, Mezzo 140 Power Amplifier, Symphonic Phono Stage and Aspire Stand.]]>
The uber-rich poochies don’t just need the expensive diamond-studded JooZoo MP3 player. They also need an automatic dog washing machine. Well, the latest craze for canines in Poitiers, France is a dog washing machine that costs more than $30,000. An operator takes care that the dog is comfortable inside the machine. Interestingly, the machine’s owner climbed in with the dog to prove that the washing machine is safe. Happy dog washing!]]>
So, you have brought home the 24kt Gold & Diamonds 15-inch Macbook Pro from Computer Choppers. The firm has already made the glittering MacBook Pros available online through Powermax. Now, they have rolled out a gold iPod as well to complement you gold MacBook. Powermax will soon start shipping iPods (Classic 160GB) in satin 24kt gold. No words on pricing, but don’t expect it to come cheap.]]>
he news of ASUS’ upcoming bamboo notebook, the Ecobook, created a lot of buzz in the month of March earlier this year. The Ecobook, scheduled for a 2008 release, will be the first laptop made of real bamboo. The ASUS’ green Ecobook aims to be as environmentally friendly as possible as ASUS is aiming for a 50% recyclable rate. The laptop touts biodegradable bamboo around the mouse pad, keyboard, and on the exteriors. The trackpad will also include a handwriting function that would let you use your fingers or stylus to enter text. The circular PowerGear button will glow red or green to indicate the amount of power being consumed. The internal components haven’t been finalized yet. I know you are finding it tough to wait for the release. Well, you can check out the picture gallery for now to soothe your eyes.]]>
Travel freaks will not have to worry about the battery life of their USB charging gadgets.
We all are quiet used to portable devices and often forget to recharge their battery and invite trouble when we find that we have isolated our selves from our family and friends. This is quite a big problem but here is a simple solution for this problem.
Here is the Space Cubed which is claimed to be the world's smallest personal computer. At the size of 2 x 2 x 2.2 inch, it has a 300 MHz processor and 64MB of SDRAM. Shown in the picture, it includes number of ports such as USB, Ethernet, flash memory. monitor port, serial connection and microphone. Pocket PC anyone?]]>
LG Electronics has unveiled a new TFT LCD Display that is a mere 1.48 mm thick as shown in the picture. The new display will handle QVGA resolutions. These LCD display would most probably be deployed on applications such as portable gaming machines, pdas, mobile phones and multimedia players.
The other iPod Shirt only had a pocket to keep the player safe, but this new one has more than that. It is called iPod Controlling Jacket and as the name suggests you can control the iPod just by wearing the jacket, no need to keep pressing buttons on the player itself.
Most board meetings involve the use of a whiteboard, where mroe often than not, great ideas are presented and born. Unfortunately, capturing everything that was written on the whiteboard proves to be an almost impossible task unless you have a digital camera http://www.plus-vision.com/en/product/copyboard/m-11/index.html
with you. The M11 Copyboard is different as it is capable of printing all your scribbles and mad scientist formulas out on a printer, or saving all the written data onto a USB flash drive instead. The M11 Copyboard apparently uses paper that scrolls underneath a scanner, turning data into digital bits for the USB flash drive or for the printer to interpret. There is no word on pricing details as at press time.
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A Canadian owner of an E46 M3 has actually gone for an all-chrome BMW that’s modified with several tuning mags and a Flossman GTR-style wide body kit to fit the car of his dreams!
If you are planning to buy a luxury notebook for your sweetheart this Christmas than Ego Lifestyle notebooks is definitely one option, but not the only one anymore with MSI breaking away the monopoly with their luxurious Crystal laptop collection. The luxury notebooks feature a shining ring of Austrian crystals on the notebook’s lid and the inside specs incorporate 15.4-inch widescreen, AMD Turion 64 X2 processor, up to 2GB of DDR2 memory, 5400rpm hard drive and a DVD burner. MSI Crystal M677 is equipped with NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 graphics card, 802.11 b/g wireless and Bluetooth alongwith an 1.3 megapixel camera and an independent numeric keypad. The pricing and availability details are yet to come up!!
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If you are an internet-addict, you need it all the time….a tablet PC that can serve your needs and can withstand every drop and careless handling! The Taiwanese maker, Arbor has unveiled its new rugged Tablet PC, MIL-6600 that proudly accomplishes Military Standards 810F tests for shock and vibration and IP68 standards for the dust and waterproof capabilities. The windows based PC is designed to serve real-time in toughest of conditions, under water not exceeding 1.5 meters deep and in temperatures varying from -40°C to 60°C. The tablet PC features sunlight readable 10.4 inch TFT LCD with touch screen. It is powered by Intel’s low-voltage Dothan processor, 4 or 8GB of flash memory and 12 user set keys. And, it weighs a heavy 3.5kg.
If you ever wished, how wonderful it will be if you can turn things into gold just like King Midas, then we can’t help you with the magic. But, we sure can help you fake that magic with things like Gold camera and this 24ct Gold HP Laserjet Printer. Though, we personally doesn’t think high of this cheap-looking HP LaserJet thing but let’s be a sport! The printer is plated in 24-carat gold and as you might have figured its not a original from HP. The gold body is coined by an artist Andres Serrano. The printer is on display at GITEX, Dubai and the auction starts at about $300…let’s see how much it ends for…any guesses!!
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