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I’m not a fan of three wheeled motorcycles but this one is outrageous and the color red gives it a big plus!
Here is a motorcycle! Then you can easily travel - all the comforts behind. More images after the break...

Royale Opera Time - Piece Watch

Beat me with a stick! I just had to plod through Manufacture Royale's nine page long bloody press release - only to have reasserted what they mention in the first few lines; that they are "unashamedly elitist." Wipe my brow and hand me an ol' timey hallucinogenic absinthe, because I need to lay back in a hammock on a steamship and read some Jules Verne to appreciate this steampunk mechanaut. More images after the break...

Oh how right it would be for the good people behind the conception of this watch to redo their text and branding on the watch. It is a cool thing, and the overgrown child in my loves this oddity - but they really need to take it down a few notches. I kid you not, in a nutshell the brand would have you believe that this watch not only sets the bar upon which all future watches must be judged, but also claims that according to the designer this watch release is one step closer to realizing a dream of utopia. Please calmly take an axe to my forehead - for I cannot believe this.

Ok, let's get back to the subject at hand. Manufacture Royale takes inspiration from Voltaire. Yes, that Voltaire - a man that at one point they refer to as the "Super Salesman." They should have just called the watch "Voltaire." That would have been better than making it look like a wrist catapult and for some reason calling it the Opera (well it does have a minute repeater complication).

It also appears that Manufacture Royale (with cheese), has been influenced by the designs of fellow watch brand Louis Moinet. Both seem to be focused on the "age of enlightenment" (and limitless coffers). Another nod to fantasy is the Manufacture Royale logo. Above the "MR" letter is a curved line with the handle of a sword coming out of it. This is the sword in the stone - Excalibur from Arthurian legend. Make of this what you will. I just smile and think of the Disney cartoon. Does Merlin come with the watch? Perhaps a little Archimedes? Owls seem to be really "in" right now.

The Opera Time-Piece (how MR officially calls it) contains a brand new movement that is manually wound, has a tourbillon and a minute repeater. It was designed by the good people at Fabrique du Temps. Built of 319 parts, the movement is quite nice looking. I do enjoy the silicon escapement, and the combo of brass in various tones and finishes. Makes for a very rich look. While nicely conceived, it is not quite as unique as the watch case, but is still quite attractive. Power reserve is said to be in excess of 100 hours. Plus, the minute repeater plays the hours in A, and the minute in C sharp.

Now comes the interesting part. See how the case opens up like the bellows of an accordion? This unique design feature is made to create a resonance cage/chamber to allow for the minute repeater to sound more lively. The unfortunate reality is that the complexity of many minute repeaters is diminished by the tinny sound they make after being cased in a watch. The modern needs of a watch with water resistance (as well as the desire for precious metals that absorb sound) has made it a challenge for watch designers to come up with cases that adequately allow for minute repeater complications to sound decent. For Manufacture Royale had to convince engineers to develop this ultra complex style of articulating case. We can call it the "Beetle shell watch case."

The watch case itself is 50mm wide done in 18k rose and gray gold. It has three sapphire crystals and 60 pieces in its construction. Everything about this watch is crazy. It is weird and wonderful. Ugly and beautiful. A novelty for true collectors, only 12 of these watches will be made - making way for other future Manufacture Royal watches. I really do appreciate the audacity of the men behind this watch and brand. There is a hefty amount of silliness here. They make little attempt to hide the fact that this is one eternally ostentatious toy. The watch comes in a veneered wooden box that is said to be a reproduction of the Bastille Opera House in Paris. In case you didn't detect it yet, the French are behind this timepiece. The price you ask? Well in Manufacture Royale's own words "just like the product - exceptional." And they aren't lying.... $1,200,000. My consumer gland just had an aneurysm.

Case
Case materials and finishing:

• Folding/unfolding case in patented 18 carat gray or rose gold. 3 sapphire crystals.
• Moveable transparent back. Screws and axles in 18 carat gray or rose gold.
• Assembled and polished entirely by hand
• Individually numbered -Case dimensions 50mm in diameter -Number of components 60 -Crown 18 carat rose gold. Polished and diamond encrusted / Manufacture Royale logo hand-polished surface
• Hands Hours and minutes in hand-polished 18 carat rose gold.
• Strap Hand sewn Mississippi alligator skin
• Buckle Hand-polished 18 carat rose and gray gold.

Movement

• Movement dimensions Height: 5.45 mm / Diameter: 32 mm
• Number of components 319
• Number of rubies 29
• Power reserve 108 hours
• Frequency 3Hz, 21,600 vibrations per hour
• Plates Brass with sunray brushing, polished angles
• Bridges Brass with sunray brushing, polished angles
• Entirely hand finished
• Bells/chimes Hours in A / Minutes in C sharp
• Tourbillon Escape wheel and anchors in silicon
• One rotation per minute
• Functions Hours, Minutes. Repeater (triggered by slide)
• Gears Counter gears and sound system NIHS 20-02
• Balance spring Flat
• Balance with screws

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Electrolux Infinity I-Kitchen Linux Refrigerator

Electrolux Infinity I-Kitchen Linux Refrigerator - this refrigerator by Electrolux was equipped with Linux OS and enabled you to surfing the internet. Imagine a High Tech luxury refrigerator which can help you to find a recipes and tips to make a delicious things? Now you can fulfill your dreams with this Electrolux Infinity I-Kitchen Linux Refrigerator a Web Enabled Refrigerators.

Web-enabled refrigerators have been around for a while now. But, Electrolux takes a step further in the internet generation with its new Infinity I-Kitchen, developed in collaboration with the Brazilian subsidiary of Electrolux and ProFusion embedded systems. The refrigerator features a touchscreen-enabled ARM device running Linux that allows customers to access built-in applications including, notes, calendar, contacts, reminders, photos, tips and recipes with a clean user interface.


The display has a resolution of 480×800 and the hardware is a Freescale i.MX25 running at 400Mhz with 128Mb RAM. This new refrigerator brings high-end technology to the kitchen and provides users with unparalleled control over the refrigerator operations. We hope it also allows its owners to maintain their grocery list, enable shopping goods from the online retailers from the kitchen and watch television and send e-mail messages, so all you nerds can now operate from your kitchen while helping out your partner in the Christmas preparations.

Here's more picture of this Hi-tech Electrolux Infinity I-Kitchen Linux Refrigerator







Via : Bornrich.org

Acer Iconia the Real Dual Screen Laptop

Acer Iconia will be the futuristic concept of laptop with their dual screen feature. which ditches the physical keyboard to get laptops to compete with the tablets style-on. Now, that may seem confusing, but then a laptop sans a keyboard could be dubbed a tablet, what say? Introduced at the Acer Global Press event in New York City, the concept laptop, called the Acer Iconia has two 14-inch touchscreen displays attached by a hinge. Scheduled to run Window 7, the laptop’s top screen functions as the primary screen, while the one below serves as a navigation panel, displaying things like the keyboard, touch wheel and on-screen controls etc, the display can also work as an extension for the primary display.

Here's the specification of this Dual Screen laptop named Acer Iconia.


The laptop weighing in at about 6.1 pounds features an Intel Core i5 480 processor, 4GB of RAM, 640GB hard drive and Clear-fi, a device networking intiative for media sharing. In addition to an Acer’s interface overlay – Acer Ring, which makes accessing documents and Web pages, resizing pictures and navigating through content library very easy, the laptop will have two USB 2.0 ports, one USB 3.0, HDMI-out, a 1.3-megapixel Webcam and Bluetooth. Acer claims the laptop would be available in US markets by Christmas or latest by January, but also confirms that there will be no SDK available for it until December, so you may have to live with limited customized software Acer has designed initially.

More pics of Acer Iconia after the jump




Via : PCworld

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Eco Friendly BMW Subway Concept

Eco Friendly BMW Subway Concept - Concerning about a green technology that able to recycle so BMW designed an Eco Friendly Subway Concept, Poland unveils BMW-Designed Subway Cars which are 98% recyclable. The concept will not only bring sustainable engineering to the Warsaw’s metro system but will also be a new paradigm in eco-travel. Dubbed the Siemens Inspiro transit concept, the design comes from Siemens and BMW Group DesignworksUSA. The transit system boasts many-sensitive designs and will go online in the Metro Warszawskie in 2012.

The transit system features spacious interiors, wide entrances for better passenger flow, large electronic displays for system maps and a lighting system placed at the smoothing intervals. And in order to increase the interior space as much as possible, the electronic and mechanics cabinets have been removed from the actual cabin walls. The handholds in the transit system are lit from the above and are shaped like tree branches which denote subway cars’ green ambitions.


The subway’s green credentials come in the form of carriage’s aluminum, weight optimized chassis which is considerably lighter than the average traincar. Lighter aluminum chassis has duel benefits – it reduces the energy consumption on one hand and is 98% recyclable on the other.

Here's the Concept of Eco friendly BMW Subway Cars.





Via : Fastcodesign

Nokia E10 Concept - Rollout Display Phone

Nokia E10 Concept Phone - Nokia back with their newly phone concept. this Nokia E10 was come with a rollout display. this cool concept could be truly a new trends in cellphone design for the future. check out the picture of Nokia E10 Concept Phone below.

Usually gadgets with soft screen or scroll screen do not support touch control and one-hand control if the screen is very large. This inspired the designer to develop a portable gadget that would make the functions of a scroll screen simple and user-friendly on the go. Moreover, foldable phones are a niche that is new not only for users but for designers as well.


What makes it so special? First of its kind, the Nokia E10 phone features a bendable screen that works in two different modes, i.e. cellphone and tablet, thanks to the flexible, folding structure, to enhance the experience of the user. Now, users will be able to carry their tablet alongside the cellphone in their pocket. Locating three solar batteries, together with a lithium battery, at the rear, the futuristic cellphone ensures steady battery backup to support extended chatter and work sessions, while addressing the environmental concerns.

What’s in it for me? Employing a thin, flexible material, the screen rolls around onto a 6mm axis to save extra space and reduce the size, so you could carry it all the time with minimum fuss. When required, the Nokia E10 expands its screen to bigger dimensions (6.4 x 4.0 inch) to enjoy your favorite pictures, videos and movies in high-definition anywhere, anytime. While on the other hand, you can fold it up to make phone calls, send messages, emails, play games and do whatever you want like other normal mobile phones.

What’s next? The Nokia E10, together with Sony’s roll-up OLED display, has paved the way for a new line of gadgets that the users will be able to stretch, bend or morph into different shapes and sizes to meet their individual needs. Apart from the E10, Nokia is planning to incorporate nanotechnology in its high-end devices, such as the Nokia Morph, Concept to increase utility and reduce manufacturing costs in coming years.

HiCan Futuristic Bed with Built in Screen

HiCan Futuristic Bed with Built in Screen - This futuristic bed could be a perfect beds for all geeks. The HiCan bed was obviously made for the people who slept in race car beds in their childhood. The all-in-one bedroom entertainment center has so many awesome features that it’s hard to imagine you’d ever leave bed again with this at home. You can watch a Movie in this Hi Tech Futuristic Bed, and also playing your favorite video games. cool huh?

The HiCan has all those features that you’ve probably always wished for, but never dreamed anyone would actually put on a bed. If you’re lazing around on a weekend afternoon and feel like checking out a movie, you just pull down the projection screen at the end of the bed. Likewise, the integrated video game system is ready to go whenever you are, so you can smash some bad guys while your beloved snoozes away beside you.

Is the sun through the window a little too bright while you’re surfing the web from the built-in PC in your HiCan? Believe it or not, you can control your home’s blinds, full-house lighting and entertainment system from the bed’s controls.

Lights are included to help you read (if you’re into hard copies of things). And if you finally get tired of playing with all of the bells and whistles on this amazingly cool bed, you can pull down the built-in shades and block out the outside world. Getting some shut-eye has never been so exciting.

The company’s philosophy states that the very cool bed was conceived with the idea that we have so much going on in our modern lives that we should have a comforting place to retreat to. The HiCan could conceivably replace all of the furniture in a tiny apartment…provided that you can shell out the 42,000 Euro (about $62,000) for one

Hövding Bicycle Helmet is Invisible and Fashionable

Each of these models in the image gallery below is wearing a helmet. Can you see it?






Designers Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin spent six years deliberating over the cycle helmet-hairdo problem, and have come up with Hövding - a helmet that sits not on the head but on the shoulder of the wearer and remains invisible until they have a collision.

Hövding is a discreet collar that the cyclist wears around the neck. The collar contains a folded airbag which is visible only at a collision. The airbag is designed as a hood that in case of an accident will enclose and protect the cyclist’s head. Release mechanism is controlled by sensors that register abnormal movements of the rider in an accident. Watch the video after the images for a demonstration.

The shell of the collar is removable and available in many different styles and fabrics and will be launched in new collections. Hövding is a practical, handy accessory that is easy to carry, is stylish and unobtrusive in its design, while it saves your life, says Anna Haupt.
The Hövding will cost you a cool $446.






[via David Report]