Well, eco-freaks, prepare to get mad. There is now a Porsche covered in whale skin vinyl. The makers of the world’s most expensive SUV, Dartz, has unveiled a whole new way to wrap cars up. Whale skin vinyl! Don’t worry, though. It’s artificial. The covering apparently emulatesf whale penis skin surface. On the flipside Dartz will include a SAVE The WHALES logo on the flip side of the car, just so you can be sure to not piss anybody off. Good looking out Dartz!
The Apple iPad is coming and with it will comes a torrential downpour of accessories. Case in point? The leather iPad case. The Padova iPad case doubles as a stand for both landscape and portrait mode and is also dockable. It’s made from hand-stitched leather and is quite fetching, as you can see. Available at the Orbino store, this iPad case also comes in crocodile skin ($689) and ostrich leather ($659).
Japan gets all the luck. In addition to early access to video games and creepy hentai, they also get to try out one of these e-bikes before the western world. The Panasonic BE-ENV is already available there and costs about $6,000 to $8,000. Why so much? Because this titanium frame e-bike is awesome, that’s why. The Panasonic BE-ENV is powered by a lithium-ion battery and absorbs vibrations better than any other e-bike. Featuring three different driving modes, including an eco-mode, the user can directly choose the suitable mode from an LCD monitor that also keeps track of one’s average speed, distance traveled and more. It can travel a distance of up to 69km, depending on what battery you choose. Not bad for a little e-bike! No word on when it will be available here but you could always mailorder.
Storing your data just got a whole lot more glamorous. LG has unveiled it’s “XD6 Jewelry” designer hard drive. It was developed by NellyRodi, the Paris design agency. The hard drive comes in a 2.5-inch elegant aluminum casing with, of course, Swarovski crystals in front of the casing. It’s available in Titan and Violet colors and also features a genuine leather cover. The LG XD6 Jewelry comes in 320GB, 500GB or 640GB of capacities, and it features a USB connection to provide data transfer up to 480 Mbps. They’ve launched already in the Korean markets and cost $100 to $170.
Wanna pamper that pooch or feline? You could go the usual routes, taking them to get groomed or feeding them filet mignon. However, Pet Acoustics Inc. has a new option for you pet owners. Their My Pet Speaker system is a speaker system designed exclusively to entertain and calm your pets. My Pet Speaker is able to monitor the sound to the level well suited to your pet’s ears, no matter how loud you are playing the music. It features a 3.5mm output jack. The speaker system is compatible with almost all iPods, iPhones and music players. It costs $250 or, in another currency, 400 dog licks.
What better way to celebrate the 60th anniversary of a country that seems to have a, um, problem with all forms of open media than with a, um, camera? Oh but what a camera it is! Leica has taken it upon themselves to create this beauty. It’s gold-plated(24 carat), and as you can see, comes in colors to celebrate the People’s Republic of China. Not bad. Limited to just 60 units, each hallmarked with a year between 1949 and 2009, the Golden Camera is encased in red calfskin, bears an inscription of Mao Zedong’s favorite slogan and includes the Leica Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 Gold lens. It also costs a whopping $30,000. Wait, now China also has more expensive limited edition cameras than the Western World?! Why, I never.
Oh Swarovski. You multiply faster than Gremlins after midnight. This time on a guitar! But not just any guitar, a Gibson Bulls Eye. And not just any Gibson Bulls Eye, but a Zakk Wylde branded edition. Got all that?
To be fair, it’s not all Swarovski. There be gold gems on that thar guitar as well. Commissioned by an anonymous Monaco-based British celebrity, this limited edition Gibson guitar is encrusted with 4,000 individual Swarovski crystals - each measuring exactly 4mm in diameter and covered in 24-carat gold. Kim Webber and Gold2u worked in tandem to design this beast. The strings are also 24 carat gold and imported from Germany. And, that’s not all. 24 carat gold frets! Wow. I’m going to stop now before I also turn into gold. Is this guitar King Midas? Spend $24,200 and find out.
If you’ve ever wanted a helicopter but saw it as a pipe dream akin to wanting to be a fireman as a kid, then have we got something to show you. Aviation company Yuneec have released their Electric Sport Airplane. All of the fun of a helicopter but without any of the hassle! No carbon emissions, no outright danger. The Yuneec ESA E430 hopes to be mass released by 2011. The company is currently cranking them out in China. The plane holds two passengers, and only costs $2 per hour of flight fuelwise. Not bad. The nifty air gadget costs around $89,000. Oh, and, buy me one.
Do you like being clean and fresh so you can face the world with a smile? Of course you do! Would you like to not ruin the planet while doing so? Unless you are the nemesis of Captain Planet, you want to do that as well. Enter Lucedentro and their elegant, and green, bathroom top.
Fabricated from sandwich glass, the top has photo-luminescent PVC film in between the glasses that accumulates daylight and gives back the light accumulated in the dark through three colors: “Aqua-marina,” “Yellow green” and “Ocean blue.” They’ll also decorate it any way you like, but come on, it looks great as is. Why mess with perfection?
In order to commemorate the 20th anniversary of SIHH (Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie), Panerai has decided to reissue it’s classic Mare Nostrum watch. It is not available yet as they are waiting for the official 2010 SIHH event. The watch is purported to sell for around $36,000. The Mare Nostrum features a monstrous 52mm dial and is reported as being based on a hand-wound Minerva chronograph movement, dubbed the Panerai OP XXV caliber. In short, this watch is a looker and is sure to capture the attention of any onlookers.
