Sunday, March 10, 2013 - 6:37pm
Traverse the seas in style for a cool $2 million.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 3:34am
So, what justifies a $52,000 price tag on a damn golf cart? Cold beer, apparently. And just cold beer. For that kind of cash, I want to be able to tell you that Monaco's Garia Soleil de Minuit cart is...
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 4:26am
The iPad isn't even out yet, but that's not stopping the folks at Mervis Diamond Importers from turning it into something like those Swarovski-studded monsters. I won't lie, I know next to nothing about diamonds, but maybe this will entice...
Friday, March 5, 2010 - 4:52am
Rocketeers, rejoice! That Martin Aircraft Company jetpack we've been teasing you about for a while is going to be produced at a rate of 500 units a year and sold. For a cool $75,000, you're looking at a 200-horsepower, dual...
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 3:06pm
Up above is the Less Lamp by Jordi Canudas. It's $875, and that's quite a bit of money. You know what you're supposed to do with it? Well, smash it with a pick-hammer (included with the lamp). That's because when...
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- color-changing
- expensive
- Footwear & Recreation Technology Research Institute
- kicks
- shoes
- sunlight
- taiwan
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 9:47am
Taiwan's Footwear & Recreation Technology Research Institute — which is the kind of place I imagine is staffed entirely by Oompa-Loompas — has developed spray-on micro capsules that allow leather shoes to change color in the sun. Instead of thinking...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 4:36pm
These are Japan Self-Defense Force Sunglasses, and apparently they're officially endorsed by Japan's military. Maybe it's because the JSDF just likes the way they look, or perhaps it's the strong lenses. Each one is boasts the ability to withstand an...
Monday, November 16, 2009 - 3:02am
A snip* at just $14,265, Leica's M7 camera has been rejigged thanks to French fashion house Hermes. On sale from today, there are just 200 units of the retro-styled film camera available — a ton of them in that war-correspondent...
Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 7:30am
For many of us, Halloween is a chance to put on some zombie makeup, drink a bunch of beer and eat some candy. But for some people, it's a chance to make their most wild fantasies come true, in costume...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 10:37am
Think Segways are cool? You'll probably make the same mistake about the Air Board, too. Look, it's $14,000! Fourteen thousand! You could buy yourself a really nice (albeit used) car for that, and still have your integrity intact, too. Just...
