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DoCoMo has given Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana the go ahead to offer their gold-plated Motorola RAZR to those who have not yet attained their optimal levels of achievement in consumerism. Priced at 75,000 Yen (~$633.00,) the phone features a D&G engraving on its eel skin cover, a strap with the logo (in case you forgot to look at the cover,) some screen pics of the logo, and “four original ringtones” selected by none other than (check that cover again) D&G. The RAZR will be available in a limited edition until the end of May in Japan, when it turns back into an ordinary M702iS cell phone.
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Gallery: D&G Offers Gold-Plated RAZR
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In the early 80’s, SAIC built a sedan overseas called the Shanghai . They then began working with Volkswagen to help produce the Santana. In an agreement with General Motors, they now build and sell approximate one million vehicles yearly in China. They have decided to go green by developing and “speeding up commercialization” with more fuel-cell vehicles. Next year they will once again team with VW to produce 500 Touran gas/electric hybrids, the concept of which will be making its debut at the Shanghai Auto Show this week.
Read More | edmunds Inside Line
Gallery: SAIC Goes Green
Designer Marc Newson has created a new line of Ikepod watches. Redesigned in an ellipse shape, he uses better movements and precious metals during its construction. Because his designs are so unique, he is often exhibited as an artist. One of his watches, a 1980 Lockheed Lounge, recently sold for about a million dollars at Sotheby’s. The “Black Hole” comes in a limited edition of 66 and is only being sold as a silhouette until bought. Thanks, but even when a reknown designer offers us a masterpiece, we prefer to see the real thing before purchase.
Read More | Marc Newson via Watchismo Times
Gallery: Ikepod Watch Kept in the Dark
Spreadshirt Feeds Your Inner Entrepeneur
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Wearables, Design, Internet,
Have you ever had a terrific t-shirt idea but didn’t have much start up capital? Spreadshirt is the answer to your entrepreneurial dreams. They offer a free shop with a simple color print and one line of text for €3 (~$6.00.) You set your own price plus commission for each clothing article that is purchased. Set up a premium account and you can add more features, such as more intricate designs or more colors. Spreadshirt will even donate 3 Euros (~$4.00) for each shirt sold through May 16 to Earth Day International in honor of Earth Day, which is coming up April 22.
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Gallery: Spreadshirt Feeds Your Inner Entrepeneur
Fender and Roland “toneologists” have teamed up to discover what they refer to as “guitar DNA” and successfully transplanted it into their American series VG Stratocaster guitar. We understand that it is similar to the Variax, but simpler to use. It is capable of 37 different Stratocaster, Telecaster, humbucking, 12-string and acoustic sounds, and five alternate tunings with the turn of a knob. Available in Black or Sunburst, it carries an MSRP of $2428.56 and $2478.56 respectively.
(Thanks, Stace)
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Gallery: Fender Unveils VG Stratocaster
It looks like an ordinary bookcase, but on closer inspection Woodfold has created a door that completely seals off a back room. They come in 54 and 66-inch wide models and feature steel rollers and piano hinges that run the entire length. The doors can hold up to 500 lbs. of weight, and have 2 fixed shelves at the middle and bottom, and four that are adjustable. You will have to contact Woodfold for a price, but by now we know what that means.
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Gallery: Woodfold Bookcase Door Creates Hideaway
There is finally a device that can deal with all your miscellaneous chargers in a diminutive size. The Georgia Institute of Technology has created a small nanogenerator prototype that can produces a continuous supply of electricity by harvesting energy from surrounding ultrasonic waves, mechanical movement, or your own blood flow.
Professor Zhong Lin Wang says, “If you had a device like this in your shoes when you walked, you would be able to generate your own small current to power small electronics.”
We can embrace that concept if we just remember not to keep it on during our early morning wake-up showers.
Read More | Live Science
Gallery: Charge It With a Nanogenerator
By combining brain surgery and rocket science, Canadian researchers have developed a robot that has such a delicate touch that it can perform brain operations. The neuroArm allows an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging machine) to create a 3-D touch screen picture of even the smallest of nerves and can then be moved in any direction. The neurosurgeon utilizes handles which allow her/him to feel pressure and texture.
The $24 million robot was created by the same team that built CanadArm, which is used in NASA space shuttles. The neuroArm will be making its debut this summer at Calgary’s Foothills Hospital, where the University of Calgary medical school’s research facility is housed. We certainly wouldn’t want to be its first guinea pig, but maybe we can just view the operation from a distance.
Read More | Reuters
Gallery: This Truly is Rocket Surgery
Brazillian Fair Features the Future of Robotics
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Design, Misc. Tech, Science,
At the recent Robótica - International Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Fair in São Paulo, attendees were given a glimpse of the future of robotics. A case in point is Mike, who expresses his emotions through his eyes. They turn green for happiness, orange for sadness, and red when he gets angry. The bots are presented by companies such as Comau, Kuka, and Didatech. We just want to know what you actually have to do to the bot to get it angry enough to respond.
Read More | ANBA
Gallery: Brazillian Fair Features the Future of Robotics
Researchers Find Invisibility Possible
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Design, Misc. Tech, Science,
Engineers at Purdue foresee a time when it will be possible to become “invisible” with the use of a type of wizard’s cloak. Although it is still a concept, the idea is to surround an object with a cone that has metal needles sticking out. The refraction of the cone is then changed so that anything inside seems to disappear. Unfortunately, only one wavelength at a time can be bent, so the person inside must be dressed head-to-toe in a body suit. Think of it as a backwards green screen used in filmmaking. Lead researcher Vladimir Shalaev feels that a working prototype will become available in the next couple of years.
Read More | Seed Magazine
