Inside An Emirates A380
By Evan Ackerman
When the gigantihugenormous Airbus A380 was still in the prototype and demonstration phase, there were all kinds of wild ideas about what manifestations opulence would get stuffed inside its belly. The interior of the production A380 has been toned down a bit, of course, but that hasn’t stopped Emirates Airlines from including sleeper berths, showers, lounge areas, and wet bars (I say “bars” because there are two on the plane). More pics from some lucky sod who probably spent more money on that flight than I’ve made in, uh, ever, after the jump.
And coach? Still coach:
Because you can’t really enjoy your flight in first class without a bunch of unhappy people on the lower deck.
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Titanium Mouse by Intelligent Design costs $1,200, might be worth a little less
No matter how bad the global economy gets, you can always rely on there being a select few people with (a lot) more money than sense. Exclusively for them, Dutch outfit Intelligent Design has put together this handcrafted Bluetooth laser mouse, which boasts a neodymium scroll wheel, high quality plastic resin and a grade 1 titanium body. We didn’t know you could handcraft titanium and we challenge anyone to explain what neodymium has to do with good input ergonomics, but then maybe that just shows how little we know about luxurious items like this. So, if you have $1,200 (or €800 in Old World money) to spare, why not add this unnamed mouse to your shopping list, just under the Mnemosyne USB drive? More snaps can be found after the break.
[Via HardOCP]
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Titanium Mouse by Intelligent Design costs $1,200, might be worth a little less originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 27th, 2009
at 11:59am by Vladislav Savov
Topics: InputDevice, Laser, LaserMouse, Luxury, bluetooth, expensive, input device, laser mouse, luxurious, mouse, neodymium, peripherals, rich, titanium
Bang & Olufsen BeoCom 5 landline: all the cool kids have one
We know what you’re thinking: what could be more impressive to your “friends” than an incredibly super sweet landline telephone about 9 years after most people stopped having them? That’s right, a landline. Bang & Olufsen’s BeoCom 5 is destined to take things to the next level with hot functions like “hold” and the ability to store up to 400 contacts. The BeoCom 5 also boasts a rad looking speaker phone if you want to get a whole group convo going like we did back in junior high. Other good news here is that this baby can handle two separate lines — in case one is simply not enough. No word on when the newest BeoCom will be unleashed, or how much it will cost, but we’re going to guess it won’t be cheap.
[Via Acquire Mag]
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Bang & Olufsen BeoCom 5 landline: all the cool kids have one originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 21st, 2009
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Topics: ActualPhone, Bang & Olufsen, BangAndOlufsen, BangOlufsen, Luxury, actual phone, awesome, bando, bang and olufsen, beocom, beocom5, landline, phone, telephone, telephones
Luxury wine vending machine
It’s not really a secret: Japan loves vending machines. So it’s not really surprising this newest (and quite unique) model is made in Nippon, too: A vending machine that lets you buy luxury wines through a pre-paid card. The machine is supposed to soften the negative effects the current recession has for wine lovers.
The vending machine is operated by the Goss Wine Bar in Ginza, Tokyo’s poshest neighborhood. All customers need to do is to insert said pre-paid card, select a bottle of wine among 24 different kinds and watch how the wine flows into their glasses. Reportedly, customers enjoy the fact that they can actually see the bottle before they drink the wine and that they can now taste expensive wines in smaller quantities.
The Goss Wine Bar claims the number of customers has risen by 20% in September (when compared to September 2008).
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Posted: October 15th, 2009
at 6:20pm by Serkan Toto
Topics: Headline, Luxury, Wine, cgjapan, vending machine
B&W’s $400 Zeppelin Mini iPod sound system up for pre-order, ships next month
Bowers & Wilkins has never been one to play the bargain game, and the $399.95 price tag on its new Zeppelin Mini is evidence of that very fact. The somewhat miniaturized iPod sound system is up for pre-order as we speak on Amazon, and we’ve heard directly from the company that it’ll be shipping out to US-based consumers in “early November.” So, is a flashy design, a pair of 3-inch drivers, 3.5 millimeter auxiliary input jack, USB 2.0 port and a promise of a better tomorrow enough to pry those four Benjamins out of your hand?
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B&W’s $400 Zeppelin Mini iPod sound system up for pre-order, ships next month originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 12th, 2009
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Topics: Apple, Audio, Bowers and Wilkins, BowersAndWilkins, BowersWilkins, IpodAccessory, IpodSoundSystem, IpodSpeaker, Luxury, ShipDate, Zeppelin Mini, ZeppelinMini, audiophile, bowers wilkins, ipod, ipod accessory, ipod sound system, ipod speaker, music, order, pre order, ship date, ships, sound, stereo, zeppelin
