Luxury watches host some of the most interesting and beautiful designs known, from moving belts on the Devon Tread 1 to the pistons, bellows and dynamic liquid on the HYT-H1.
The HYT watch is something to marvel at, claiming that it is a first in watch-making history to feature a liquid-filled hour ring that is pushed by moving pistons and bellows (know as hydro-mechanics).
Price: $45.000
Check out the video below for the epic video!
Source: HYT
In a recent blog post by Minecraft creator known as ‘Notch’ they are being sued by Bethesda (the gaming studio that brought you the Elder Scrolls franchise) for reasons over his new game project. In Notch’s post he says, “…we also applied [for a trademark] for “Scrolls”, the new game we’re working on. We knew of no similarly named games, and we had even googled it to make sure. I’m not even sure if you CAN trademark individual words, like “Scrolls”, but we sent in the application anyway.” He then goes on, “A while later, out of the blue, we got contacted by Bethesda’s lawyers. They wanted to know more about the “Scrolls” trademark we were applying for, and claimed it conflicted with their existing trademark “The Elder Scrolls”.
This seems ludicrous, like Notch mentioned, surely you can’t trademark individual words within a phrase i.e. ‘The Elder Scrolls’ but this story seems similar to what Apple did, they applied for trademarking on the word ‘Apps’ and ‘App Store’, surely they are all generic words that pose no threat if used on their own. Toward the end of Notch’s post he says,
“The implication that you could own the right to all individual words within a trademark is also a bit scary. We looked things up and realized they didn’t have much of a case, but we still took it seriously. Nothing about Scrolls is meant to in any way derive from or allude to their games. We suggested a compromise where we’d agree to never put any words in front of “Scrolls”, and instead call sequels and other things something along the lines of “Scrolls – The Banana Expansion”. I’m not sure if they ever got back to us with a reply to this.”
What do you guys think? Have Bethesda over reacted? Or do you agree with them?
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Cut the Rope is one of those games that becomes a hit when released and that is exactly what happened when it arrived on the App Store. Now the next instalment is here, Cut the Rope: Experiments.
The app features the iconic and loved little monster called Om Nom from the original game who loves candy, you (the player) have to feed him the colourful sweets
while collecting the three stars placed in each level – this is all taking place in a cardboard box (Om Nom’s home, of course).
In Experiments the sweet-toothed monster is picked up by what looks like a crazy inventor, it is the first time any voice acting is used and it sounds top quality, at the beginning and end of each level you hear him say phrases like, “Shall we begin” and “Oh! Amazing intelligence.” With the new release you get three level packs but knowing Zeptolab from more will be on the way. The three at the moment are, ‘Getting Started’ being the first, ‘Shooting the Candy’ second and ‘Sticky Steps’ being the locked one requiring you to collect 80 stars from the previous levels.
I am still on the first level pack and it feels fresh and very nicely polished. The new music, Om Nom animations and voice acting making it an excellent addition to the series. In ‘Getting Started’ I noticed that the stars are moving from the first level which adds another dynamic to the gameplay making you concentrate more on timing and precision. So far I have just been cutting the basic ropes and popping the pesky bubbles but I’m sure it will get harder as the level packs suggest I will be using some sort of guns to shoot the ropes? and using suckers to navigate some gameplay elements around the box. Playing it on the iPad is truly amazing, the art work is great, colourful and cartoon-like while the interface stays true to the series. The introducing to a photograph section looks interesting too, you must collect them by clicking them in a specific game level or perhaps by doing certain things in a particular way. Experiments is a must for any apple device owner.
£1.48 – iPad
£0.69 – iPhone
We all love music – it defines who we are as an individual. Imagine listening to your tunes in comfort, no more on bus seats or train journeys wearing headphones. The award winning Egg Chair merged with some powerful speakers…that’s it, there’s your comfort right there. This merge in beauty is the Acoustic Immersion Pod.
The ‘immersive’ experiance comes from the chair’s interior, open-cell acoustic foam (the stuff used in professional recording studios) makes sure that the sound is directed and heard by you and you alone while still functioning as a chair. When have you wanted to listen to your music at home but can’t because someone is watching tv? Or you and your room mate battling it out in an epic music war by turning each song up louder until an unrecognisable mess is produced? In my experience anyway, allot!
The chair is perfect for home entertainment too, the 5 1/4″ 40-watt speakers provide amazing 5.1 surround sound. On-screen explosions are not only heard but felt too, under the seat is a 500-watt subwoofer putting you right into the centre of the action. You will never miss that grenade that was thrown at you, walk straight past enemy footsteps or even mishear that crucial dialogue in the latest block buster.
Get yours on Hammacher today! They specialise in some really ‘unexpected’ stuff.
Now it is sound’s turn to enter in the expensive list. Meet the Cabasse La Sphere.
Looks pretty nice huh? Yea, but look at the price! $200,000…for that you could get a house or even an awesome pool table (seriously, its an interactive pool table and it looks pretty darn cool).
Buy these 1m 40cm puppies and not only have you got some speakers but Christoph Cabasse the founder’s son, will come to you, say a lil’ thank you and install the system – ahhh there’s your $200,000, its his cost to fly over in his super transformer jet to see you – how kind.
I am no expert in sound so a good £100 set will do me fine, but they’re just extortionate. Their design is pretty cool though, all eyeball shaped speaker sitting on its interweaving stand, a centre piece to any room I’m sure.
Price: $200,000
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