If you’re – for some reason – tired of USB flash drives to weak to handle a serious beating you should check out LaCie XtremKey, a premium flash memory secured inside 2mm metal pipe casing tolerating 5 meter drops and temperatures from -50°C to +200°C. Also, it’s sealed with wear-resistant screw threads and a rubber O-ring, making it watertight down to 100 meters. The metal casing is constructed with zamac, a metal alloy composed of zinc, aluminum, magnesium and copper which LaCie claims is so strong it can withstand the pressure of a 10-ton truck.
The XtremKey will be available in capacities from 8 to 64GB and will be available from the LaCie Online Store (starting at $49.99) from August.
Here’s Vestal Decibel, the latest addition to their impressive line-up of timepieces. This watch sports goodies like a case of hardened stainless steel, perforated leather strap, solid mineral crystal and a detachable crown guard – just take it off if you want to slim down the 57mm waist a little. Sure looks like it can handle a bit of rough handling!
The Decibel will be available in both brushed black and silver and is expected to hit the stores by August 1st.
Okay. There’s big speakers and there’s huge speakers, but I think Arcadian Audio’s Pnoe Horn deserves its own category (I had to publish this under “furniture” as well as “audio”, hah). After 10 years of development they’ve created a horn speaker designed to create “the smoothest, roundest path for the sound wave front, without any obstructions, so that there are no sources of standing waves and spurious reflections”. How about that now. It’s made out of shiny fibreglass (both in- and outside) with special damping materials and it uses the AER MD3B driver for “ultra detailed presentation and warm sound”.
There’s no word on pricing, but I think it’s safe to assume they’re crazy expensive.
CasCase Fuel & Diesel might be the manliest luggage you’ll see today. The fuel version opens in the top, allowing you to pack bottom up and the diesel version opens in the middle (like a regular case). Both models are available in 7 different colors and sports butterfly locks, heavy duty trolley wheels, aluminum telescopic handles and are made from 0.9mm thick pickled sheet-steel.
Dell has teamed up with Threadless and will offer 11 of their t-shirt designs as laptop covers through Dell Design Studio. The Threadless picks are available on Dell Studio laptops and Inspiron Mini netbooks and will be changed several times a year to offer fresh, new crowd-sourced designs.
Acer S273HL is a new 27" monitor sporting a LED backlight to help it reduce power consumption – compared to CFFL-lit displays it’s supposed use up to 68% less electricity. The native resolution is 1920×1080 and other than the good looks it sports DCR (dynamic contrast ratio) of 12,000,000:1, 2ms response time and two HDMI connectors. No word on pricing yet though.
It’s been 25 years since the launch of the first Lexus and they celebrate that with the limited edition 2012 LFA. This beauty starts at $375,000 but then you get a 4.8L V10 engine with 552 horsepower and a top speed of 202 mph which will take you from 0-60mph in 3.6 seconds. Oh, and the chassi and bodywork features advanced Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic to help it become lightweight, powerful and balanced. Man, just look at the lines of this thing.
Beginning December 2010 Lexus will begin building these beauties by hand in Toyota City, Japan and they’ll build 20 cars each month until they reach a maximum of 500 vehicles.
MB&F (Maximilian Büsser & Friends) brings you HM4 Thunderbolt; number four in their Horological Machines series. This exceptional aviation-inspired time piece sports three hands, one for the hours, one for minutes and one as power reserve indicator. It took MB&F three years to develop the HM4 and each of the 300+ components was developed specifically for it, even the screws. Oh, and the strap is made of hand-stitched calfskin with a titanium and white gold buckle.
There’s no word on pricing but.. well, take a guess. Those 300 custom components won’t come cheap.
This is Acquatinta Suspension Lamp by Produzione Privata, one of the most stylish pendant lamps I’ve seen in a long time. It’s designed by architect Michele de Lucchi and made from transparent green and mouth-blown Murano glass (dimensions: 8.75" H x 9.4"). It’ll set you back a bit though, $700.00 to be exact.
Nixon strikes back with The Re-Run; another stylish, minimalistic, retro-ish watch which (besides the apparent looks) sports custom 4 function digital with calendar, dual time, alarm, countdown timer and backlight. Both casing and band is made of stainless steel with molded ABS pushers and hardened mineral crystal.
The Re-Run is available in all black, black, gold and silver and will cost you about $80 to $100 depending on model.
(from $78.00)
