Going 0 to 60 mph in 3.7 seconds flat is the Roadster Sport from Tesla Motors. This baby is a , a high-performance sports car based on the world's leading all-electric, zero-emission vehicle. It comes with a hand-wound stator and increased winding density for lower resistance and higher peak torque. Boasting of improved suspension with adjustable dampers and anti-roll bars that will be tuned to the driver's preference, the car also features Yokohama's Ultra High Performance tires as well....
Joining the Phantom Pearl, Phantom Silver, and Phantom Tungsten is Rolls-Royce Phantom Sapphire, a special edition. The luxurious Milori Sapphire exteriors come either in navy blue leather with seashell highlights, or seashell leather with navy blue highlights rounding up the splendor is a walnut burr veneer inlaid with a diamond-pattern. Besides the looking good, the car also hosts special treats for the occupants. Like a cool box below the rear seats that chills you fav wine and maybe champagne...
As we step into the last month of this year, it's time to retrospect and pick out the few designs that left a lasting impression on Designlaunches, in the month of November. The pick ranges from everyday things to concepts that we wish were true. For the best in design, stay tuned to Designlaunches.com Lunar Baby Thermometer Fold&Hold Bike is the best seat for your butt Exotic mobile phone design Nokia concept takes the shimmy route Quick! Drown in...
Words that NASA doesn't want to hear for a long, long time… "Umm, we have a lost tool!" The reason behind this fear is that when astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper was cleaning and lubing a joint on a wing of one of the station's solar panels, she let a tool drift away when it got out of her grasp. Fellow spacewalk astronaut Stephen Bowen saved the day by lending his tools to Stefanyshyn-Piper to complete their work in 7 hours....
Presenting to you the first collection of in-ear headphones from new brand, Atomic Floyd. A successful project by great visionaries that believe sound and great aesthetics should go hand in hand. The line up includes innovations such as AcousticSteel and SoundProof. The key design USP is the angel wing ear loops look, crafted from Titanium2. Stefan Andrén, who is incidentally the Global Creative Director of Atomic Floyd, has designed the headphones. They are compatible with iPod, iPhone, mobile phones...
Dripping in luxury and bedazzling us with one stunning design after another, Amosu is ready to stun us with yet another creation. The key is handset with 101 Diamonds on the Bentley famous wings with a total of 1.09 carats using Color F, VS1. Although we have seen his versions of Lamborghini, Mercedes and Ferrari keys, but I personally think this one takes the cake for being an exotic Christmas gift for your favorite gramps! Not pricy for £5,000...
Anything that has Ferrari's name associated with it exudes class. Vertu has rejoined with Ferrari by launching a new collection of Ascent Ti phones directly inspired by Ferrari's cars. The Ferrari Ascent Ti collection consists of three phones, which derive their names from the colors they are coated in. The limited edition phone called Nero is stylish in black and made out of titanium coated with scratch proof PVD with a red sapphire crystal pillow. The Rosso and Giallo...
Bugatti is yet again sprucing up its Veyron edition by adding in the 'black blood' or open-top Veyron Grand Sport 'Sang Noir'. Expected to roll out by April next year, the unpainted carbon-fiber version of the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport targa features a menacing look. Typical to its traits, you can expect about 15 pieces like the Sang Noir coupe to surface. Speed monster steer clear away from this edition because this one will max just about 253 mph....
Denon unveils its first reference-standard Blu-ray player, the DVD-3800BD. The player implements some of the most powerful upscaling technologies available to get conventional discs as near as possible to full HD. It features the acclaimed 10-bit Silicon Optix Realta chipset. It offers the highest resolution high-definition video available today via an HDMI connection. Its HQV video processing provides enhanced video performance. The unique D.P.I.C. (Denon Pixel Image Correction) and Digital Noise Reduction feature afforded by this technology allows the...
When you own a Darby Scott bag you are assured of high quality design which is a combination of rich skins and opulent fabrics set with semi-precious stones. This New York designer usually centers her collection using exotic skins of alligator, lizard, ostrich, stingray and python. But before you go hunting for Peta, let me tell you about her exquisite Green Tourmaline and Diamond Minaudière clutch set in 18K Gold. This one-of-a-kind clutch can be teamed with any of...
Motorola's latest fashion venture is that Aura, which is a stainless steel and tungsten beauty. This swivel phone boasts of a circular display with 300dpi resolution. It displays 16 million colors, and is covered by scratch-resistant 62-carat sapphire crystal. It has quad-band GSM/EDGE radios, as well as Bluetooth v2.0+EDR and A2DP. It sports a 2-megapixel fixed-focus camera that also records video. The media player and messaging capabilities are quite cool. The Aura uses an open source browser and will...
No matter how geeky a woman may get, there are some basic instincts (no pun intended) that you just can't take away from her. Many manufacturers understand this, which is why they give us hot pink colors to pep up the collection, however very few bling the designs, in spite of reminders from material girls, Madonna and Marilyn Monroe. Designer David Veldkamp understands the need to bling consumer electronic, perhaps because of his better half Rachael. I totally agree...
The speed monster may be out of your league but that shouldn't stop you from owning a pint-sized edition that is a RC as well. This 1:10 scale remote-controlled hydroplane boat modeled after the Ferrari Arno XI is fashioned after the popular boast of the 30's and 40's. The model features a water-cooled, brush less electric motor and polished beryllium-copper alloy propellers. It maxes speeds up to 20 mph, making it a super-fast RC boat. It has a range...
The type of UI on gadgets is getting simpler by the day. The Rockola Mystic Touch Screen Digital Jukebox features a touchscreen interface that makes operations very nifty and easy. Besides the effortless navigation, you can wall mount this digital beauty and virtually thumb through your collection via the 'Auto Magic Touchscreen. Promising you no complicated hidden drop-down menus, all you need to do is touch your choice of song with your finger, and you drag it to the...