Very Exclusive Gadgets & Gizmos

The luxurious home of a true audiophile is never complete without a pair of high-end luxury speakers. For those who are willing to spend some huge bucks on quality sound, here are the Montana WAS-2 loudspeakers from the house of PBN Audio. Priced at a whopping DKK 379,000 (approx. US $66,500), the Montana WAS-2 loudspeakers are meticulously engineered and hand-assembled, followed by auditioning and testing in real-world conditions.

Almost every TAG Heuer Meridiist phone we come across looks the same, and the latest three models of the luxury phone are no exception. They share the same features and overall design, and the only thing that sets the difference is the finishes. The Tag Heuer Meridiist Black Diamond comes PVD-coated and is made out of 316L stainless steel, 18-carat pink gold, lizard leather and 1.34-carat diamonds. The second Meridiist in the collection is the Tag Heuer Meridiist Stainless steel & Rose Gold, which is also done with 18-carat pink gold and stainless steel.

The world’s greatest aviation celebration, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh opened its doors to the public on July 26 2010, and one of the highlights includes the Dornier Seaplane Company’s new Seastar CD2 amphibious flying boat. The first amphibious aircraft from Dornier took its first flight on July 12, 1929 CD2, and thereafter the financially strapped Dornier Company could no longer operate it.

From the well-known company that created the genuine Swiss Army Knife comes the Wenger Porsche Design Knives. The new Porsche Design Knives include many of the tools you would find in a multi-functional pocket knife, but in a more elegant design. The collection includes the Porsche Design Original and the matte-black Porsche Design P’3700 Swiss Army Knife. The tools include nail files, bottle openers, corkscrews, scissors, a wire stripper and the patented locking screwdriver.

This new Urbanlit-e 1603 Electric Bicycle is a Chinese model which actually looks decent, comes with a reasonable spec and appears to come with a reasonable weight of just 19kg all in. Judging from the photos it won’t fold into a very small package, but it’s probably enough to cram into a car when needed.

Range is 35km, charging time 5 – 7 hours, and the low price of £646.25 reflects the fact that it’s using a cheaper brush type motor instead of the more robust brushless versions. Still, an interesting product.

This Grace Tuner WiFi Radio delivers over 50,000 Internet radio stations from the world to your ear-lugs. Podcasts, Pandora, Live365, Sirius and Reciva Internet stations are all there, as well as the ability to stream music directly to your home hi-fi system from your PC or Mac. Oh and it also contains a standard FM radio and doubles up as a radio alarm clock. $219.99 (and you’ll need your own speakers).

This 3rd Space Trigger Gaming Vest is a new system which adds force feedback to games consoles like the PS3, XBox and Wii. The system packs eight compressed air sensors into a vest which activate when triggered by video game action. Get shot and feel the impact, get blown up and feel even more.

The new box uses the same tech as the original PC USB vest, but now has the ability to work with your TV and games console. This is what they call immersive 3D gaming folks, and it appears to involve pain. Note: probably won’t work with Postman Pat Goes to Greendale. Priced at $189.00.

the FieldCam has a battery which is topped up by a solar panel. Every hour it powers up, checks the battery level and if that is ok (over 12v), flips a relay to provide power to a mobile internet router and a camera. The camera in turn is set to take a photo and send it to an email address (through the router) some time later. Then it all switches off and hopefully charges up a bit and the cycle starts again.

These mini fridges are getting too cool for words. Arf! This Deluxe Mini Fridge-Warmer comes with a digital thermostat, in-car power adapter, interior light and a nice friendly see-through panel to watch your foodstuffs and drinks chill. Or warm up. Holds a fair bit too. $99.99.

This AR.Drone Quadricopter comes with on-board WiFi and two cameras, which means you can pilot it and view the video image from your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. The thing even features augmented reality code to let you play games with air-to-air missiles and such. Oooh, I hear you say. $299.99.