If you fancy riding a black jaguar then you need to race, not the live animal, but to lay hands on the one of a kind motorbike that is shaped to look just like the wild cat!
Acclaimed designer Lee J. Rowland has surprised everyone with this latest project of his. Working with the well-known super bike pioneer Barend Hemmes, Lee has been using his brilliant engineering skills to design amazing vehicles. This cat bike is limited to just ‘one’ exclusive piece with the number plate “CAT 1” and the jaguar cat logo that you are bound to cherish. Built with 1200cc Buell 97 S3 Thunderbolt engine, the air intakes and exhaust system are custom-engineered to suit the cat profile. The black body made from high-grade stainless steel and fiberglass finished in ultra-high-gloss ebony polyurethane lacquer gives the perfect desired Jaguar look to the bike.
Stingray covers the seat of the 360 kg, 2.3 m bike. If your bank account holds £320,000 ($567,000; €404,000), then you can think of owning this sole piece. Exhibit the look of shear power, grace, and fear with the Jaguar!


Via Book of Joe

Techie artist Evan Roth is working on a project that has caught the attention of all those who enjoy the funsies. Well, we don’t know much about it but the pictures suggest that he is coming up with a communication system.

Evan has created metal plates with messages on them. These plates when being X-Rayed will flash the message inscribed on them. The finishing touches are being given before the wacky plates are launched.

In fact, Evan is looking for an X-Ray machine that he can click pictures of for documentation. So if you have one, do drop by Evan’s and he may just give you a set of his plates for goodwill’s sake.
Via makezine

You can never seem to have enough! Firstly, it was iphone that was on your wish list, but now that has become a passé! Get introduced to Sayn Design, a company that has invented the platinum edition of the Apple iPhone.  The limited Diamond deluxe Platin Edition is gilded in 24k Platinum and comes along with the mark of Sayn Design in the form of two crowns made out of 18k Platinum. This design has a total of 46 diamonds where each stone is a minimum of atleast 0,50 carat.

The Apple logo and front panels are customized out of 18k Platin, here 53 diamonds are set with altogether 0,36 carat. The technology used to make it scratch proof is nano-technology which will let you be free about the phone and not looking after it for scratches.

The “Made in Germany” handsets are limited in number. In the first batch, only 200 of them have been produced. It can be all yours for 7,000 euros (about $10,000), quite a humble amount for this rare piece!

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Going retro is the way to go these days! Remember how you loved your Grand Father’s old rocking chair or your Father’s timeless car? If you can connect to it all, then you would also like to hear about the steampunk phone designed by London expert Arthur Schmitt. It gives you an old world feel by having a heavy wire cover over the earpiece, gauges, visible screws. The color scheme is also not glossy but tough brown. The best feature nevertheless is its punch cards and binary phone.

It is ideal for those who regret not being born in the bygone era!

Via Dvice

Not all of us may have it in us to drive a super fast Catamaran but for those who have it there is R8, and for others who do not have it, there’s this blog post giving you a hassle free window shopping experience. R8 is the 8 Biocat Catamaran in posh red colour that can make a far away onlooker wonder if they are seeing a mirage of a Ferrari in water! Such is its resemblance for Ferrari that even I got taken in when I saw the photograph for the first time.

And these people are not compensating on the environment factor as their entire engine is biodiesel. This magnificent machine is as long as 29-foot and boasts of a V10 power plant.  Right now this Catmaran is custom made for a rich client but if you are rich enough, who knows they might make one for you too, if you place your order.

Via GermanCarScene / CarScoop

Being a novice in Golf it does not deter me to write about this new Limited Edition Designer Tech Set released by Adams Golf, especially when it had a novel and benevolent idea attached to it. It sure is a game of patience and concentration, and ladies have it all! Not that I deny men from it but this is some thing that might not interest the rough gender. Coming to the point, this new limited edition is all about feeling chick even while having a swing.
 The new lineup of ultra-premium and easy-to-hit Tech a4OS clubs combined with an exceptionally stylish and beautifully functional signature cart bag and head covers from the Keri golf collection is especially meant for the fairer sex. Each Designer Tech Set will include a gold-plated charm numbered 1 through 1000 to signify the limited edition series. 
Along with the latest lightweight and high–launching Insight Tech a4OS Driver and Hybrid-Fairway Woods, comes the Idea Tech a4OS Hybrid Irons too. The modish chocolate brown bag trimmed with white polka dots also stuffs pitch, sand and gap wedges, a mallet-style putter, ultra-light Graphite Design Pershing shafts and Winn G8 grips. This prestigious set with a total of 13 clubs is for $1,999.  A portion of the proceeds from sales of the Designer Tech Set go to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Flaunt your style make a difference with the buy!

 
Via World Golf

Imagine a bike-car combo! Well, Brudelli’s leanster has turned that fantasy into a reality. It is actually a variation on the motorcycle incorporating the benefits of a two-wheeled front end for a dynamic ride but with the traction of a multi-wheeled vehicle. It is a visual delight to see this model in function. Yep, it is really cool to see the vehicle leaning at an angle of 45 degrees except for the footboards that remain parallel to the ground. The two front wheels also provide less braking distance.

Basing the machine on a lean and mean structure, this techie work of art weighs just 238 kg. As a result, the 654cc KTM engine with 47kW @ 7,500 rpm gives great acceleration thanks to the 65 Nm @ 6,550 rpm midrange all the way to 170 km/hr.

The best part is that this bike of a kind can be driven on all surfaces like tarmac roads, go-kart tracks and even the speedway tracks. The model will be launched at Intermot 2008 on October 8 and will be available in limited numbers at a price of 21,000 Euros.
Via gizmag

Wine drinking couldn’t be so tasteful and tantalising before. For starters, Swiss artist Sylvie Fluery has conceptualised a pair of limited edition crystal wine classes for Dom Pérignon. Well, the shape of the glasses has the same seductive elegance but with a sexy twist. Each comes with its own hand printed lipstick mark. That pretty much explains the title ‘Stolen Kisses’.

Expecting to be a collector’s item, each pair of glasses comes duly signed and numbered accompanied by a bottle of Dom Pérignon’s Rosé Vintage 1998. And there are only 999 of them available, which indicates a fleeting appearance in the markets.
So, if you want to be the proud owner of a pair. Keep 600 dollars ready in your purse and a spring in your step because only that will help you survive the long wait outside the select showrooms. Yep, the demand for ‘Stolen Kisses’ is already high.
Via luxist and vogue

All you hi-tech and gadget loving people out there, especially if you are a writer, though that term should be rephrased with ‘typer’thanks to Microsoft Word, shut down your laptops because you will love to write, and I mean literally, because the ultimate pen you wouldn’t be able to resist to write with is here.

Inspired by the ideas of dualism, Visconti presents the Alchemy Vermeil limited edition of a fountain pen with a dual-end that allows you to write in two different ink colors or in two sizes of nibs. The red hot body has its separate barrel with Each half decorated in silver and an 18 carat gold plate engraved with symbolic elements of the Alchemy philosophy and hence the name.

A perfect collectors item; the pen can be suspended magnetically inside a display with two dragons forming a circle of life .A model display on that desk to grab attention. Limited to 1,038 pieces worldwide, it’s worth $5,500 (€3,752); to be used to sign million dollar deals! Or it could be a perfect gift to some one who loves to pen even in the era of computers or you can simply put on sheets those wonderful feelings you have always wanted to share with that special someone. Being mightier than a sword, take care not to slice a heart with it though!

Via Designergallery / Embelezzia

Here is the biggest news for all monster bikers. A Ferrari motorcycle is in the making! You got it right! Pondering over the question- “Why there is no Ferrari motorcycle?” that rose in his office, Israeli industrial designer Amir Glinik conceptualized the Ferrari motorcycle. His design is influenced by Vintage and modern Ferrari projects and the idea is to produce a practical machine, not in any way a “star wars” future ride.

This maybe the most radical idea on this project and may take a year to be fully developed, but it sure will conquer the world with its beautiful streamlined and sleek body. Using drive-by-wire technology, the V4 super bike features hand controls adapted from an F-16 fighter jet and buttons based on those found on the steering wheel of Ferrari’s Formula 1 racecars. Other controls for the sound system and trip computer are located on an all weather touch screen. Glinik’s design also incorporates several high-tech gadget attachments, reminiscent of Ferrari cars.

Apart from the traditional Ferrari Red, Glinik also gives possibilities of a Black Bike with maybe a 5 point star aluminum rims. If Ferrari is going to enter into a new field, it might just as well incorporate more colors into its designs. Ferrari lovers can just wait before they go Vroom-Vroom!!

Via  Toxel , Ferrari Motorcycle