Articles tagged with: News

M200G Jetson Flying Vehicle From Moller International To Hit Market in 2009
Posted in Automobile, Car, Home Decor, News, Technology on 23 July 2008

M200G Jetson

With the surging rise at the technological front and growing population and pollution, the overt need expressed by every second person is the availability of the flying cars. And again the simpler response to calm or shun their needs is the routine statement: It is difficult to produce one. But now you ca revive your hopes as Moller International has plans to unveil their flying vehicles by 2009. Currently running in the completion stage of volantor airframe, it is anticipated that counted 40 models running on fly-by-wire, multi-engine would be delivered by 2009. The preliminary volantor sculpt available for sale in 1009 would be the M200G Jetson, designed for functionality at up to 10-feet above ground level.

Designed and developed as a vertical take off & landing (VTOL) fast, the budgeted two passenger personal leisure vehicle is inhibited to this elevation so that machinists will not be in requisite to avail a pilot’s license. Moller is hoping the success of it’s operationally along with safety during a nearly scheduled demo, which would shun the question of attaining private pilot’s license for taking a ride over it. The credit for its easy performance of M200G Jetson goes to integrated wire computer technology that supports the flying functionality leaving the pilot with the choice to take it in the direction he wishes to.

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World’s Most Expensive Magazine Costs $10,000
Posted in Auctions, Celebrity Shopping, Gold, News, Worlds Most Expensive on 16 July 2008

Yes, you heard it right! And the courtesy for such a whopping price tag of Damas-designed Kohl magazine, ITP Lifestyle magazine goes to its bejeweled cover page featuring Katrina Kaif captured by celebrity photographer Avinash Gowariker! Targeting Asian women, the face of the magazine comes dipped in 91 grams of gold and festooned with 622 diamonds. Thanks to the alliance with an established UAE-based jeweler Damas that the magazine is valued at more than $10,000 and is anticipated to undergo auction for the Rashid Pediatric Therapy Centre in October 2008. The gold-slapped cover of Kohl respects Bollywood diva Katrina Kaif, who was voted the Sexiest Woman by a famous international magazine.

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Boeing 747 Jumbo Turned Into a Restaurant, Courtesy Korean Entrepreneur
Posted in Aircraft, News on 16 July 2008

With Boeing and Airbus busy developing latest models of airliners, a thought evolves where to shun world’s marketable fleets that have minted money till date. Are they supposed to be shunned away? Well, transforming them into fragment metal or retrieving as many old parts as possible is one common argument but it seems an astute industrialist based in Korea cannot settle at anything less than extraordinary. And hence here stands World’s fist Boeing 747 (numbered N747-10) turned into a restaurant and still maintaining its identity of a profitable venture. With no answer to how the aircraft was transported to this site, it claims to accommodate over 150 tables.

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$4000 Tattooed Zombie, Courtesy Bizarre Magazine
Posted in Art, News on 9 July 2008

Tattooed Zombie

Bizarre Magazine is now touching the heights of the weird world and has declared aloud that it can’t settle for anything ordinary. Hence the guys behind him have tracked down Zombie Boy; a facially tattooed Montreal youth who’s persona has invited a lot of critique questioning his reason. Whilst earlier the tattoo was restricted to an awfully meticulous facial skull but now Rick, Zombie Boy has invested over $4000 to satiate his quest for a tattooed zombie.

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Summerlicious 2008 Serves Dinner in the Sky!
Posted in Events, Expensive Food, Luxury, News on 6 July 2008

Dinner in the Sky

Summerlicious 2008 would have missed its current charm in Toronoto, had the event won’t have being harmonized with unique dining experience. Jerrold from BlogTO details his experience of having an epicurean cuisine at 115-feet above the ground during Dinner in the Sky event in Toronoto. A colossal industrialized gantry was used to hoist up and swing a 5-tonne, 22-person table over a red-carpeted Yonge-Dundas plaza. The event sponsored by the American Express remained the highlight of the summer food festival.

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Al fresco Corporate Park For Dear Bloggers’
Posted in Designer, News on 3 July 2008

Corporate Park

If you are planning to switch to another job just because the current job sucks (people, location) then I would suggest reserving a desk for yourself in a corporate park. The change in ambiance would surely enlighten your mood. And why I mention for dear bloggers’ is because changing workplace for bloggers’ is an easy thing (especially for free lancers) and is expected to reap benefits in terms of their speed and quality. London is all set to transform its St James’s Park into an al fresco office space for two days (3-4 June) to make professionals realize the advantage of summertime outdoors. The feature-packed park will offer facilities like free wifi accessibility, boardroom, a breakout room, 12-desk clusters along with a pro-active receptionist.�

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Google TV is Possible Via Google Media Server!
Posted in News, Technology on 28 June 2008

Google TV

All Google savvy, technophiles, geeks, researchers, PC-addicts…kindly lend your ears here as the piece of news would bring smile on your face even when your PC is ill and desktop is not in a mood to cooperate. A lately unveiled gadget for Google Desktop called Google Media Server would enable the surfers to take content from their PC and other online Google services i.e. YouTube, Picasa Web Albums, and enjoy it over UPnP compatible devices like the PS3. Regrettably, the Google media server clearly mentions that the gadget does not work with Xbox (albeit technically it is possible but legal department behind it won’t let it happen).

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Unbreakable Umbrella!
Posted in Designer, Fashion, News, Products, Shopping on 24 June 2008

Unbreakable Umbrella

Now the umbrella designers’ are geared up to alter its assumed purposeful nature by moving a step ahead in building its tough appeal. Can you ever imagine an Umbrella as weapon that assures your safety? Something that is hard enough to break a nut into two? Well, now you have every right to think so as the discovery of unbreakable umbrella would fit in every such wild requirement of yours’. Designed fir the self-defense purpose, it is a substitute of a baseball bat in terms of its toughness. On first thought, the impression was it might be resistant to coil but does that serve our purpose?

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Elite Find of the Day: Touchscreen Ordering Now in U.K. Restaurant
Posted in Elite Find of the Day, Hotels, News, Technology on 21 June 2008

Touchscreen Ordering

Flagging the novelty proportion, many latest restaurants in U.K. are revising their way of taking orders. Shunning the need of menu card, they are now in a mood to go hi-tech and are welcoming the accessibility of touchscreens that keep the diners engaged while they hang on for their orders. The e-menu form address a higher level of sophistication along with fast and efficient service with no burden on someone standing on your head to take order. And if you are afraid the germs attached to screen, the Israeli-based restaurant Frame (video) assures that a small number of methodical swabs suffice to provide a germ-free screen. But yes, like everything, it also has few drawbacks. There is a possibility that you might be served with a wrong order if customers happen to make errors while placing order.

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Japan Airlines Unveils Novel First Class and Business Class Seating
Posted in Aircraft, Luxury, News on 19 June 2008

Japan Airlines

Japan Airlines (JAL) has developed a revolutionary and ultra comfortable seating for JAL first class and a new seat for their business class that would be established on US routes. The airline will commence the JAL Suite in first class and the JAL Shell Flat Neo Seat in business class once the airline initiates new 777-300ER aircraft on US routes, opening with the Tokyo-New York route on 1 August, 2008. Against current models, the First Class suites of JAL would be now 20% more roomy and are set in a 1-2-1 configuration. The seats of first class suite comes gray leather that can be converted into a full-flat bed.

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