Hermes is our very own Swiss watch maker that has done marvelously well in producing anything, may it be a Travel Alarm Clock or a Bluetooth headset. But this time around, the company has returned to its original talent by rolling out the Hermes Full Leather Table Clock that has its chassis done in stainless steel covered in 12 layers of red Hermes leather. The dazzling table clock measures 175mm in height, 150mm in width and 37mm in thickness....

John Herbert Dillinger, the ‘legendary’ gangster of the early 19th century has had a reputation for having robbed banks and he’s still doing so posthumously! Don’t worry, it’s not his loitering ghost or anything, it’s his Remington .41 caliber Double Derringer pistol that’s doing so. The small pistol was said to have been found hidden in one of Dillinger’s socks when he was arrested in Tucson, Arizona in January 1934. He was shot dead by FBI agents in Chicago...

Victory, the Minnesota based manufacturer has launched two more aggressively designed models this year- All new Cross Country and Cross Roads. The bikes powered by106 cubic inch V-Twin, deliver 92 hp and 109lb-ft torque and their 5.8 gallon fuel tanks with 1.0 gallon reserves lets the rider do his thing on the road. The touring oriented Cross Country retails for $18,000 and dons a large fork mounted fairing that incorporates digital multifunction display instrumentation, alongside an analog speedometer, tachometer,...

Typical simulators like the X6 Sports car or the Multidrive RS Simulator stand nowhere close to the NADS-1 (National Advanced Driving Simulator) when it comes to pumping the real adrenaline rush. The NADS-1 at the University of Iowa is one of the two most sophisticated driving simulators in the world, designed, developed and built by the U.Iowa research team. It has a real car interior devoid of engines or wheels, nestled inside a huge pod that rapidly moves around...

It’s not just Paris Hilton pampering her pets these days. The German Kennel Club (VDH) recently quoted that German pooches are getting the royal treatment as owners scoop out more than $7.1 billion each year for pedicures, winter jackets and even wedding dresses for their dogs. The four-legged animals are so in focus that boutiques and websites across the country are popping up just to cater to their fancy needs. Boutique owner Monika Knut says that owners frequent her...

After Home, the documentary for environmental issues produced by Yann Arthusbert, was supported by design houses like Gucci, St Laurent and Sergio Rossi, it was Boucheron’s turn to do the same. A dazzling cube of Four Golds called Magnetic Four has been created. The supporting lines quote, “As rare metals and precious stones are priceless gifts of land, the association of gold jewelry that symbolizes the unique elements of the planet.” Convincing enough you’ll think? Then you may bid...

Our PC’s or Mac’s audio output is always so bleak and low that we never feel like listening to music on speakers. So it becomes imperative to buy new speakers that produce some decent output. But the two speakers and subwoofers are old school now. It’s time to welcome the Neuhaus T-2 Amplifier that plays concert hall-worthy Hi-Fi music for you. The best part is that it connects to your computer via the USB port, so you don’t have...

I never imagined that competition could grow so stiff that people have to march out to the moon in order to create a niche for themselves! An American company based in Utah is accepting minimum bids of $46,500 in order to carve logos, domain names and even memorials on the moon’s surface. The company uses an advanced technology wherein, a fleet of robots will be used to create ridges in the lunar dust over areas millions of square miles...

French poet Apollinaire’s popular poem “Le Pont Mirabeau” immortalized the Pont Mirabeau Bridge which was the first metal bridge to be constructed in Paris. Luxury label, Prada has announced the opening of a 5-month temporary shop at Beauvau, in Paris inspired by Apollinaire. The store also endorses the antiquity in front of the store, which evokes the image of the Mirabeau Bridge. The store designed by the architect Roberto Baciocchi has a bridge silhouette that is emphasized by a...

Chess is a board game that only few venture into, owing to the prerequisite of high intellectual capacity and the ability to sense the opposition’s move. The game of chess has no stop-watch arrangement or constraint of time, making it contrary to the notion of speed. The world’s first carbon chessboard designed by formula F1 designer Dominik Scheurer and his partner, is a perfect representative to test the presence of mind of quick thinking individuals. The Chessboard made from...

If sporty for you means black, I couldn’t disagree as it is the same for many of us. The custom, limited edition James Perse Ping Pong table branded with the custom Malibu graphic in clean black is one classic catch. The table is weather resistant and can be used outside or inside without any apprehension. The table has a fold and roll design for the purpose of easy storage and the adjustable feet help in leveling the table....

If your wife is a connoisseur of gold-plated jewelry, it is quite likely that she transmits that fad to you as well. Okay, some of you may probably not like wasting that big stack of cash on rings and chains, but I’m pretty positive that you’d have a well developed taste and interest in gold-plated desktop stationary. The El Casco’s product line catalogues everything from stapler, paper weight, stapling pliers, paper punch, pencil sharpener, letter opener, glasses holder and...

Flight hours are always long, waiting in a muddle up of anxiety, apprehension and restlessness, cut off from the outside world for a hefty 5 hours. This is what the mobile and internet addicts feel when they board a flight under a forced circumstance. But U.S Airways understands their ‘agony’ and hence has signed up with Gogo inflight internet service to make available the inflight Wi-Fi train in its domestic A321 fleet for next year. The ‘relief’ package will...

Debrett’s People of Today listed UK’s most influential 25,000 people and its online list which caught us by quite a revelation. Apparently, they got to know that David Beckham enjoys wine tasting and magician Derren Brown prefers to stuff dead animals. Richard E Grant disclosed that he enjoys making doll houses and Michael Gambon prefers collecting guns and making clocks. John Cleese on the other hand liked to indulge in gluttony and sloth in his spare time. A rival...

Finally, after all the deliberation and thinking, they come up with a revamp for our boring old rectangular TV (Plasma or LCD doesn’t matter, its still looks the same) Here’s a cylindrical display TV from DynaScan that runs on the company’s proprietary spinning LED technology. A spinning drum with several RGB LED’s is incorporated into the cylindrical core, which triggers the lighting of each pixel, said to be accurate to 1/100 of a degree as it spins. There is...