Fools and Their Money

17'' Laptop that needs two 300 Watt PDUs

2012-02-14T10:16:00.000Z

Origin PC's EON17-X 17'' gaming laptop starting at $3159, not completely outrageous for a highend laptop. What is crazy is that it needs two 300 Watt power supplies to run. I can't imagine how short the battery life must be. When other manufactures are moving to "ultrabooks" this 12 pound (4.5kg), 2'' (5cm) thick laptop sticks out.

ORIGIN PC's EON17-X Laptop features: Customizable Backlit Keyboard with Two Lighting Zones and Seven Colors
Intel X79 Chipset with 2nd Generation Intel Hexcore Processors
Up to 32GB 1333MHz Corsair Quad Channel Memory
Up to 16GB 1866MHz Corsair Vengeance Quad Channel Memory
Up to Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M Graphics Cards with ORIGIN Professional Overclocking
Up to Three Hard Drives with up to 3TB's of Hard Drive Space
Industry Leading Free 24/7 Lifetime Support Based in the United States
Fully Customizable starting at $3,159

Sapphire Housed Watch for $1.65 million

2012-01-18T12:06:00.000Z

The Richard Mille RM65 watch which features a housing carved from a single block of sapphire crystal.

via Gizmodo.com

HYT H1 Hydro-Mechanical Watch for $45,000

2012-01-14T22:37:00.001Z

Baselworld 2012 - HYT H1 - the first timepiece ever to combine mechanical and liquid engineering.
Expected to be available in March 2012 starting at around $45,000.

Technical specs from HYT:

Movement: Mechanical hand-wound, exclusive HYT calibre, 28,800 vph, 4 Hz, 35 jewels, bridges hand-chamfered and adorned with Côtes de Genève, rhodiumed bellows, 65-hour power reserve
Functions: Retrograde fluid hours, minutes, seconds
Case: Titanium; diameter: 48.8 mm, thickness: 17.9 mm brushed, bead-blasted and satin-brushed finish, rubber-clad screw-lock crown, titanium crown guard, screw-locked added lugs, metal dome at 06:00
Crystal: Cambered sapphire crystal with glareproofed interior, screw-down sapphire back
Dial: Unstructured, silver-toned opaline, fluid hours, luminescent hands and hour-markers regulator at 12:00, small seconds wheel at 09:30, power-reserve indicator at 02:30
Strap: Hand-sewn leather-lined canvas, pin buckle
Other versions: Black DLC-coated titanium case, 5N 18K red gold case

via watchismo

Mint Eye Drops

2012-01-14T22:32:00.000Z

It sound like an impossibly bad idea, but it exists mint eye drops. The FX-Neo Eye Drops made by Santen Pharmaceutical of Japan and are one of a number of minty, mentholated eye drops available in Japan. Available both Amazon Japan ($11.49) and Compact Impact ($12.95).

via inventorspot.com

$1500 Business Cards

2012-01-11T12:20:00.001Z

The business cards are Swiss metal covered in 30 carat diamonds. Business card maybe the wrong term, anyone who would spend $1500 on a card should probably not be allow to run a business.

A representative for the company tells Business Insider: “We’ve had several enquiries from American celebrities and international businessmen; however, our cards are offered by invitation only, reflecting our desire to serve only the most premier individuals.”

1m HDMI cable for $1095.99

2012-01-09T20:43:00.000Z

AudioQuest are selling a HDMI cable for nearly $1100. The description below tried to justify the amazing cost.

This HDMI cable features a Dielectric-Bias System that reduces distortion and 100% Perfect-Surface Silver conductors for improved signal clarity. The Direct-Silver-plated HDMI connectors provide a simple connection and durability.

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