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Obscenely Rich Tech
Brian Greene is not rich, but he’s rounded up the best gadgets for all you obscenely wealthy geeks.
Jet Pack T-73
What’s that in the sky? It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s... the billionaire next door? Why take the helicopter when you can fly yourself to the next board meeting? Thanks to Jet Pack International, you can be the next Rocket Man. Weighing in at under 100 pounds, and made of carbon fiber and aluminum alloys, the T-73 is a multi-flight, rocket propelled jetpack that allows you to literally fly for nine minutes at 83 miles an hour and up to 250 feet high. The average flier can travel around 11 miles, so the distance from your Peak mansion to your Central corner office will be easily covered. Don’t worry about training; the steep price tag includes lessons at the company’s compound in Colorado. This is some serious James Bond stuff—Sean Connery, not Roger Moore.
Recommended price: $1.6 million
www.jetpackinternational.com
What’s that in the sky? It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s... the billionaire next door? Why take the helicopter when you can fly yourself to the next board meeting? Thanks to Jet Pack International, you can be the next Rocket Man. Weighing in at under 100 pounds, and made of carbon fiber and aluminum alloys, the T-73 is a multi-flight, rocket propelled jetpack that allows you to literally fly for nine minutes at 83 miles an hour and up to 250 feet high. The average flier can travel around 11 miles, so the distance from your Peak mansion to your Central corner office will be easily covered. Don’t worry about training; the steep price tag includes lessons at the company’s compound in Colorado. This is some serious James Bond stuff—Sean Connery, not Roger Moore.
Recommended price: $1.6 million
www.jetpackinternational.com
GoldVish Le Million de la Nuit Cell Phone
Walk around with this mobile, and no one will ever again wonder again how large your bank account is. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, this is by far the most exclusive, expensive, and extravagant gadget on the market. No, the phone won’t give you any better service, end those annoying dropped calls or provide happy endings, but GoldVish’s limited-edition cell phone does come completely encrusted with 120 carats of tiny VVS-1 grade diamonds. Whatever you do, don’t let that guy on the street borrow it to call his mom.
Recommended price: $7.8 million
www.goldvish.com
Walk around with this mobile, and no one will ever again wonder again how large your bank account is. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, this is by far the most exclusive, expensive, and extravagant gadget on the market. No, the phone won’t give you any better service, end those annoying dropped calls or provide happy endings, but GoldVish’s limited-edition cell phone does come completely encrusted with 120 carats of tiny VVS-1 grade diamonds. Whatever you do, don’t let that guy on the street borrow it to call his mom.
Recommended price: $7.8 million
www.goldvish.com
Fab-@-Home Fabber 3D Printer
Bring those ideas stuck in your conceited head to reality. 3D printers have been around for a little while, but have only been used by huge corporations D to create prototypes and models. Fab-@-Home has made it possible to hook up one of these high-tech “Fabbers” to your average computer. And with its simplified software, anyone can be the next DaVinci. For those with as much creative talent as a brick, their website has downloads to build your own action figures, iPod cases, and basically whatever else you want to make out of silicon. Youtube it and see it in all its 3D wonder.
Recommended price: $24,000
www.fabathome.org
Bring those ideas stuck in your conceited head to reality. 3D printers have been around for a little while, but have only been used by huge corporations D to create prototypes and models. Fab-@-Home has made it possible to hook up one of these high-tech “Fabbers” to your average computer. And with its simplified software, anyone can be the next DaVinci. For those with as much creative talent as a brick, their website has downloads to build your own action figures, iPod cases, and basically whatever else you want to make out of silicon. Youtube it and see it in all its 3D wonder.
Recommended price: $24,000
www.fabathome.org
Wisdom Infinite Grande Speaker System
These are not your typical iPod speaker. They’re not even your very-good Bang & Olufsen sound system. The Infinite Grande is for those true audiophiles with a bottomless bank account, and this is the pinnacle bar none. It was engineered to fill the most opulent of homes and palaces with the clearest sound ever made. Standing at 13 feet tall and weighing 3,800 pounds, the system is huge and loud, reaching 120Db without breaking a sweat. At that level, most HiFi setups become screechingly distorted, whereas the Grande still thumps clean and clear melodies making it possible to listen at realistic levels. This is the closest you will ever be to having Bob Marley or Jimi Hendrix play in your foyer.
Recommended price: $5.46 million
www.wisdomaudio.com
These are not your typical iPod speaker. They’re not even your very-good Bang & Olufsen sound system. The Infinite Grande is for those true audiophiles with a bottomless bank account, and this is the pinnacle bar none. It was engineered to fill the most opulent of homes and palaces with the clearest sound ever made. Standing at 13 feet tall and weighing 3,800 pounds, the system is huge and loud, reaching 120Db without breaking a sweat. At that level, most HiFi setups become screechingly distorted, whereas the Grande still thumps clean and clear melodies making it possible to listen at realistic levels. This is the closest you will ever be to having Bob Marley or Jimi Hendrix play in your foyer.
Recommended price: $5.46 million
www.wisdomaudio.com
Panasonic 150-inch Plasma Life Screen
At 11 feet wide, Panasonic’s HD behemoth is the size of nine 50-inch plasmas. But wait, at that size wouldn’t the image be blurry and stretched? Think again. It has a 2,000-by-4,000 pixel resolution (8.84 million pixels), which is more than four times the standard 1080p that most HD screens have. Good luck finding a way to get it into your building’s elevator.
Recommended price: $800,000
www.panasonic.com
At 11 feet wide, Panasonic’s HD behemoth is the size of nine 50-inch plasmas. But wait, at that size wouldn’t the image be blurry and stretched? Think again. It has a 2,000-by-4,000 pixel resolution (8.84 million pixels), which is more than four times the standard 1080p that most HD screens have. Good luck finding a way to get it into your building’s elevator.
Recommended price: $800,000
www.panasonic.com
Luvaglio Laptop
It looks like the finest in computing doesn’t come cheap. Luxury goods expert Luvaglio’s new laptop comes stocked with the finest, both in technology and first-class materials. This top-of-the-line machine comes with a rare colored diamond that doubles as the power button and security identification. Buyers will get to customize the intricately designed masterpiece by choosing from a number of precious metals, woods, and even leathers for the outer casing. As pretty as she is, the specs aren’t too bad neither: 17-inch LED widescreen with integrated screen cleaning, Blu-ray drive, and a 128GB solid state hard drive.
Recommended Price: $8 million
www.luvaglio.com
It looks like the finest in computing doesn’t come cheap. Luxury goods expert Luvaglio’s new laptop comes stocked with the finest, both in technology and first-class materials. This top-of-the-line machine comes with a rare colored diamond that doubles as the power button and security identification. Buyers will get to customize the intricately designed masterpiece by choosing from a number of precious metals, woods, and even leathers for the outer casing. As pretty as she is, the specs aren’t too bad neither: 17-inch LED widescreen with integrated screen cleaning, Blu-ray drive, and a 128GB solid state hard drive.
Recommended Price: $8 million
www.luvaglio.com
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