Largest sailing trimaran in the world will sail with a McLaren MP4 in its garage

Any McLaren MP4-12C owner would know the importance of parking their super car in a carefully secured parking spot or garage. But what if this garage was movable and resided on the world’s largest sailing trimaran? You got that right – The CXL trimaran concept has a garage on board and fits in perfectly only the McLaren. The garage which resides on the yacht will take you to any port if you ever need to reach a mountain paradise or any pleasure spots that you will desire.

According to the UltraLuxum, the yacht is the largest sailing trimaran that features retractable outer hulls designed by McLaren Applied Technologies. When fully extended, the outer hulls stretch the yacht to 75 feet in width providing the better lateral stability, compared to a mono hull of similar proportions. However, that footprint would cause a problem at the entrance to smaller marinas. So the retractable hulls collapse the boat’s beam width to 36 feet wide, which is still more manageable. Happy Sailing! And well, Safe Parking!

It is also reported that construction, in vacuum-infused epoxy, will be at Tamsen Maritim and the CXL will be marketed by Bluewater Yachting. You can see the concept at the Monaco Yacht Show at Quai Chicane, berth QC18.

The SeaOrbiter: Futuristic Marine Research Vessel

This is not another futuristic hotel. It’s a futuristic oceanographic marine vessel that would be constructed with the sole aim of exploring the world’s oceans. Called The SeaOrbiter it would serve as a scientific laboratory as scientists explore the places that cover two-thirds of our planet and contain 80% of all life on Earth — the oceans. The brainchild of French architect Jacques Rougerie, The SeaOrbiter would also be the world’s first vertical ship standing at an impressive 170 feet (51m) tall. In order to make the vessel as stable as possible, two-thirds of its structure would remain underwater, giving the craft buoyancy, as well a “fish-collection system for studies of the pelagic ecosystem, plankton biodiversity, and fish stocks.” The SeaOrbiter concept, the $52.7 million project, has been discussed for over 12 years and as been dismissed on countless occasions as a pipe dream, but it seems like the project has gained traction and construction is rumored to start in October with the vessel launching next year.

Hong Kong beats New York as the world’s most expensive shopping destination

A new research led by global property advisor CBRE Group, Inc has quoted Hong Kong to be the world’s most expensive shopping destination owing to significant tourist inflows and continued increases in domestic wealth fuelling occupier demand from international fashion and luxury retailers. Hong Kong’s retail rents grabbed the top spot at US$3,864 per square ft per annum, while New York retained the second position at US$2,475 per square ft per annum. Although, the CBRE rankings of prime global retails rents saw little change in the first quarter of 2012, Hong Kong and New York experienced significant increases in retail rents quarter-over-quarter. The rest of the ranking also remained unchanged from last year’s ranking with Sydney retaining the third position, Tokyo the fourth and London maintaining the fifth position.

The total retail rents went up by a meager 0.8% globally, standing witness to the eurozone debt crisis and a weak global economic growth. The markets all over the world saw the occupier demand for prime space in major cities intensifying, and prime space being in short supply, making way for a big gap in the demand-supply ratio.

Richard Branson along with his two children will fly aboard Virgin Galactic's first space flight

When you own a company that takes you toouter space, you'd like to take your family on a fun vacation before anyone else right? That is what Richard Branson thinks, as he will take his two grown kids on the first space flight of Virgin Galactic venture. The British tycoon said that his three kids will join him for the 62-miles (100 kilometers) trip above Earth on SpaceshipTwo (SS2) next year. As many as 120 tourists have signed up for the $200,000 trip into space spanning for two hours in the next few years, and Virgin suggests that 529 paid passengers have signed up for the voyage.

Branson's new LauncherOne is said to launch small satellites into space at lower costs and can transport 500 pounds (227 kilograms) of weight.

$1 million bra by Birmingham Estate and Jewelry Buyers

Moulded out of 18 carat gold and encrusted in 500 carats of diamonds, the $1 million solid-gold brasserie at the Birmingham Estate and Jewelry Buyers, which took over three months to design and took a crew of 40 workers almost a full year to make, is much more than just an article of clothing. The major design difference between the million-dollar Victoria’s Secret bras is that retailer’s designer bras have ‘fabric’ in them and the diamonds are kind of embellished into the fine fabric. Whereas, this particular gold bra created by the jewelry store owner Anthony Aubry, sports no fabric at all, as it’s crafted out of 750 grams of solid gold.

Legacy by Angostura is unveiled as the world’s most expensive rum

Angostura has announced for auction the most exclusive blends of rum in the world. With only 20 of the 500ml bottles offered around the world, Legacy by Angostura is piped to be the most expensive rum for an estimated price of $25,000 for a bottle and over a $1200 for a nip. Legacy by Angostura is a result of 6 years of hard work and passion, and 50 years of combined experience between the master blenders. Seven blends of the most rare and precious rums have been used to make the final recipe, with the youngest rum at 17 years old and all of the rums have been aged in a once used 200 liter American Oak bourbon casks on site at Angostura's distillery in Laventille.

“Legacy by Angostura is the ultimate expression of Angostura rum. We set out to create the greatest sipping rum ever produced and we believe we have achieved something that is both unique and unequalled” - John Georges, Master Distiller.

The decanter, stopper and presentation box were designed by Asprey of London (jeweler to the Prince of Wales) each of the packs taking more than 56 man hours to produce involving ten different master craftsman level trades.

The rum will be sold through an auction for charity at Angostura’s gala dinner at Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain, held on August 4. The appearance is by invitation only and a $1000 donation is required to confirm a seat.

iPhone Spider Concept By Federico Ciccarese

We have featured a number of different concept smartphone here on Geeky Gadgets but this spider style creation from designer Federico Ciccarese is very unique indeed.

Ciccarese has designed his iPhone styled smartphone to be worn on the hand, with straps going between each of your fingers. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.
The iPhone concept looks like a mechanical version of the face grabber from Aliens, which is fitted with what seems to be a flexible screen that curves to the contours of your hand.

I can’t imagine it being the most comfortable smartphone to wear for long periods with metal claws between your fingers, but the concept looks awesome and is very unique.

Samsung ES9000 75 Inch $17,500 Smart TV

By Julian Horsey on Thursday 5th July 2012 10:03 am in Displays, Technology News
If you are looking for something a little extra from your HDTV you might be interested in the new Samsung ES9000 which was first unveiled back in CES at the beginning of this year and sports a massive 75 inch screen.

The Samsung ES9000 Smart TV is powered by a 1GHz dual core processor allowing it to run multiple Smart TV applications at the same time. Its also the worlds largest OLED TV, and has been created from a single pane of glass, offering nearly unlimited contrast ratios.
Samsung’s 75 inch ES9000 Smart TV has arrived in South Korea this week and comes with a wallet breaking $17,500 price tag. But what do you expect for a Smart HDTV with a 75 inch screen and just a 7.9mm thick bezel. Samsung explains:

“Samsung’s ES9000 also represents the culmination of Samsung’s latest design and engineering technologies, and marks a new era of minimalistic design. Because Super OLED technology features self-emitting RGB sub-pixels which do not require a backlight, the TV weighs 30 percent less than a standard LED TV, and sports a sleek design thinner than 0.3 inches—one quarter of the thickness of a conventional LED TV.”

Olympus MEG4.0 Eyewear Unveiled

By Julian Horsey on Thursday 5th July 2012 1:04 pm in Concepts, Technology News, Top News
Following on from announcement of Google’s Project Glass eyewear unveiled earlier this year, and recently demonstrated at the Google I/O developer conference. Olympus has this week unveiled there new display eyewear prototype named the MEG4.0.

The Olympus MEG4.0 has been designed to connect to our devices via Bluetooth and is equipped with Olympus’s in-house “proprietary optical technology”.

The MEG4.0 is equipped with a QVGA 320 x 240 display and is able to provide a users with eight hours of use on a single charge. Using a features called “intermittent display” mode which switch on the device every three minutes for 15 seconds.

Other features within the Olympus MEG4.0 include the addition of an accelerometer that the device can use to measure the movements of the wearers head, in a similar way to Google’s Glass Project.

Unfortunately no information on pricing or worldwide availability has been released as yet, but as soon as information comes to light we will keep you updated as always.

$12.2 billion house

Behold! The King of bling casts his spell to stun the world by transforming a house in Switzerland into the world’s most expensive house. Costing a whopping £ 7.5 billion ($12.2 billion), it comes loaded with solid gold and platinum fixtures and fittings. More than 200,000 kilograms of precious metal is used to bring in the bling element. Stuart Hughes has teamed up with Kevin Huber of exklusivHAUS of Zug Switzerland for a client who could afford to shell out an astounding amount to dwell in the most unique and most expensive house. The exclusivity bar is further raised by using meteoric stone with shavings of original Dinosaur bone from the 65 million year of Raptor, the T-REX right throughout the flooring. Coming back to the basic features that define a house, this uber-opulent den spreads well to accommodate eight rooms with special wine stone cellar and a garage with four parking places (to park your most expensive cars).

The site lists the details as - Land off: 2442m2, Living space: 725m2, Terrace: 388m2, Cellar: 245m2. The team took about five and half years to erect such an abode. The exact location is not revealed for obvious reasons! Well, this latest pompous address certainly makes the $1 billion house (which was touted to the most expensive house till date) appear humble. At this cost, we can add twelve Antilia to our planet’s skyline.

The world's most expensive edible cupcake unveiled in Dubai

Good food is a sign of prosperity, happy times and great taste. While items such as hot dogs, pizzas, ice creams, sundaes, pies and desserts have been around for a while, it's time for the foodies of Dubai to flaunt their rich culinary skills. Bloomsbury opened its new boutique café at The Dubai Mall with an opulent band. The event also witnessed the unveiling of "The Most Expensive 'Edible' Cupcake", called as the Golden Phoenix. Prepared with the most expensive ingredients, the brand spent well over $28,000 just to unveil the cup cake in a gala event.


Available exclusively at the Bloomsbury's located in The Dubai Mall, the yummy cake is priced at $1,010 and will be presented on a 24-carat gold Empire Morning Cake Stand with Cloch by Villari. Reports suggest that the cup cake contains Doves organic flour and Rachels organic butter from UK, Premium Amedei Porcelena cocoa from Italy, vanilla beans from Gold Ugandan, organic strawberries and 23-carat edible gold sheet.

Penfolds unveils the most expensive wine in the world

Australia's fine wine maker Penfolds has announced the most expensive wine that will be directly sold from a winery in the world. It is also the only wine that has been completely encased in glass without any corks and screw caps. Tagged at $168,000, each Ampoule will contain Penfolds 2004 Block 42 which is a rare, single vineyard wine, produced from the oldest continuously producing Cabernet Sauvignon vines in the world. Many expert hands are behind the unique glass objet d'art suspended within a wooden Jarrah cabinet that holds all the red wine. Also one needs to plan well in advance before intending to raise a toast with this exclusive and expensive wine. Penfolds will send a senior member of the Penfolds Winemaking team to the buyer's location with a specially designed, tungsten-tipped, sterling silver tool to open the Ampoule. After the expert opening event, the wine will be prepared using a beautifully crafted sterling silver tastevin.

The global launch of the limited edition Ampoule took place in Moscow, Russia with Penfolds Chief Winemaker, Peter Gag. Of the dozen most expensive wines, one will be reserved for the brand's museum, second will be auctioned for charity and the remaining ten will be offered for sale - two in North America, two in Europe, three in Asia, and three in Australia and New Zealand.