World's first all-diamond ring is worth $77 million

Last April we mentioned about the first ring made entirely of diamond. What was just a concept then and design on paper is reality now. Geneva based jeweler Shawish unveiled the world's first all-diamond ring at Basel 2012. This blindingly dazzling ring is made from 150 brut carat rough diamond from Brazil. To cut the diamond and shape it into this unique ring Mr. Shawish developed a copyrighted process, and he and his technician successfully developed laser equipment which allowed them to cut directly into the diamond. It took them almost a year to develop the process.

The color of the diamond ring is certified an E and the clarity is VS1. Although the final weight of the ring is unknown, it is valued at approximately $77 million.

Watch The Future, Smartphone Wrist Control Concept

A new watch concept has been created by F.Bertrand called the “Watch The Future”, which has been designed to enable you to link to application on your smartphone. Enabling you to control and receive updates directly on your wrist.

The “Watch The Future” concept wrist watch can display the weather, your contacts, stock exchange information, SMS messages, Facebook updates, your GPS location and more. As well as keeping you update-to-date with the current time.

The innovative watch concept would keep the application you use most at easy access, and would even change the icons location on the strap according to the position of your wrist.

Other options that would be available to add to the watch include the possibility to track your pulse and even your emotions. It even enables you to keep track of your phone by ring it when you can’t quite remember where you put it.

Unfortunately due to the watch being just a concept don’t expect it to arrive in stores soon. But do expect the technology to start to making its way to wrist style devices over the coming years, allowing you to interact with your smartphone in new and exiting ways.

"The Hunger Games" opened with a staggering $155 million

The highly anticipated drama "The Hunger Games" opened with a staggering $155 million in estimated U.S. and Canadian weekend ticket sales, beating Hollywood's loftiest expectations and ranking as the third-highest domestic opening in history.
The debut for the film, which tells the story of an oppressive society's teen death match, ranked behind only last summer's "Harry Potter" finale and 2008 Batman movie "The Dark Knight," distributor Lions Gate Entertainment said on Sunday.
The performance topped industry forecasts for an opening of about $125 million from Friday through Sunday.
"Hunger Games" set records for highest opening of a film that was not a sequel and biggest debut outside of the summer blockbuster season, Lions Gate said.
The movie took in an average of $37,467 at 4,137 locations.
"Hunger Games" is a post-apocalyptic drama based on the first of three best-selling young adult novels by Suzanne Collins. Jennifer Lawrence plays Katniss Everdeen, a teen girl who fights in a televised battle-to-the-death ordered by her society's rulers. Everdeen becomes a beacon of hope for freedom against the totalitarian government.

Wider 42: A Boat That “Unfolds” in 12 Seconds

The Italian Wider 42 premiered at the Palm Beach International Boat Show. Wider is indeed a wider with its 42 feet maximum length that can be achieved with a press of a button

he mobile extensions are at both sides of the hull. This will double the deck area and will give the boat complete stability.

Wider was conceptualized by Tilli Antoinelli, founder and president of Pershing Yachts. The Wider 42 and the Pershing Yacht company is based in Mi Monte Porzio, Italy.

The Wider designs target the open-day cruisers. The company is presently planning to ramp up production for new yachts, both larger and smaller models of the Wider 42.

Wider “aims to invent new formulas for travelling by sea, proposing bold, original solutions” and the new 42 footer, from well-known designer Fulvio De Simoni, is exactly that – an open yacht with automatic, patented and quite revolutionary system.

Real Madrid's $1 billion Artificial Island Resort will rise up in UAE

Spanish soccer super-team Real Madrid has taken an important step toward serious real-estate by announcing to construct a $1 billion luxury resort in the UAE. The resort, which is best described as a theme park, is ensured a unique location- an archipelago of artificial islands upon which it will be constructed. The haven for soccer obsessed will include two high-rise hotels, luxury villas, a 10,000 seat ocean side football stadium, a marina and a hi-tech museum devoted to the history of the Team. The 430,000 square meter project will be constructed in partnership with the UAE government and is all set to open by 2015

Real Madrid’s president Florentino Perez expects to see a whopping one million faithful fans swarm the island in its first year of opening itself. According to him, it is a decisive and strategic step towards strengthening their institution in the Middle East and Asia.

There’s no official word on who is behind the conception of the Resort but it follows on the close heels of a trend that is gripping Middle-east and surrounding areas wherein a number of ambitious artificial islands are designed for the super wealthy. Few among them are Azerbaijan’s artificial archipelago which has also recently been dubbed as the World’s Tallest Tower, Qatar’s man-made resort and The World Dubai island.

Raging Bull

There’s no better automotive brand to experiment with wild design than Lamborghini. With this in mind, Mark Hostler designed the Ferruccio concept as an unrestrained vision of what the automaker’s future vehicles might look like. The flamboyant design takes inspiration from the signature multifaceted, “stealth fighter” aesthetic, but also applies a new design language of aggressive (almost violent), sharp points and dramatic lines that can best be described as crystalline.

The Ferruccio also showcases innovations in the future of performance and environmental consciousness. The trademark of Lamborghini’s flagship supercars has always been a large v12, but in the current climate of environmentalism, car manufacturers are now using smaller, turbocharged engines to meet emissions regulations without compromising on performance. The Ferruccio combines these two ideas, using upcoming technologies in engine design and manufacturing. A v12 is under the hood, but has a comparably small 5.0 liter unit, boosted by two turbochargers The main difference, however, is that the engine would be camless, and activate its valves using computer-controlled pneumatic solenoids. This combination of technologies allows the Ferruccio’s engine to stick to Lamborghini’s power philosophies while being environmentally and economically conscious.

£20bn in loan for Britain's small businesses.

The Government is to give banks up to £20bn in loan guarantees to prompt credit easing for Britain's small businesses.

The National Loan Guarantee Scheme (NLGS) allows banks to borrow at a cheaper market rate.

The scheme is designed to give firms access to loans at one percentage point lower than non-NLGS borrowings.

The first tranche of £5bn will be offered to participating banks, who are supposed to pass on the entire benefit they received from the guarantees.

Businesses with an annual turnover of up to £50m are to be given NLGS access.

However as revealed on Monday by Sky News economics editor Ed Conway, several banks will not participate in the programme.

Europe's biggest bank, HSBC, and the Co-operative and Clydesdale banks have decided to opt out.

The country's other main lenders - Barclays, Santander UK, Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland - have signed up for the scheme.

The Treasury had originally hoped all key lenders would participate.

Chancellor George Osborne said: "The Government promised to help small businesses get access to lower interest rates.

"Today, we deliver on that promise with a nationwide scheme. It's only because we've earned credibility with our deficit reduction plan that we have low interest rates, and it's only because of this scheme that we can pass the benefits of those low rates onto businesses."

The Government is not guaranteeing individual loans to businesses and participating banks must retain the NLGS credit risk.

But Labour shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna said the scheme is not enough to inject confidence into the sector.

He told Sky News: "Over the last 12 months half of businesses who wanted to get an overdraft were refused.

"It is partly because we have problem with the lending culture and overly cautious banks.

"But I do think the Government's economic policy has massively dented business confidence too."

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) also warned the scheme was "not a panacea".

John Longworth, BCC director general, said: "The current economic challenges mean that the Government must look at new and innovative ways of providing credit to viable firms.

"While credit easing is a step in the right direction, it is not a panacea for all the problems faced by businesses trying to access finance."