hia 2007
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10:55AM Seamus Byrne | These single ended hammock seats look pretty cool, but when you sit in it you can’t actually relax like you do in a hammock. The seat material is too tight, so it doesn’t envelop your body. Which leads to sitting their kind of worried about slipping off the side if you do let yourself totally chill out.
So the idea is good, but it just needs a relaxation upgrade to deliver on the promise. -Seamus Byrne
Product page [Zula]
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HIA 07: Zula hammock seats, almost relaxing
10:55AM Seamus Byrne | These single ended hammock seats look pretty cool, but when you sit in it you can’t actually relax like you do in a hammock. The seat material is too tight, so it doesn’t envelop your body. Which leads to sitting their kind of worried about slipping off the side if you do let yourself totally chill out.
So the idea is good, but it just needs a relaxation upgrade to deliver on the promise. -Seamus Byrne
Product page [Zula]
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9:52AM Seamus Byrne | Got a spare quarter mil for this one-of-a-kind Ambilight TV? 2,250 diamonds (weighing in at 225 carats) are on board this 42-inch screen, adding some sparkle to those moody LEDs around the border. Philips made this to mark the manufacture of their millionth Ambilight TV. Better than throwing a piss up, though dropping six figures on a party would have been some shindig.
Kudos to Philips for sending it down under at the start of its world tour. Oh yeah, it’s been doing the rounds since CES. Whoops. At year’s end it will be sold off for charity, so save your pennies until then and place a cheeky bid when it comes around. Mid six figures should do the trick!
And it is guarded 24-7, folks, so you can drop THAT idea right there.
Close up of the top diamond corner, and we’ll hopefully have an update shortly that will add in a pic of former Miss Universe Australia Erin McNaught, so stay tuned. -Seamus Byrne
UPDATE: And BINGO was its name-o! The other shot of the Ambilight has been relegated to below the drop.
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HIA 07: Diamond bling Philips TV, obscenely tasteful?
9:52AM Seamus Byrne | Got a spare quarter mil for this one-of-a-kind Ambilight TV? 2,250 diamonds (weighing in at 225 carats) are on board this 42-inch screen, adding some sparkle to those moody LEDs around the border. Philips made this to mark the manufacture of their millionth Ambilight TV. Better than throwing a piss up, though dropping six figures on a party would have been some shindig.
Kudos to Philips for sending it down under at the start of its world tour. Oh yeah, it’s been doing the rounds since CES. Whoops. At year’s end it will be sold off for charity, so save your pennies until then and place a cheeky bid when it comes around. Mid six figures should do the trick!
And it is guarded 24-7, folks, so you can drop THAT idea right there.
Close up of the top diamond corner, and we’ll hopefully have an update shortly that will add in a pic of former Miss Universe Australia Erin McNaught, so stay tuned. -Seamus Byrne
UPDATE: And BINGO was its name-o! The other shot of the Ambilight has been relegated to below the drop.
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9:29AM Seamus Byrne | Here’s a very imperfect video of this concept design from Fisher & Paykel for a new automated pop-up gas cooktop. Touch the button to pop it up, and the button then becomes the control knob. It doesn’t go flush with the cook surface, so it isn’t super sexy, but it does have a key lock so you can stop pyro kids from getting their flame on.
No standard ring mounts are attached, but separate trivets do come for the big burner so you can easily sit your wok on the heat without a fuss. While not yet ready for launch, the final version will hit the market around Christmas and is expected to come in around the $2500 to $3000 range.
Photos of up and down states are below the fold, if the blurry video doesn’t quite do it for you.
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HIA 07: Pop-up gas cooktop to stop the pyros
9:29AM Seamus Byrne | Here’s a very imperfect video of this concept design from Fisher & Paykel for a new automated pop-up gas cooktop. Touch the button to pop it up, and the button then becomes the control knob. It doesn’t go flush with the cook surface, so it isn’t super sexy, but it does have a key lock so you can stop pyro kids from getting their flame on.
No standard ring mounts are attached, but separate trivets do come for the big burner so you can easily sit your wok on the heat without a fuss. While not yet ready for launch, the final version will hit the market around Christmas and is expected to come in around the $2500 to $3000 range.
Photos of up and down states are below the fold, if the blurry video doesn’t quite do it for you.
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8:55AM Seamus Byrne | We hear about lots of crazy toilets around here, but rarely do we get to see them in the flesh in Australia. But down at the HIA Home Show 2007 we found out the Royalet super seats is available to make your bum a more hygienic place!
The seat installs onto your standard toilet, and gives you all the functions your rectum has been weeping for needs (too early on a Monday for that imagery). Washing, heating, deodorising, massaging, drying… you even set the water and seat temp. Good times await.
As much as the local wholesaler offered to let us sell you these seats through our site (seriously, they really did), we’d rather put you in touch with real toilet aficionados. Go check out everything you need to know right here. Prices from $690 for the Excellence, to $1275 for the Elite Aromatic. Mmmm, so fragrant.
A close up of the control console and even a spot of video after the jump. -Seamus Byrne
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HIA 07: Crazy toilets invade Australia
8:55AM Seamus Byrne | We hear about lots of crazy toilets around here, but rarely do we get to see them in the flesh in Australia. But down at the HIA Home Show 2007 we found out the Royalet super seats is available to make your bum a more hygienic place!
The seat installs onto your standard toilet, and gives you all the functions your rectum has been weeping for needs (too early on a Monday for that imagery). Washing, heating, deodorising, massaging, drying… you even set the water and seat temp. Good times await.
As much as the local wholesaler offered to let us sell you these seats through our site (seriously, they really did), we’d rather put you in touch with real toilet aficionados. Go check out everything you need to know right here. Prices from $690 for the Excellence, to $1275 for the Elite Aromatic. Mmmm, so fragrant.
A close up of the control console and even a spot of video after the jump. -Seamus Byrne
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