As the resident expert on the spork, I wholeheartedly endorse this super-rugged titanium folding combination bottle opener and spork design.
The Pentax K20D DSLR will set you back about $US700, which isn’t too bad for a DLSR. But the Titanum version? Oh, that one’s $US1,200. It’s got titanium on it, people!
It looks like golfers may have more to worry about than bad backs and jacked-up knees. Apparently, swinging those new fangled fancy titanium drivers may lead to hearing loss.
If you’re the kind of destitute scientist who drinks Franzia but has a couple of high-powered titanium electrodes lying around, you’re in luck, because a short blast of electricity can vastly improve your swill.
When is a pair of steampunk goggles too nice to be just a pair of steampunk goggles? How about when the metal components have been swapped out for solid milled titanium that’s then coated in golden coloured titanium nitride? How about when the goggles feature irises that can be opened and closed through independent sliders, or photochromatic lenses that automatically tint in sunlight? Nah, these goggles still have plenty of room for improvement. When the leather has been replaced with tanned baby foreskin and the optics can pierce a brass corset, then we’ll be getting close. [SmugMug via bbGadgets]
The NY Times has a piece today about the monumental task of forging a pressure hull out of raw titanium to be used in the replacement for the legendary Alvin, the Navy’s only currently operational deep-sea scientific sub that first explored the wreckage of the Titanic. Where Alvin could dive 3.9km down, its successor can go up to 6.4km under (hence the serious forging above), which will open up 99% of the ocean floor for exploration. That’s a pretty big deal.
If you’re looking for a perfect match for your Mac Pro, Apple Cinema display or MacBook Pro, you may have just found it with this Kensington Ci70 wireless desktop set. Somebody with some design chops just got on board at Kensington, because this baby is thin enough to be a runway model, has a slim mouse that docks into the keyboard, and it’s made of titanium. Woo, woo.
If it’s obscenely expensive or shiny (preferably both), odds are, we love it. So obviously we dig the $818 (Â¥99,750) solid titanium FACTRON Re-Nano iPod nano case from Kiwami Studios. Besides being one of the sexiest (and sturdiest) cases we’ve ever seen, it sports hooks on each corner to allow dangleage from any direction. If only they could forge the follow-up from solid adamantium, we’d be totally sold. – Matt Buchanan
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