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Artanova’s Athena Sofa Shows That Couches Can Go Multimedia Too
Why bother with a separate PC and a sound system for your living room when you can get it installed right in the couch? That’s right, the Athena sofa from high-end furniture maker Artanova brings the erstwhile home fixture into the digital age, decking it with a full suite of multimedia capabilities.
You’ll never guess just by looking at it. Clad with a high-fashion design, the Swiss-made living room furniture looks much like any expensive piece meant to adorn moneyed, celebrity homes. Well, it actually is an expensive piece meant to adorn moneyed, celebrity homes. However, it also comes with so much more.
Need to check your email? Simply sit by either armrest, where a pop out LCD will let you get online using an onboard multimedia PC. Want to play music from your iPhone? Don’t bother getting up – there’s an iPod dock on the Athena too, along with an 8-inch [...]
Scuderia Ferrari F2000 Gearbox Table: Racing History For Your Living Room
What do you do with the spare parts of an F1 racer that has seen its best days? Throw it into a scrap heap? Display it on your garage? How about make a little cash from it?
Ferrari has long sold parts used in races as collector’s items, although they’ve cut down on it recently due to espionage problems. They seem to be making an exception for the 7-speed gearbox from the Scuderia Ferrari F2000 F1 racecar, though, which the company is looking to sell to one lucky race fan.
The particular gearbox to be sold has already been used as a display piece in Ferrari offices for some time now, housed on an 18 x 18 inch carbon plaque, with a fender shield mounted in the middle. At the end of its last season, the box was signed by Michael Schumacher, Jean Todt (Executive Director of Scuderia Ferrari) and Luca Cordero [...]
