Tech Toilets, Joy Blocks, Speed Machine

A pick of the best, the latest, the greenest, the quirkiest, the most luxurious that money can buy

By Forbes India

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Published: Nov 3, 2011 06:20:57 AM IST

Updated: Feb 20, 2014 05:30:43 PM IST

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Light eggs
What happens when a utilitarian fixture meets a breakfast staple? The eccentric Omlamp is born. Termed as a ‘hybrid between an omellette and a lamp’, this quirky piece looks like an egg split open in mid-air. It is one of Russian designer Tembolat Gugkaev’s many such creations. So, how do you like your eggs?

tembolat.com

TECH

Tech toilet
Sophisticated and unconventional, this WC has an LCD touchscreen interface, built-in bidet, deodoriser, music system, intuitive auto-open and close lid, seat and foot warmers and self-cleaning UV technology. And you thought a WC is just a bathroom fitting?

kohler.com

Gentleman’s boombox

Artist Floyd A Davis IV of Chicago scavenges vintage cases of all shapes and sizes, from snooker cue boxes to the sort of towering, metal-reinforced thing Kenneth Clarke packs his lunch in. He then converts them into boomboxes, putting in woofers, tweeters and a 3.5 mm audio input, so they’re compatible with your phone or MP3 player.

artpentry.com

Joy Blocks

What you see are a set of 1.4-inch computers from Sifteo that can talk to each other, and on which you can download and play a range of games. Electromagnetic sensors let these blocks detect the location and orientation of its brethren. The games are simple time-passers, quite like Tetris, and not the MMORPGs.

sifteo.com

AUTO

Speed Machine
The Hennessey Venom GT is a credible contender for the Bugatti Super Sports 431 kmph speed record for production cars. American tuner John Hennessey became famous for his versions of the Dodge Viper and the Chevrolet Camaro. The Venom GT takes the lightweight aluminium chassis of a Lotus Exige and has a 6.2 litre Chevrolet LS9 V8.

venomGT.com

(Tech Toilet, courtesy Better Interiors; Speed Machine, courtesy Overdrive; Gentleman’s Boombox, Joy Blocks, courtesy T3 (This material is reproduced from T3 magazine and is the copyright of or licensed to Future Publishing Limited, a Future plc group company, UK2010. Used under licence. All rights reserved.)

(This story appears in the 04 November, 2011 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)