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Waking up is hard to do, but it might be a little easier with Zyken’s Nightcove alarm clock. It takes the powers of light, sound, and science and uses them to improve your sleep. All alarm clocks are designed to wake you up, but this one takes sleep-rhythms and naturally occurring light patterns to make it a more pleasant experience. The Nightcove has a darkening amber light at bedtime, followed by pulses of white and blue to wake you up the following morning. It also comes with an assortment of built-in sounds, or you can connect your mp3 player for customized audio. $2,500

Via Book of Joe

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Like our pals at Autoblog we are a bit mystified as to why this phone has a Ferrari gear gate on it but it does look cool. The latest phone from Vertu is the Vertu Ascenti Ferrari 60. The phone is titanium and covered in Ferrari leather which can be replaced as needed through Vertu’s service package that includes a free checkup every six months as well as the other features standard with Vertu phones such as their concierge service. There are just 60 of the phones available and they sell for $25,000.

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Luxury phone company Gresso has strayed from the phones and into world of luxury USB flash drives. Their Adam & Eve flash drives are made of African Mahogany or African Blackwood and white diamonds and come in three different shapes, a bitten apple, a cross and a simple rectangle on a caoutchouc strap with a gold clasp. The prices for the jewelry collection of USB flash drives range from $300 to $1000 and will launch in October 2007.

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This would be a great housewarming gift for someone with a large kitchen, a chef’s collection of 32 kitchen tools. The collection from Sur La Table has beautiful wood handles so that your cheese slicer matches your melon baller matches your lemon zester. The collection all together sells for $550.

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The latest designer toy from Bang & Olufsen is the new digital music player, the BeoSound 6. The BeoSound 6 comes with a leather bag and travel charger as well as an excellent pair of A8 earphones which are made from rubber and aluminium. The little BeoSound 6 has room for around 1,000 songs (it has an internal 4GB memory). The BeoSound uses the BeoPlayer software system for downloading music. It sells for around $800 which means you really have to love the design and those earphones to make it worth it for you.

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Led Zeppelin fans this one’s for you: the Jimmy Page Double Neck Electric Guitar. A “painstaking” recreation of the famous 1971 model, it features both 6 and 12 string necks with rosewood fingerboards, a weathered dark cherry mahogany body, chrome hardware and strap locks, a 5-ply pickguard, four Page pickups, and two volume and tone control knobs. Everything is period-correct. Available in a limited edition of only 250 (and according to the website there’s only 2 left), each guitar comes with a Custom Shop case, a certificate of authenticity, and a customized care kit. Sorry, no free lessons on how to play it! $7999.95

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If I walked into someone’s home and saw these babies hanging out in the corner I really don’t know what I’d think, other than making a mental note not to stand too close in case somebody would accidentally hit the power switch on the stereo system. They’re Ferguson Hill Horn Loudspeakers, and although their enormous horn shape and clear acrylic construction are definitely impressive from a visual standpoint, sound quality leaves something to be desired for some. I’d take the sites suggestion of getting a demonstration before you buy, especially considering the price tag is a whopping $19,916.

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I love my Macbook, but I don’t know that I’d ever considering going so far as to plate it in gold with a big diamond-studded apple logo. But if you’re of a different opinion and have the money to burn then you should get in touch with the team over at Computer Choppers and commission your own customized laptop casing, with options including gold or platinum plating with diamonds, sapphires, and other gems. Pricing varies, of course, but estimates for a gold-plated Macbook Pro run around $1200-$1500 plus another $500-$2400 for the logo (depending if you want CZs or diamonds).

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Football season is in full swing and the tradition of tailgating is one of the best parts of the game. Gameday Customs creates custom tailgating trailers that have everything you need for your pre-game festivities. The trailers come with LCD TV, satellite, DVD, generator, running water, beer on tap and even (and perhaps most importantly) your own toilet. Other options include a soda dispenser, microwave or a barbecue. They are also available in a choice of colors so that you can match with our favorite team. The 5 x 8 trailer sells for $13,900 before options.

[via Born Rich]

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Cover a gadget in a coat of gold and you’ve got my attention. Our friends at Engadget recently covered this beauty, the latest hard drive from LaCie. The alluringly named Golden Disk is an external hard drive with 500GB of storage, a USB 2.0 interface, PC/Mac compatibility and LaCie’s 1-Click backup software. The look is from French designer Ora-Ïto and does contain a bit of real gold. That gorgeous rippling surface makes it hard to stack with other peripherals but why would you want to cover up that shine anyway. It sells for $189 and will be available in October.

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