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Hands up if you actually know what ruthenium is. Don’t worry if you don’t, it’s just used as an external plating on these extremely luxurious open-back cans. More familiar expensive materials can be found within, with titanium-plated 40mm drivers, silver-plated copper wires with 99.99 percent purity and kevlar-coated cables, and of course, for that extra special touch, Ethiopian sheepskin earcup pads. That’s skin, not wool, so bear it in mind if you care for the welfare of little fluffy ones. Either way, the Ultrasone Edition 10s do seem like they’ve packed just enough luxury and exclusivity to justify their $2,745 price — only thing we need now is a matching mahogany furniture set, preferably with some endangered species’ heads adorning our walls.

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The big news out of Hasselblad this morning was the new entry(ish)-level H4D-31 at just under €10,000, with the CFV-50 adding yet another option in the higher-than-high-end category. But what really caught our eye was the flashy red version that popped up just as the press conference was concluding. We were told that Hasselblad had teamed with Ferrari in order to create a limited run of Ferrari-branded H4D medium format cameras, and the model on-hand had just received approval from Ferrari’s paint squad yesterday. Yeah, it’s like that. As for detailed specs? Fuhgetaboutit. And as for pricing? “You’ll have to speak with Ferrari on that” was that line that we were fed. Only 499 of these beauties will ever be produced, and czars you never knew existed are phoning in their orders from the Seychelles right now. But hey, at least we had our camera (a lowly D3S) ready when it was unlocked from its carbon fiber box for a grand total of 30 seconds, right? Indulge yourself below — but don’t go getting too cocky, okay?

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Can’t afford anything that’s been introduced at Photokina so far? Unfortunately for you, there’s hardly a chance that Leica’s newest limited edition product will be the one that slips under the budget. At the outfit’s exclusive press preview this evening in Cologne, a gallery of executives from Leica and Volkswagen (who chipped in on the design) formally unveiled the M9 ‘Titanium.’ For all intents and purposes, this is just a souped-up M9, but there’s plenty to love for those who fancy high-fashion. You know, like a trim that uses leather “typically reserved for the interiors of Audi’s premium automobiles.”

According to Leica, “anything that looks like titanium, is titanium.” It’s also coated with a fingerprint-resistant overlay, and the bundle is slated to include the camera itself, a 35mm Summilux F/1.4 prime lens, lens hood, a new carrying concept (just a single hook for a carry strap), a newfangled electronic illumination system and a fanciful cardboard box made somewhere in the Black Forest. Just 500 of these kits are being produced and sold for an undisclosed amount starting in November, and chances are all but one or two have already been claimed. Good luck getting in line, and you might as well forget scoring the four millionth Leica camera to be produced since 1923 — a specially-stamped M9 ‘Titanium’ — as that one’s being given away to someone far more important than us tonight.

Leica introduces M9 ‘Titanium,’ limited to just 500 lucious pieces originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oh, sure — we’ve seen an Xbox 360 enclosure stuffed with x86 innards, but we can’t say we’ve ever seen anything quite like this. Gaming upstart Origin PC has just shattered every preconceived notion about its potential with the Big O, an appropriately titled luxury machine that combines a liquid-cooled gaming PC with a liquid-cooled Xbox 360 Slim. In one box. A pair of base configurations are available (though customizations are limitless), with both of ’em rigged up to run the PC and Xbox concurrently. In other words, these bad boys can actually crunch SETI@home data while you explore the vastness of Halo: Reach. The $7,669 build includes an overclocked 4.0GHz Core i7-930 CPU, Rampage III Extreme mobo, twin NVIDIA GTX480 graphics cards, 6GB of Corsair memory, a 1,500 watt power support, 12x Pioneer Blu-ray burner, two 50GB OCZ SSDs wired up as a boot drive, Windows 7 Home Premium, a liquid-cooled Xbox 360 and bragging rights the size of Texas Alaska. For those still unsatisfied, there’s a $16,999 version that’s frankly too lust-worthy to spell out here (but is in the gallery below). Hit the source link if you’re feeling ambitious, but don’t blame us for blowing your kid’s college fund in one fell swoop.

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Anyone who travels often knows that sometimes the right pillow can make all the difference between a good night’s sleep and long hours spent tossing and turning. Any mattress or bedding store will tell you that it’s important to get a pillow that’s right for the way you sleep, but The Dream Machine wants to take things a step further and actually manufacture custom pillows to your specifications on demand. The machine includes a built-in sewing machine, a tall container full of down and stuffing, and 280-thread count cotton pillow sleeves.

The Dream Machine also allows you to select whether you sleep on your stomach, back, or side, and will create a pillow to match the way you sleep. It also creates smaller travel pillows for you if you’re planning on taking a trip and want something to rest your head on while in-flight or on a long train ride. You can even ask The Dream Machine to scent your pillow with lavender. The company behind The Dream Machine is targeting the device at mattress and bed/bath stores, and expects the custom pillows (and the experience of having one made just for you) to retail between $129 and $149 per pillow.

[via UberGizmo]