Expensive and Luxurious iPad Collection

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Today there’s so many expensive and luxurious gadget from apple such as this Gold History iPad 2 edition by Stuart Hughes you can read it on our previous post about those luxurious iPad2 which is worth for $8 Million. but beside those iPad there’s several other expensive and luxurious iPad. most of them was studded with a diamonds or gold or any other luxury stuff. This Gadget from Apple was known for it’s beautiful designs, no wonder if there’s so many designer made their custom version by add a luxurious touch such as Gold or even diamonds on it. If you love the luxurious and expensive stuff like this so you have to check out the list of the Most expensive and luxurious iPad collection below.

1. Gold plated iPad2 by Gold & co

This luxurious gold plated iPad 2 was designed by London based firm Gold & co, this gadget was crusted with a glittering 24 carat gold. This stunning impeccable piece was launched at the Dubai Women’s Exhibition in Jumeirah and retails at $5,500.

2. Mervis Diamond Importer’s Pad

This Mervis diamons importer’s iPad could be in the list since it’s the first luxurious iPad design which is encrusted with a diamond. This ipad was customized using the diamonds for the riches. Ever since the luxury lovers were waiting for this version and the honors were done by the Mervis Diamond Importers. The blingy version comprises of 11.43 carats of diamonds which have been hand set in a micro-pave styling on the frame of the screen. Graded as G/H in color and VS2/SI1 in clarity, the diamonds are pure and authentic. This is available at $19,999 price tag.

3. Gresso’s Gold iPad

Gresso boutique was known for their luxurious phone and cases design, before this luxurious gold ipad they also made a diamond encrusted iPhone4 which is worth for $30,000!! and now Gresso set to roll out iPad in gold. Actually it is not like the other gold units but just has a 18k gold logo studded in between. Apart from being a gold logo iPad, it has a feature of 200 year old African Blackwood, which is said to be the world’s most valuable tree. So how about the price of this luxurious gold ipad by gresso? there’s no further information about this iPad but we think that this could be expensive since it’s use 200 year old african blackwood.

4. Vavagold’s Platinum iPad

This is a limited edition 64GB WiFi & 3G piece of iPad designed by Vavagold’s. Platinum is laid to each piece of the iPad and protected in a scratch resistant clear resin. Genuine Platinum has been used in this and comes with a certificate of authenticity stating that all materials used are genuine. the price tag of this luxurious iPad from Vavagold is $2,382.75

5. Crystograph’s iPad 2

Crystograph rolled out a new edition of iPad2 in gold studded with 10,000 crystals. The version looks breathtaking with five unique shades of gold – silver shade, golden shadow, light Colorado topaz and jet hematite, the customers can choose and customize their favorite ones. The price tag of this

6. Camael Diamond’s iPad

The iPad is festooned with 300 carats of wonderful diamonds and is crafted with 18-carat gold. Along with the sparkling white diamonds, the company has also ornamented the piece with the rare black diamonds on the home button and the Apple logo on the back. Apart from the blingy version, the company also customizes the iPad in solid gold to suit your individual preference. Every unit comes with individual certification which guarantees to present you the unit in a beautiful box. This Camael Diamond’s iPad was worth for $150.000.

7. Gold Genie iPad 2

This is a limited edition iPad 2 for the rich Apple owners who can even die for luxury gadgets. The gadget is made of 24 carat gold and has a luxurious mirror finish on its back. It comes with authenticity certificate signed by James Caan and Laban Roomes stating that all materials used are genuine. The price tag of this Gold genie’s iPad 2 was $2,705

8. Crystalroc iPad

Crystalroc was known as another luxurious gadget manufacturers, they also known as one of the first company who customized iPad with 6000 Swarowski crystal. This cool iPad by Crystalroc was studded with 6000 individual swarowski crystal. The price tags of this luxurious iPad was £1500 ($2,250) for 32GB version. See also our previous post about this luxurious crystalroc’s iPad 2 case.

9. Computer Chopper’s iPad 2

Computer Choppers is well known for its range of designer gadgets, including the array of iPad and iPad 2 it has created. The brand stood out for its white gold iPad 2 owned by none other than Karl Lagerfeld. Lady Gaga also posed for the white gold iPad 2 on a talk show with the famous designer. The latest customized version from Computer Choppers is a stunning candy pink iPad2 that is certainly any woman’s choice. Thie pink iPad 2 version is the first of its kind ever made, and it adorns 288 white VS diamonds in the logo on solid 14-carat Gold. Other than this candy pink version, the company has a collection of luxury iPad and iPad 2 available in finishes like triple chrome, copper, black chrome, 24kt gold, white gold, rose gold or platinum to choose from

10. Bling my Thing’s iPad

chief designer of Bling My Thing, designed a white Apple iPad that was customized with blingy Swarovski crystals. The series is known as ESCAPE. With the choice of four colors namely Crystal Mix, Pink Mix (contains Light Rose, Rose and Fuchsi), Energy Mix (contains Light Topaz, Light Siam and Sun) and Blue Mix (contains Aquamarine, Capri Blue and Dark Indigo), the case is coated with a special anti-scratch layer on which Swarovski elements are carefully embedded into holes by skilled BMT craftsmen.

Via : Bornrich.com

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World’s Longest Water Coaster – The Mammoth

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Do you want to enjoy a challenge on the longest water coaster? the water-park arena “Holiday World & Splashin’Safari” in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States, will present the world’s longest water-coaster ride called “The Mammoth“. this waterparks will have two longest water coaster in the world’s!!

With production costs swallow up to US 9 million, the Mammoth water cpaster which has a length of 1763 feet ( 537.36 meters ) will be opened in May 2012. and it will became the new world’s longest water coaster replacing The Wildebeest from Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari which has a length of 1710 feet. in all the mammoth water coaster will cover three acres, and this will increasing the Holiday World & Splashin’Safari water park’s size to 30 acres. This ride also will became the park’s most expensive ride in it’s history.

This rides using Hydromagnetic technology and using linear induction motors(LIM’s), six-person boats will fly up a series of hills utilising linear induction motors (LIMs) and the ride begins with a 300 foot conveyor ride called ‘lifthill’… followed by a five-story drop at a 45 degree angle.

The drenching ride includes a total of six drops, adding up to 282 feet of cumulative ‘drop’ and its tallest elevation is 69 feet higher than its lowest drop. It seems that next year this rides could be a great tourist magnet.

Here’s more pictures and video of World’s Longest Water Coaster – The Mammoth

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World’s Most Beautiful Cave Marble Cathedral in Chile

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Marble Cathedral cave in chile was known as one of the most beautiful cave in the world, it’s a beautiful natural wonders, there isn’t any better sculptor than nature itself. This cave is located on the second largest freshwater lake in South America, precisely at the General Carrera in Patagonia, Chile.

The unique light show in the cave is caused by the reflection of the water on the marble walls. Due to the lake being fed by glacial run off, the height of the water is always fluctuating, creating an environment changes depeneding on the time of year. See also our previous post about the krubera cave the world’s deepest cave.

Natural Wonders of Marble Cathedral in Chile deserves to be the prettiest cave network in the world. a Temple created a blue sky nature show how valuable the Earth. If you love to hunt the beautiful nature places so this marble cathedral in chile could became your summer travel destination.

Here’s more pictures from Marble Cathedral in Chile the World’s most beautiful cave.

Via : Dailymail

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Most Unique and weird Bat Species

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There’s so many bat species in the world today, we know that bat have long given rise to horror stories (vampire bats), myths and misconceptions (such as blindness). Bats come in all shapes and sizes and are a very interesting and unique creatures. each of them has their own uniqueness but these 10 bat species below could be weirdest, unusual and the most unique bat species in the world. before this we have a bumblebee bat or Kitti’s Hog Nosed bat which is included into one of the rarest animal found on earth. so how about another unique and weird bat species?

1. Banana Bat (Musonycteris harrisoni)

This Banana Bat is a species of bat in the Phyllostomidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Musonycteris. It is endemic to Western Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. the banana bat is noted for its very long snout, the longest of any bat (relative to size). It is nectarivorous, which means it feeds mostly on nectar and is an important pollinator in its tropical deciduous forest habitat. It gets its name because it is often found in banana plantations



2. Ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas)

found in tropical rain forests from Mexico to Brazil, and also in the island of Trinidad, in the Caribbean. It is a solitary animal that spends daylight roosting under a palm leaf, and then flies high at night, hunting moths and other flying insects. this species was also known as one of the largest microbats in the world, It is largely insectivorous but will also consume frogs, lizards, and other small animals, including other bats. It hunts by sight as well as with echolocation. After killing its prey with its powerful bite, it carries it to a feeding perch to eat. They roost in caves, mines, and tunnels in small colonies, usually of less than a hundred bats.

3. Chapin Bat (Chaerephon chapini)

This Chapin bat is a species of bat in the Molossidae family. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is moist savanna. This bat species was notable for their weird hairdo, They are insectivores and live in the rain forests of central Africa.

4. Wrinkle Faced Bat (Centurio senex)

Wrinkle faced bat is a species of bat in the Phyllostomidae family. It is the only identified member of the genus Centurio. It is found in various countries in and around Central America. It eats fruit but is not classified within the fruit bats. It is classified as a leaf-nosed bat but does not have a leaf nose. it is also known as “murcielago viejito” (“old man bat”) or murcielago zopilote (“vulture bat”), due to its naked, wrinkly face. They have a large flap of skin that they use as a mask to cover their face when they sleep.

5. Big Eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii)

These bats feed on flying insects and, just as many other bats, use echolocation to find them. Their enormous ears gives them even better hearing than that of smaller eared bats. They belong to diverse genera and are found in many parts of the world. They’re a medium-sized bat, about 3.5 – 4 inches long.

6. Fisherman Bat (Noctilio leporinus)

This bat species is native to Latin America. The bat uses echolocation to detect water ripples made by the fish upon which they prey, then use the pouch between its legs to scoop the fish and its sharp claws to catch their prey, The fish is then stored in the cheek bags and chewed only while being on land. Repeating this strategy, the bat can catch up to 30 fishes per night., this bats reaching up to 13 cm in length, while their wings stretch up to 30 cm across. They’re often called bulldog bats for their cheek bags and small eyes that hold a close resemblance to those of a bulldog. The Fishing Bat’s natural habitat is forest regions and seaside marshes in Central and Southern America, ranging from Mexico to Argentina and they’re also found of the islands of Trinidad and Antillia.

7. Ghost faced bat (Mormoops megalophylla)

This bat species It occurs in Belize, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico. Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela and in Texas in the United States, they has a ghost faced name due to their unusual appearance of their face. This ugly appearance is due to the flaps of skin that are found hanging on their chin and along their face. They also have a very poorly developed nose and “large, round ears that join across their forehead” They feed on nocturnal insects.

8. Sucker Footed Bat (Myzopoda aurita)

this unique bat species comes from madagaskar, They roost inside the rolled leaves of palm trees, using their suckers to attach themselves to the smooth surface, Today it is known that they don´t use suction, but rather adhesion, by producing a sticky substance that acts as a glue- the same kind of adhesion found in tree frogs and salamanders.

9. Tube Nosed Bat (Murina grisea)

This tube nosed bat found in rainforest area on south east asia or specifically in Philippines, this bat species was also known as the critically endangered bat species, this species is noted for its strangely tubular nostrils and the stripes on its back (very few bats have stripes). They feed mostly on figs and other fruit but may eat insects on occasion. They are 3.3-6.0cm in length and have round heads, large eyes and soft fur. They are brown with white-yellow and underparts and have specks of orange around their neck. While they are roosting, their fur, which seems to look like a dead plant, camouflages them from predators.

10. Hammer Headed Bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus)

This hammer headed bat or Big Lipped bat species was included as the most unique and weirdest bat species, it was found on the rain forests of Africa, this large bat gets its name for the huge, strangely shaped head of the males. Most of the male’s thorax is actually a resonating chamber that allows them to produce very loud calls to attract females. They feed on fruit and, occasionally, on other animals.

Bonus : Blasius’s Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus blasii)

This is a medium-sized horsehoe bat, with a length of between 46.5 and 56 mm (1.83 and 2.2 in), and a weight of between 12 and 15 g (0.42 and 0.53 oz). The fur is fluffy, with the base of hairs almost white. Dorsal side hair is grey brown, sometimes with a lilac tinge, while the hair on the ventral side is almost white.

Is there any other bat species which is worth to be included into Most unique and weirdest bat species in the world?

Source : Wikipedia, Listverse

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