unplggd.com - 12/5/2008
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12-4-carbon-fiber-door-1.jpg Welcome your guests with a custom made Carbon Fiber door! This baby weighs in at 99 pounds and uses a fingerprint-based biometric scanner for entry. Created by Choate Carbon for a Brazilian apartment, this custom door cost about $15,000...
unplggd.com - 12/10/2008
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122308_sz_diy.jpg Over the past year we've posted our
fair share of do it yourself projects. If you...
had done all of them you'd have a media center PC , a cheap headphone stand , and an iPhone document scanner just to name a few. After the jump we ...
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Apartment Therapy Unplugged
droconcepts.com - 12/3/2008
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Details: -Made with 4 layers of genuine carbon
fiber to provide tough outer armor -Lined with snug...
high quality neoprene to provide a supple cushion. -Toughened scratch resistant high gloss finish -Super thin to keep the iPhone 3G feel and beauty ...
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carbon fiber iPhone 3G case
carbonfibergear.com - 12/7/2008
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If you have a glass lobby in your
office/home, and want to really impress your clients/friends…it’s time...
for you to get in touch with Choate Carbon out of Brazil. Choate Carbon was commissioned by a wealthy local (Brazil) businessman to build a ...
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$15,000 Carbon Fiber Biometric Scanner Door
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Afternoon Linkage for December 5th, 2008
GEARFUSE —
Afternoon Linkage for December 5th, 2008 By Vince Veneziani December 5, 2008 Comments (0) Filed under: Features Be sure to help us decide which band rocks harder . This is why people want yachts The pay-as-you-go iPhone 3G is available Verizon FiOS should hit 100Mbps next year Please accept this spider as an answer LittleBigPlanet meets Lumines Rotary Phone iPhone docking station Paranoid? Try getting this door for your home Have great links you want showcased on Afternoon Linkage? E-mail ...
Carbon fiber door boasts biometric scanner, $15,000 sticker
Engadget —
... manages to make this one tug on our delicate heartstrings. Masterfully crafted by the carbon fiber gurus at Brazil's own Chaote Carbon, this 99-pound, 7.5- x 4.9-foot door was carefully wrapped in carbon fiber and equipped with a biometric scanner to keep unwelcome guests waiting in the rain. We can't say we totally see the value proposition considering the $15,000 price tag, but we get the idea the buyer here probably has more money than he can figure out how to spend. [Via Unplggd] Filed under: Household Carbon fiber door boasts biometric scanner, ...
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