If you fancy yourself a sport-loving princess, you’ll need a befitting place to recline, such as the sensational handcrafted limestone Cleopatra Chaise Lounge from Alemanno with natural heat radiation. Designed by an eminent doctor of hot stone therapy, Prof. Dr. Med. Billingham, the chair is primarily for people concerned with their health and wellness. Shaped from a single block of limestone - the chaise lounge supports and comforts with gentle radiant heat from deep within. To ensure the warmth is targeted correctly, an optional thermostat can control three independent heat zones at the legs, hips and shoulders. There is a neck cushion adjustable to the perfect position, and the raised position of your legs will aid total relaxation. The Cleopatra chaise lounge can be used inside or out, and is available in three timeless designs. A modern take on classic elegance, and ancient therapeutic techniques, the Cleopatra from Alemanno is certainly no ordinary item of furniture.

HP introduced its new mini-notebook pc ‘2133’ to gain a greater share of educational spending on computers.The mini-notebook pc, which goes on sale April 15, was designed with feedback from educators. Running on VIA C7-M processor, it adopts 8.9-inch screen with 1280 x 768(WXGA) resolution, full qwerty keyboard, touch pad and a VGA webcam.

Suggested price is around 500(USD) for a version based on the open-source Linux operating system, and 600(USD) for one based on Microsoft’s (MSFT) Windows XP or Vista.

In Tel Aviv, Israel, the G Tower offers Tel Aviv’s most expensive apartment, a flat priced at $34-million apartment. The Gindi Group, which developed the G Tower recently announced the selling price for the triplex flat which combines a former duplex and penthouse apartment on the 24th, 25th and 26th floors. The new apartment is located just under the triplex which was purchased by the holder of controlling interest for Bank Hapoalim, Shari Arison, for $13 million.

The tower has 31 floors with 40 apartments. Building amenities include a culture center with a library and bar, a fitness center, swimming pool, conference center, underground parking and tight security. The new apartment has 360 degree views of the city and measures 1,500 square meters (around 15,145 square feet) for a price of over $22,000 per square meter. According to an article on Haaretz.com some real estate agents in Tel Aviv think the price is way too high, especially since a $25 million penthouse in the Sea One Project on Hayarkon Street failed to sell.

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The ubiquitous kitchen cutting board has now got a new lease of life with Nardo Design’s new high-tech Digital Cutting Board. This board comes with a flexible, yes you heard right, flexible LCD display that displays cooking instructions on it so that you can conjure up that meal, perfectly. And, while doing so, you can also read up downloaded recipes that you might want to try out. All this, right at the place where all the cooking happens, your kitchen. The brainchild of design student, Marc Nardangeli, this cooking board has a very chic design that will make cooking look and even feel, very high tech. The cutting board sits on grippy rubber feet which support an acrylic board. the acrylic board contains the circuitry to run the flexible LCD panel which sits on top of it. All this is packaged neatly on on top of the other and is sealed with a safety tempered glass panel which allows finger based, touchscreen operation. You can even connect this cutting board to download the cooking recipes. More here

Senslux, a manufacture of lighting products, presented its stylish LED desk lamps ‘SLD series’ in Korea market, which are eco-friendly and energy saving lamps. According to the company, the Senslux products will contribute to make human-being and the world happier and healthier, and our goal is to become a global light therapy company within the near future. Coming in three different models including full spectrum LED desk lamp ‘SF-1500’, acne treatment LED desk lamp ‘SA-1500’ and LED desk lamp ‘SG-1500’, the SLD series is available for 148,000(KRW).

Panasonic just unveil today a new compact Video camera, the SDR-S7, which only weight 160g (182g with battery and SD Card) for a size of 41×102x59mm. While the size and weight is truly amazing, do not expect miracles, our camera will record video (16:9 / 4:3) in VGA resolution (640×480) and will use the Mpeg-2 codec… no HD here my friend… but for just 270 EUROS you cannot expect more.