Looking for a fine piece of art to class up your apartment or home? Are you also looking for a way to let all of your guests know that you’re a pretty morbid person and quite proud of that fact? Have I got the sculpture for you.

This insane Bio-Mechanical Skull sculpture lets everybody know that you like both skulls and robots with a healthy dose of apocalyptic sci-fi movies thrown in for good measure. Sure, it’s off putting and creepy, but you’ve never been one to follow trends or happily do what people expect. Fight the system, etc.

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When it comes to vehicles from famous movies, they don’t get too much cooler than James Bond’s Lotus convertible that can also function as a submarine. Unfortunately, the very idea of a convertible submarine is nonsensical, so we’ll probably never see it in real life. Or will we?

We will! Check out this Rinspee sQuba! It’s a convertible that’s also a submarine! You need to wear scuba masks attached to the built-in air tanks to drive it underwater, but how badass is this? In addition, it’s a zero-emissions vehicle, running on a rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery, so you can pretend to be a secret agent without wrecking the environment. That’s it, I’m sold. Where do I sign?

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The Paramount Parabolic Multi-Monitor Display by Humanscale gives you an easy way to attach anywhere from two to eight screens onto its unfolding monitor arm, no tools required. Everything snaps into place, including the displays. The screens are curved toward you for your comfort, and the rack is adjustable to accommodate a wide range of monitor sizes.

Why in the world would you want eight monitors? I don’t know — buy an army of house-watching robots and see all that they see at the same time, or play so many puzzle games at once that your brain explodes. The power is yours!

The Humanscale Paramount is due out early this year. No idea what pricing looks like, though, like most of Humanscale’s products, it’s meant for offices to buy and not the individual.

What makes a watch worth $500,000? In some cases, it’s just because its loaded up with diamonds or other valuable materials. But if there’s no bling on the watch, what can possibly make it worth half a million dollars? Anything? I say no, there is absolutely nothing that can make a watch worth that much.

Those behind the Zenith El Primero Zero-G Multi-Dimensional Tourbilon would probably disagree, however, as that’s exactly how much it costs. Looking like the kind of watch your outdoorsy gym teacher would wear, it certainly looks like it’s got a lot going on. It’s gravity resistant! And water resistant! Also, it tells the time, one assumes! OK, I stand corrected; totally worth it.

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If you’re looking to make a good impression at your upcoming job interview or business meeting, you should find a suit that fits you well and stands out. You could just go to Macy’s and get a plain dark suit and have it tailored, or you could go a little more extreme.

Might I suggest this gas mask suit, designed by Aitor Throup? Much of it looks like a standard-issue grey business suit, but when you get to the jacket you see that a number of gas masks have been stitched in, giving a rather apocalyptic air to the ensemble. It’s definitely creepy, but also totally awesome in a really strange way. I’m not sure you’ll get the job if you wear it to an interview, but you certainly won’t be an applicant who’s forgotten easily.

Now here’s an awesome idea: a windshield that doesn’t need wipers due to a thin nanotech coating that gets rid of water for you. It’s a major element of a new car dubbed the Hidra, designed by Italian designer Leonardo Fioravanti. How will it work? With four layers of treatments on the windshield.

The first treatment filters the sun and repels water. The second is made of nano-dust which is able to push dirt to the edges of the glass. This dust is activated by the third layer, which senses dirt and activates the second layer as necessary. Finally, it’s all topped off by the fourth layer which is a conductor of electricity to power the whole mechanism.

He claims this could go into production cars in less than five years, with a prototype already working on the Hidra concept. If it works as promised it could signal a huge change in cars in the near future.

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Choosing a desk for your office is important; it sends a message about what kind of person you are to everybody who enters. If you want that message to say “I’m a gigantic nerd!” then you really can’t do much better than a desk made to look like Han Solo frozen in carbonite.

I guess one could spin buying this for their office if they wanted to come across as a real hardass of a boss. You know, like “you mess with me, you end up like my former assistant, Han Solo here, and I’ll make you into a coffee table.” But really, you’re the only one who will ever find a replica of a sci-fi movie prop threatening in any way, but if that helps you justify something that you really want, more power to you.

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