Probably the most expensive product showcased at CES, the Emperor 200, made by NovelQuest, is a personal workstation with three 19″ display monitors, slide-out tables for keyboards, ergonomic seating, a full spectrum lamp (who needs sunlight?), an air purification system (who needs fresh air?), and many more gadgets you couldn’t possibly live without.

The Emperor 200, a $40,000 Personal Workstation from NovelQuest

And while you’re browsing NovelQuest’s Site, check out their other unbelievable product: Mindball.

This is a game that lets you – you guessed it – move a ball with the power of your mind. This neat device actually measures the electrical activity in your brain by detecting Alpha and Theta brainwaves. The more relaxed competitor (the person who produces more of these brainwaves) actually rolls a ball towards his/her stressed-out competitor to win the game.

Neat, huh? But at $23,900, this game may produce a wee bit more stress than it was originally intended to…

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Developers are hoping to crack into the fashion industry with the concept of “3D web,” which could potentially enable designers — whose work is completely manual — to fully simulate pieces via sophisticated modeling software in order to remove countless hours of reworking patterns.

They have their work cut out for them, as simulation is currently a rather time-consuming process — making it impractical for fashion, at least for now.  But we’re excited about the prospect and, along with the influx of new designers, this technological leap could be just what is needed to jump-start the fashion industry.

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