8 Crazy Gadgets to Buy If You Win Mega Millions
By Brian Anthony Hernandez On MashablePrice: $100,000
What does it do?: If you won the lottery, why not jump into a 17-foot watercraft that resembles a killer whale? The submarine can travel underwater at 25 miles per hour or hydroplane on the water's surface at 50 mph. The watercraft fits two people who can enjoy the watery view through the glass top or by watching an LCD screen that captures the rear view.
Price: $1.6 million
What does it do?: After a long day of spending your jackpot winnings, rest your head on this levitating bed. A magnetic force propels the bed 16 inches off the ground. Cables keep the bed from maneuvering away from the magnet. 2001: A Space Odyssey reportedly inspired a Dutch architect to create the "flying bed."
Price: $8 million
What does it do?: The iPad 2 Gold History Edition features a 24-carat gold Apple logo and backing, 53 gems and "sections of a 65 million year old T-REX Dinosaur’s thigh bone," among other pricey attributes.
Price: $6,400
What does it do?: The Kohler Numi is no stinker. The elaborate toilet warms your feet, plays music and cleans your behind with an adjustable spray and subsequent drying function. A touchscreen controls the settings.
Price: $2.4 million
What does it do?: The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is dubbed as the fastest street legal car in the world, reaching speeds as fast as 268 miles per hour.
Price: $190,836
What does it do?: This "officially licensed replica" of the 1966 Batmobile costs $150,000 and isdecked out with a Batphone, "Detect-a-Scope" radar screen and rocket exhaust flamethrower.
What would you buy if you won Friday’s world-record $640 million Mega Millions jackpot? That’s this week’s thought-provoking question being thrown around online and offline across the U.S.
You can purchase plenty of things with the half a billion dollar prize, including the eight gems we rounded up in the gallery above. “Mega Millions” is currently number one on Google’s hourly updated list of top 20 trending topics, so you’re not alone in wanting to get in on all the action.
Lottery tickets cost $1 per play. To win, a player must match all of his or her six numbers on a ticket to the numbers picked during the drawing. The jackpot is paid in 26 annual payments or in a smaller cash option. The cash option this go-around is $389 million.
How many tickets did you buy? Would you snag any of the gadgets in the gallery?
