Burning love
Do you often hear your female customers complaining about their husbands constantly forgetting their wedding anniversary?
It's a common problem that often puts the next wedding anniversary in jeopardy!
Well, an Alaskan jewellery maker has devised a much-needed solution.
The 14-carat gold Remember Ring will automatically remind the wearer of their anniversary by emitting a discomforting heat on the day of, or the day before their anniversary.
Originally developed as a joke by the Goldsmith Gallery in Alaska for self-promotion, the rings are now on sale in the US following much interest generated by the novelty jewellery.
So, how does it work? The thermopile technology contained within the ring uses the heat from one's finger to power a tiny microchip clock.
When it reaches the special day, the clock alerts the ring to heat up to around 48 degrees celsius for approximately 10 seconds at a time.
The rings are available in the US in seven different styles in white or yellow gold.
Pooch polishes off ring
Many people love to spoil their pets with delicious treats but it can be hard to meet the expensive tastes of a fussy eater, as an Indiana woman found when her precious pooch gobbled up a three-carat diamond ring.
A subsequent police report forwarded to the claimant's insurance company cited the ring as "unrecoverable".
And the band played on
Spending 45 million rupees ($AU1.3 million) is no easy task, especially if the money is hot. A New Delhi diamond thief couldn't decide where to start after cashing in some stolen loot, so he boogied down to a Mumbai dance bar and bribed the band to play a Bollywood song repeatedly over two evenings.
Others in the bar began to protest when the reveller insisted on the song for a third night straight. To win them over, the thief showered 1,000 rupee notes on anyone who would dance. Unfortunately for him, one of the lucky recipients was a police informer who later had him arrested.
Bodily betrayal
A German thief who stole and swallowed a ring from a jewellery store may have gotten away with it, had he not suffered severe stomach pains during his police interrogation.
Off-duty police officers arrested the 30-year-old only to find an empty box when they searched him: "He said he'd grabbed the box and found it empty, but the shopkeeper said there was a ring missing," a police spokesperson said.
Police took him in for questioning where he was unable to stand the stomach pain he endured throughout. They took him to hospital where X-rays revealed the concealed loot, though doctors concluded that the pains were coincidental and not caused by the ring.
Liquid diamond
US scientists have successfully turned diamonds into liquid using a machine that creates pressures more than 10 million times that of sea level air.
Aimed at better understanding the characteristics of a diamond under extreme pressure, the experiment used the largest X-ray generator in the world - the Sandia National Laboratory's "Z machine".
Researchers have labelled the experiment another step in creating unlimited electrical power by releasing energy from fused atoms. Control of that process has been sought since it was discovered some 50 years ago that half a bathtub of seawater in a fusion reaction could produce as much energy as 40 train cars of coal.
Holy hoax
It's not uncommon for jewellery to be blessed prior to a wedding or to appease superstitious beliefs; however, it's a good idea for the blessing to happen in a place of holy worship, as one group of Malaysian women found recently.
The women lent their gold to a man purporting his ability to bless valuables. Instead, the supposed holy man walked away with RM80, 000 ($AU28, 000) worth of their gold and never came back.
According to police, the case had been classified as "cheating" and carries a maximum seven-year jail sentence, a whipping and a fine on conviction. As yet, the thief has not been located.
Royal jewels
Duchess of York, Sarah (Fergie) Ferguson has launched a line of moissanite jewellery in the UK.
Fergie is enthusiastic about the venture, stating: "Every time you put on a bit of moissanite from my collection, you will bring a twinkle to a child's face".
Part of sale proceeds from the Sarah Ferguson for K&G Creations range will benefit impoverished children worldwide.