Scale Chairs – The Weighing Seat

(TrendHunter.com) The Weighing Seat is a pretty nifty design by Atypyk design studio. The chair combines a weighing scale and a seat in one design. The aesthetics of the seat resemble that of a normal scale, but with legs.…

Bread Art – When Playing With Food Is a Good Thing (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Maybe it is because I am on a diet, but no matter where I look, I am confronted with awesome food innovations, from cakes earlier this week, to these edible architecture creations.

But forget the cakes,…

Some Media Companies Choose to Profit From Pirated YouTube Clips

After years of regarding pirated video on YouTube as a threat, some major media companies are starting to treat it instead as an advertising opportunity.

Olympic Athlete Butter Sculptures – Silver Medal Gymnast Shawn Johnson in Grease

(TrendHunter.com) Oh the honour! US Olympic artistic gymnast Shawn Johnson was honoured for her silver medal yesterday, in her own Madam Tussuad’s moment—only with a crucial difference. Her likeness was sculpted from…

Mobile Music Sharing – Simplify Media for the iPhone (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) With Simplify Media’s free app, iPhone users are no longer restricted to listening to just the songs they’ve synced from their computers. Anyone who’s ever owned an MP3 player is accustomed to being able…

Digital Photo Party Booths – The NYC ShootBooth (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) New York City’s ShootBooth takes the fun and spontaneity of the traditional cramped photo booth and brings it into the digital age.

A professional setup complete with digital SLR camera sets the stage…

Freaky Doll Instruments – Mannequin Shaped Guitar

(TrendHunter.com) This is wrong, wrong, wrong! A vintage mannequin was made into an electric guitar by an eccentric artist named Lou Reimuller.

I am sorry, but this is just so creepy. Can we really trust the sanity of…

Anime Tattoos – Hello Kitty Forehead Tattoo (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) I mean, what do you say, what do you say to anyone who has decided to brand the Hello Kitty logo onto themselves for life, willingly?

I do love the conspiracy theory Kitty Hell has that Sanrio invented…

Train Horns on Cars – Hornblasters Locomotive Horns Tame Road Rage (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Hornblasters locomotive horns replace the diminutive bleat of your automobile with the throaty roar of an authentic train horn or whistle. A train’s horn can be clearly heard for miles, whereas a car horn…

Ridiculously High-Calorie Diets – Caloric Consumption of Beijing Olympic Athletes (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) It’s a Herculean effort to consume enough calories to power an Olympic athlete; the 2,000-calorie diet recommended for mere mortals is vastly insufficient for these elite individuals. Today’s New York…

Cablevision to Pay Its First-Ever Dividend

The Long Island-based cable operator said it would pay a quarterly dividend of 10 cents starting in September.

Home Equity Frenzy Was a Bank Ad Come True

Home equity loans, once seen as the borrowing of last resort, have grown a thousandfold since banks began spending billions of dollars to advertise them.

Company Pitches a Television Production, and Nonprofit Groups Are Wary

Concerns have been raised by PBS because the production company seems to be suggesting a relationship with the broadcaster while making its sales pitch to nonprofit groups.

Spiritual Ages – Madonna’s Kabbalah Age is 36, Not 50 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Madonna isn’t phased at all by the fact she is celebrating her 50th birthday on August 16. That’s because Madonna doesn’t care about her biological age.

If she hasn’t made it clear enough in the way…

Naughty Olympic Scandals – German Athletes Nude for Playboy (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Four female German athletes competing in the Beijing Olympics are searing news wires with their decisions to pose nude for Playboy. The German edition of the girlie magazine have just released their September…

Recycling Dirty Laundry – The Tea Shirt (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Meryl Smith’s Tea Shirt is the latest addition to a new movement in casual fashion. It’s stained with real tea leaves, and her label bears an uncanny resemblance to a Lipton label. The shirt is at once…

Twitter and SEO

I was looking for more info about the newly opened Social Media Lab at P&G (via Ethan) and one of the results that Google offered was David Armano’s tweet on the subject. Had’t seen tweets in SERPs before.

iPod Optimized School Clothes – Marks & Spencer 2008 Back To School Collection (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Children in the UK will all be nagging their parents for the iPod blazer from Marks & Spencer.

Parents might like it because of the practical aspect, like the fact that it repels water and stains so…

Laser Scissors – High Tech Cutting

(TrendHunter.com) If you are particular about cutting a straight line when you use scissors, we’ve got the perfect pair for you.

Laser Scissors feature an integrated laser component that guides you through the cutting…

800 lb ##### Monuments – Odd Russian Cleansing Sculpture

(TrendHunter.com) The Caucasus mountains region in Russia is home to dozens of health spas catering to those who seek to detoxify the mind, the body and the soul.

Naturally, the Mashuk-Akva Term spa is very fond of the…