Football is Better than Sex – Spain Prefers Balls to Boobs? (Sorry About the Title)

(TrendHunter.com) In news that might be counter to everything you’ve ever known, soccer is more interesting than sex… At least that’s what this news would suggest.

The Erotic Film Festival of Barcelona was held the same…

Cut-Out Mustaches – Nike Vintage Shows Love for Retro Facial Hair (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Nike knows consumers think retro is hip, but the sports brand wants to be the one to bring the mustache back. They want to revive the age of sports in which the mustache played an integral role in the…

Innovative Makeshift Umbrellas – The Eco Brolly

(TrendHunter.com) Umbrellas are like 4×4 vehicles. They don’t get appreciated until they’re needed. The Eco Brolly is a quasi-umbrella design — quasi in the sense that there is only half of it, the skeleton. When it starts…

War-Themed Restaurants – “Buns and Guns” in Beirut (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A restaurant in Beirut is building off Lebanon’s war torn devastation by introducing a military theme. The “Buns and Guns” restaurant offers everything from bullet-shaped menus to a soundtrack of explosions…

Swedish Cell Phone Racing – Bizarre LG Vibration Games (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) “Phone Racing”, a new mobile phone craze, is sweeping Sweden. It’s stupid, yet fascinating. Swedish cell phone owners are putting their mobile devices to the test by participating in cell phone races.…

Supercars for Horse Trainers – Rousch Technologies Volvo (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Gotta watch those Amish; just when you think they don’t embrace tech, this crops up. Actuall,y it is a very valuable race horse trainer that allows three people to ride behind the horse and study its…

Art Meets Medical Treatment – Lamb Dialys (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Revital Cohen is a second year student at the London Royal College of Art.

She is fascinated by the inhumane effect dialysis machines have on patients with defunct kidneys.

In a presentation of her work…

Extreme Boob Jobs – Sheyla Hershey’s Boobs Could Burst With More Surgery (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) A woman has been denied her ninth boob job because her plastic surgeon warned her breasts could burst with any further augmentation.

With her 34FFF cup size, Sheyla Hershey has “reached the legal limit…

Patriotic Canine Track Jackets – World Pup Fashion

(TrendHunter.com) The Euro 2008 games might be over, but we’re still taking in all the cool innovations surrounding the European soccer championships. These Track Jackets for dogs, for example, are a great illustration…

The Cyberculture Movement – Are We Moving Towards Being ‘Borgs’? (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Although this trend has a relatively small following in the US, as of today, the interest in this subculture is getting more coverage and print as an up and coming piece of the underground culture network.…

Custom Birthing Soundtracks – Nicole Kidman’s Delivery Room Music (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Nicole Kidman is planning a musical birth for her baby with country crooner husband Keith Urban. The Australian couple has chosen a Nashville, Tenn. hospital as the ideal place for Kidman to deliver her…

Weed Whacker Golf Clubs – The Big Daddy Driver (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) This gizmo is for those golfers who take the game a bit too serious. The Big Daddy Driver is actually a grass trimmer disguised as a giant golf club. The bottom of the “club” flips open to reveal a bit…

Mankinis on the Catwalk – Alexander McQueen’s Borat Inspiration (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Who would have thought that Borat’s infamous man-bikini would influence high fashion designers such as Alexander McQueen?

The British designer debuted his version of the skimpy one-piece swimsuit during…

Exorcists as Vice Presidents – McCain’s Potential Running Mate Bobby Jindal (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Bobby Jindal, the 37 year governor of Louisiana, has been mentioned as a possible running mate to John McCain, the Republican presidential hopeful. Jindal, who is of Indian heritage but converted from…

Racist Commercials – Barack Obama is a Monkey in Japanese Ad (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) How does Japanese company E Mobile sell cell phones? By capitalizing on Barack Obama’s political success through depicting him as a real monkey. A monkey in a presidential suit, but a monkey nonetheless.…

Shag Carpet Fridges – The (Ugly) Retro Energy Saver

(TrendHunter.com) While shag carpets are terribly tacky, the retro look could possible make a comeback. This time, however, it won’t be featured on the floors, but on refrigerators.

If it weren’t for its eco-friendly…

Celebrity Robots – Interactive Elvis Bust (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The King has been reincarnated, this time as a lifelike, singing and talking robot. WowWee has used motion capture to recreate the expressions of the best selling solo artist in U.S. history. The Robot…

Top 30 Bizarre Innovations in 2008 H1

(TrendHunter.com) Innovation and ideas can derive from the most unusual places, and that’s the purpose of our love for the bizarre and the extreme.

This particular list showcases the top 30 bizarre innovations in 2008,…

Auspicious Wedding Dates – 1000s Register for Beijing Olympic Weddings

(TrendHunter.com) First there were Chinese parents registering their babies with Olympic-themed names, and now people are scrambling to set their wedding date for August 8, 2008, the day of the opening ceremonies in Beijing.…

Fake Hairy Toes – The Nike Human Shoes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Whatever possessed Nike to come up with these Human Shoes? The concept is indeed unique, quirky and plenty weird. However, I don’t think I know anyone who would like to walk around in footwear that looks…