Cheap Internet for Travelers – RovAir WiFi

(TrendHunter.com) The blogosphere is buzzing about a new service called RovAir. Rather than paying high hotel fees or subscribing to long term (and pricey) broadband aircard services, travelers can spend as little as $5.95 per day for internet servcie. RovAir ships one of their cards to you overnight, or sends it by …

Naughty Investment Banks – AdultVest

(TrendHunter.com) A what bank? A little bizarre, but read on! Los Angeles is home to the world’s first adult entertainment investment bank in Beverly Hills, as noted by the business section of The Times.

AdultVest is an “investment bank that concentrates its practice exclusively on adult industry investments, merg…

Sexy Senior Models – Goodyear Model for Tires that Never Get Old

(TrendHunter.com) This is a poster ad for Goodyear Tires featuring a scantily clad, rather mature model in a revealing pose. The accompanying text says, “Goodyear truck tires with max technology. The only thing in your truck that never gets old”. Pretty straight forward.

Recyclable Retail – ‘NoStore’ Offers Artisans Retail Space for Just One Week

(TrendHunter.com) The NoStore store is a “recyclable” retail space located in Shanghai’s Metro that offers artists retail space for just one week. As a result, the contents and theme of the store change every week. The concept is dynamic and also provides artisans with an accessible outlet for their unique products…

Auction-Based Ride-Sharing – DriJo is the eBay of Car Pooling

(TrendHunter.com) DriJo.com is an auction-based website which offers ride-sharing and car-pooling making partial use of Google Maps technology.

In a visually attractive way, the Internet platform offers a simple method to overlay and compare routes of drivers and potential passengers. “Using an auction-based me…

Creating Higher Education – KAUST, The $10 Billion Saudi University (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) In September 2009, doors will open to the soon-to-be-famous King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST).

Over the last year, the 9,000 acre KAUST campas has been in a construction phase. The world class facility, near Mecca, made headlines when it was announced that it will open wi…

Copycat Swimsuits – The Record Breaking Speedo LZR Racer Swimsuit (and Copycats) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Speedo’s LZR Racer Swimsuit is already invoked controversy, with critics believing that the swimsuit is, “Too slippery when wet.” In fact, officials at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) have already contemplated banning the suit.

However, FINA made the decision to allow the LZR Racer un…

Prescription Video Games – Sony PSP Ad Portrays Games as a Dose of Fun (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is a new ad campaign from advertising agency Euro RSCG, Buenos Aires, Argentina for Sony PSP portable. I don’t quite understand the concept behind the pills. Are they supposed to help us visualize how small and “portable” the product is? In any event, each poster comes with its own slogan: “Adr…

Freeconomics & Food 2 – Ben & Jerry Give Out Free Ice Cream

(TrendHunter.com) Ice cream company Ben and Jerry is turning 30 on April 29th and to celebrate, they are giving away free ice cream.

Simple, but nice. And it is good to know that big companies so somethings give you something for nothing just because its their birthday and they can.

They are even being extra nice …

DIY Music Videos – Animoto Slide Shows (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Animoto is an easy-to-use website that allows you to create completely customized music videos using your own photographs. This is the future of animated slide shows; you’ll never go back to PowerPoint presentations again!

After selecting a song of your choice and the images you want integrated in …

Defamatory Ads – Controversial Goatboy Princess Diana Shirt

(TrendHunter.com) Australian T-Shirt brand Goatboy knows that one of the best ways to create a buzz about a product, any product, is to surround it with juicy controversy. Madonna has been doing that for years with tremendous success. But I digress.

Goatboy is launching an online store and in order to call attentio…

Scented Downloads – Mobile Fragrance Communications

(TrendHunter.com) Imagine if you could download “his” cologne fragrance when you’re engaged in pillow talk with him… or that baby smell when talking about your new granddaughter.

Japanese cell phone users will test a service that will allow cell phone users to download fragrances. From major telecommunications co…

Faking Naughty II – 5 More Ads That Made You Look Twice (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Sex will always sell ,but making erotic images with the mundane and ordinary is truly clever.

Geared to the male psyche, these ads invoke images that stir the imagination. They feature optical illusions of desire like beer and sweaty female thighs, inviting you to “Lust for Kingfisher lager”, orang…

Airwave Turf Battles – The Digital TV White Space (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The nation switches to digital TV in February 2009 and ten months before flip the switch, tech companies and TV broadcasters are fighting over the virtual remote, each with different ideas how to use up unused airwaves. The big guys like Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. will be launching advertising …

Wearable Java Jackets – Starbucks Coffee Cuff (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Starbucks unveiled its new Pike Place Roast today. So what you say? Well ,Vancouver-based Contexture Design came up with these handmade bracelets fashioned from reclaimed veneer that are always on hand, or actually your arm, but fit snugly around your cup when you need your java fix. They look funky…

$2.6 Million Domain Names – Pizza.com

(TrendHunter.com) A man has just sold the domain name “pizza.com” for over $2 million after an online auction.

Purchasing the name had to have been one of the best modern investments made; it costs only $20 a year to keep ownership of the domain. The sale was inspired by vodka.com which sold for $3 million two year…

Male Geishas – Women Pay $50,000 Just for Guys to Listen

(TrendHunter.com) Japanese businesswomen have picked up on the Geisha concept and are paying up to $50,000 a night for male companionship. They meet their hosts in the hundreds of venues that have established themselves for this type of meeting around Tokyo. The only exchange between the individuals is compliments, n…

Faking Naughty – 5 Ads That Made You Look Twice (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) From the 12th International Erotic Cinema of Barcelona ad (my favorite) to ordinary bread, super sexy ads always make you look. These photos prove my point.

The endless fascination of womens’ bodies, the eternal love affair with phallic symbols, as in the “Bread is Life” ad, all combine to bring o…

Fighting Discrimination – Canadian Nudists To Paypal: Don’t Cut Us Off, Eh! (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These photos of seniors doing the bunny hop is just down right scary and I AM a senior! A group of naked Canadians are looking into a class action lawsuit against PayPal. The Federation of Canadian Naturists (FCN), aka Canadian nudists, claims that after four years of business, PayPal suddenly cut o…

Diesel Trees – Grow Your Own Oil (Copaifera langsdorfii) (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Can this be a reality for our future? In the wet tropical region of North Queensland, Australian farmers have bought over 20,000 diesel trees with the intention that in 15 or so years, they’ll have an oil mine growing on their farmland.

The Brazilian “Copaifera langsdorfii” can be tapped just li…