Searching For Answers – Conspiracy Theory Film Zeitgeist (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Conspiracy films seem to be popping up everywhere, teeming with facts on what the real underlying truth is and what the people in power don’t want you to know making them appealing to the one’s searching for the answers.

Zeitgeist is yet another one of those films, however what makes this one …

Odd Pageants – Miss Longest Hair (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) A new pageant is looking for a real life Rapunzel, and she’s got to be young.

The Miss Longest Hair competition in Lithuania seeks to find the girl with the longest hair in the country, with girls as young as seven competing for the title. Some show off hair that cascades down to the floor, while …

Fantasy Rooms in Minnesota – The FantaSuite Hotel (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Winters are long and bone chillingly brutal in Minnesota, which is the only reason I can think of that the FantaSuite Hotel ended up in Burnsville, Minnesota.

Some of the fantasy room themes include outer space, caves, forest, Rome, Greece, Egypt, undersea and wild west.

I guess sometime during …

You on a Times Square Billboard – I in the Sky Public Art Project (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Imagine seeing yourself on a billboard in Times Square, lit up on one of the most famous streets of the world. You don’t have to be a model or a celebrity for it to be possible anymore!

Thanks to “I in the Sky,” a new public art project, anyone can step inside a designated photo booth to have their…

HangBoarding – Trapeze Bolted to a Snowboard (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) In 2001, a Canadian named Don Arney used his technical skill and his imagination aided, I’m guessing by some dangerous combination of beer, weed, boredom and fearlessness, to invent the HangBoard.

Basically the rider is suspended by trapeze from a small crane that is attached to a snowboard; the…

Mile-High Eco-Tower – 500 Floor London Building (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Here is another plan for a super-high skyscraper, this time in Europe’s very own London.

The eco-friendly building, which will be 500 stories high, could house 100,000 non-height-fearing people as well as, schools, hospitals, and stores. The unique aspect to this design, which will be situated in …

Dubai Again At Forefront of Lavish Design – The Wave Tower (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Wave Tower is the newest high rise building to be built in the city that has too much money. A-cero Architects are incorporating the waves of the oceanfront property into the overall design of the place.

It is supposed to appear as if it is floating and the gently rolling bridge connects it to…

Mosaic-Encrusted Architecture – Watts Towers in LA (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) This really unique piece of architecture reminds me of something you’d see in the Myst computer games.

The details are really quite remarkable, with trinkets like plates in different colours grouted to the walls to make a vibrant mosaic. The pointy needle like towers look like they were sculpted b…

Robot Psychologist – MindMentor The Future Of Mental Healthcare

(TrendHunter.com) Clinical psychologists Jaap Hollander and Jeffrey Wijnberg from Holland have created the MindMentor the first fully-functional on-line psychologist that will be help people with their emotional problems. Admitting you need help and then going through the process of getting it is usually a big step f…

Wave Powered Boat – Suntory Mermaid II To Cruise From Hawaii To Japan (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Professor Terao of Tokai University’s oceanography department set off on February 18 to Hawaii with a novel type of boat – one that harnesses the power of the sea. The Suntory Mermaid II is a catamaran made of recycled aluminum that actually uses wave action to mechanically power the boat. Accordi…

24K Gold Paint Job – Modified Fiat 500 Pepita (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) This modified Fiat 500 Pepita luxury car from Italy is painted with 24k gold and allows you to customize the interior with crocodile, snake, shark, skate or lizard lather.

For 60,000 Euros, you can choose from a wide variety of precious stones with which to embed the gearshift, hand brake, and ped…

San Francisco 2108 – Hydro-Net City Of The Future (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Futurists have nothing to lose – they can let their imaginations run wild and get publicity for many ideas and creations that will never see the light of day, like those who said that humans would fly in the 21st century. And here is another example of the future can’t-lose guessing game that imagin…

Brazil Underwear Day – Bus Station Hosts Underwear Fashion Show & Go (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Agreed not a new type of event, as New York has its very own National Underwear Day dating back to 2003, but this similar event in Brazil (in its second year) is more of a fashion show, as it represents 13 international, national marks and shops of Brasilia and hands out advertising and marketing ma…

Ultra Hip Parisian Bookstore – Cool Hang Out

(TrendHunter.com) I stumbled across this book store come coffee house whilst in Paris.

It was evening (around 8) and dark and cold out. The streets were very quiet, however, their was a warm light and a lot of movement coming from a shop window so I peeped in to check it out.

This book store come coffee house was…

Food Shaped Soap For Chefs – Bathropolitan Soap Bars (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I would love to recommend these creations for chefs, home cooks, and fabulous gift givers.

Bathropolitan New York City Soap Crafters was inspired by my brother, who has been a chef in some of the top eateries in Los Angles and often complains about cooking odors and grease on his hands. His frustr…

NYC Living Japanese Style – Metal Shutter Duplex (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Metal Shutter Houses created by the Japanese Architect Shigaru Ban (in partnership with Dean Maltz Architects) stands 11 floors tall in the heart of West Chelsea, New York, and has brought Japanese simplicity and modern architectual lines to a sweeter big apple. Ban, known as the ‘poet’ architec…

Steampunk Watches – Sub-Genre of Fanboys Strong (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) How do Steampunk fans celebrate? Blow a steam whistle? Whatever it is, if you are Steampunk fan, you will love these watches. A Japanese company has developed a whole line of steampunk themed watches that use Seiko or Citizen technology.

They’re intricately aged, but powered by modern watch works.…

Faking Status With Counterfeit Cars – Knock Off Ferraris (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve seen knock off Gucci bags, Prada wallets, Rolex watches and Dior sunglasses. China sells loads of fake iPods and iPhones. And, while we’ve seen people try to fake luxury but adding big brand emblems to their beaters, this is the first time we’ve seen entire cars knocked off.

Now in Sicily, c…

Extreme Advertising – Coke Zero’s Tongue-Piercing in Brazil (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Coke Zero has launched in Brazil an extreme guerrilla marketing campaign using people’s tongues.

Several shops in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre and Salvador give free piercings with the brand logo, with the only condition of taking pictures to publish on the website which redirects to a G…

Death Star Inspired Hotel – Full Moon in Azerbaijan

(TrendHunter.com) Officially, they’re calling it the “Full Moon” – everyone else is calling it the Death Star. Yep, in our very own galaxy (specifically, Baku, Azerbaijan), the construction of Star War’s most famous man-made planet is being planned. The Death Moon is going to be a 521-feet high hotel with 382 rooms, …