(TrendHunter.com) PickupPal is a really cool service that extends from online to real life connections where people can help each other out. You benefit from it by either getting a cheap ride, or getting paid to drive others somewhere.
PickupPal is “A global eco-friendly transportation revolution that connects driv…
(TrendHunter.com) The Japanese love narcissistic products just as much as we do in the west, but they put their own unique spin on it… like Yosimiya’s custom rice bags for babies! Hey, it’s never too soon to start!
Instead of a standard bag of rice, with maybe some text or basic logo on it, people can now get thei…
(TrendHunter.com) Oh finally! An architectural way to avoid the chatty guy next to you! Delta is installing the Cozy Suite on its international 767s and 777s. It is a staggered seating plan designed by Thompson Solutions that gives each passenger their own individual space. The chair is even designed to wrap around y…
(TrendHunter.com) Acceptance of the “third sex” in Thailand just took a hit from the health officials. Hospitals and clinics are prevented from removing the family jewels to make “ladyboys” or “katoey.” Many docs are doing the surgery outside of formal sex-change operations because its quick and easy. Some clinics ch…
(TrendHunter.com) Since I’ve started writing for Trend Hunter, it seems we’ve covered, “the world’s largest” or “tallest” building several times. On each occasion, after getting ready to file it as duplicate, I have discovered the new blue prints are, in fact, bigger than the last.
The race is on the become the bigg…
(TrendHunter.com) Just by twisting the air-tight cap, 1.4 grams of high-grade green tea, Kyoto matcha is released into the mineral water, serving up fresh instant tea, with no added chemicals or preservatives. In the same manner, CIC Co. also offers health drinks like Ukon (tumeric) and Aoijiro (kale juice). I’m not …
(TrendHunter.com) World Vision launched a campaign in Netherland to raise awareness of the issue of child labour on the 26th of March, 2008. One hundred children demonstrated and visited embassies and the Dutch House of Parliament that day.
Ad agency Ogilvy came up with this creative guerilla campaign to support th…
(TrendHunter.com) The big building competition in the Arabian Peninsula is really heating up with a really ginormous tower just announced for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Although we revealed this project would be under construction, we didn’t know where it would be built.
The plans show it will be twice as big as the alre…
(TrendHunter.com) Ultimate Fighting or Cage Fighting has become increasing popular in the US with CBS becoming the first of the mainstream networks to broadcast it during prime time. Now kids are facing-off, punching and kicking, in the cage with their parent’s blessing.
Videos of kids as young as six fighting ea…
(TrendHunter.com) The Pearl Hotel in San Diego features the amazing “Dive-In Theatre,” home to a free weekly “cinema social” combining eclectic film choices, food and drink and light conversation. Steeped in mid-century design, the Dive-In takes place at the hotel’s poolside lounge and theater located outdoors. Films…
(TrendHunter.com) There are several vertical farms proposed from major cities around the world. We’ve already told you about the one being built in Las Vegas, now here’s one that’s been proposed for Toronto.
SKYFarm, is being developed by architect Gordon Graff. It will be a 58 floor skyscraper that will blend into…
(TrendHunter.com) This, the world’s largest chandelier, was made by the Meyda Tiffany chandelier company and it now adorns the Stanley theater in Utica New York. This chandelier uses 1120 watts of electricity and 328 LEDs (light emitting diode) manufactured by Philips Luxeon. The chandelier consumes about 1,120 watts…
(TrendHunter.com) Not everyone is lucky enough to get to telecommute; most of the world has to endure the 9-5 work week which includes dealing with rush hour.
All around the world, piled up traffic is a reality, but in each city, it looks different. A really neat gallery called Commuter’s Rhapsody was featured in a…
(TrendHunter.com) Alstom Marine and architect Jean-Philippe Zoppini announced an amazing futuristic project called AZ Island. The project is to build a high-tech, artificial island capable of movement. It will be 400 meters long by 300 meters wide, with 29 floors, an area equivalent to 4 football fields and will welc…
(TrendHunter.com) Tokyo is recognized as an international fashion capital, but the Japanese are also known for an affinity for all things cute. A combination of the two was evident at Tokyo Fashion Week earlier this month when models walked the runway wearing gigantic rabbit heads.
In Japan even adults are fascinat…
(TrendHunter.com) When you see this illuminated dome you probably don’t think, “Ooh, that’s the most eco-friendly looking piece of architecture I’ve ever seen,” but I’ll have to remind you that looks can be very deceiving. Take another look, because in the future, those could be your very thoughts.
This German parli…
(TrendHunter.com) A Hawaii man with a background in nuclear physics is asking a court to stop scientists before they destroy us all. Walter F. Wagner and his colleague Luis Sancho really have filed a federal lawsuit, which you can read on the link, in order to stop work on the Large Hadron Collider, on the Franco-Swi…
(TrendHunter.com) There are persistent rumors that a tunnel is being planned that will link Alaska with the Chutoka region of Russia. “The drill will be built by Germany’s Herrenknecht AG and it will the first drill capable of boring a four-lane tunnel through the 55-mile wide Bering Strait” says newlaunches.com.
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(TrendHunter.com) It may be just a concept right now, but the cell phone defibrillator would feature electrodes in the buttons that would jolt the heart back to a regular beat when pressed to the someone’s chest. It would also contain a heart monitor for identifying problems and GPS tracking once the defibrillator is…
(TrendHunter.com) All around the world today, voluntary black outs will be experienced, or have already occured, as people flick off their lights and power down their electronics. The global movement stems from inspiration by last year’s event in Sydney, Australia in which 2.2 million people participated.
After gath…
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