Phones for the Disabled – Braille and Surface Scanner Cell Phones

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Serghei Tanas decided to do something about the fact that mobile phone technology has ignored the needs of the disabled thus far. It offers special features that will assist with the blind such as braille features.

“This phone features a braille keypad which will enable the blind to use t…

Adult Heart Stem Cell Breathrough – Potential Treatment For Heart Attack Victims

(TrendHunter.com) A breakthrough new technique has been developed by Dutch researchers at University Medical Center Utrecht and the Hubrecht Institute to grow new heart muscle tissue from adult heart stem cells. According to the medical center website, the researchers were able to coax stem cells from the heart itsel…

Awareness Through Fashionable Celebs – Tommy Hilfiger, Aly & Aj for MS (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Tommy Hilfiger and teen pop duo Aly & Aj have teamed up with the Nancy Davis Foundation for MS to promote MS Awareness Month in May.

Aly & Aj model vibrant orange We ♥ to Erase MS T-Shirts, exclusively designed by Tommy Hilfiger for the cause.

Hilfiger also designed a Orange Wallet/Very Necessa…

Bicycle Light Locks – Loc+ (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This innovative bicycle light can convert to a lock to keep your cycle safe. This multi-purpose bicycle lock / bicycle light by designer Adrian Weidmann, called the Loc+, comes as a two piece set. It has both a rear as well as a front headlight.

When you want to lock the bike, just detach the fron…

Peel Off Your Fat – Dermasolutions Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What a creative advertising campaign that lets you experience what the product does hands-on.

Dermasolutions wanted to show you that “When there’s excess, get rid of it”, using their fat-reducing patches. In order to open the mail, you have to “peel off” the unattractive lovehandle, resulting in a …

Intelligent Fashology – Biodevices Vital Jacket Monitors Heart (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Recently, we are seeing more and more fashology that incorporates technology into fashion and clothing. The latest addition is the Vital Jacket by Biodevices, an intelligent wearable garment that continuously monitors electrocardiogram (ECG) wave and Heart Rate.

Such bio-monitoring clothing is allo…

Olympic Video Games – Sega Beijing 2008 Olympics (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Sega is getting into the summer Games action by featuring Olympic athletes in upcoming video games. The new Beijing 2008 Olympics video game which drops on June 24th, simulates over 35 Olympic competitions and some of them feature USA medal hopefuls Amanda Beard, Tyson Gay, Nastia Liukin and Reese H…

Bicycle Handcuffs – Masterlock Street Cuffs

(TrendHunter.com) Locking up your bicycle with style just got better and a lot smarter. The Street Cuffs from Master lock ensure nobody runs away with your trendy two wheeler as the lock doesn’t provide a point of leverage for the thief.

It provides virtually no space for jacks and the heavy gauge steel provides ma…

Super Exoskeletons – Now on Sale

(TrendHunter.com) We have seen plenty of exoskeletons being developed over the years designed to support humans and assist them with super strength, the only problem was that none of them were available for sale. Cyberdyne, Japan has now officially launched its Robotic exoskeleton called HAL to the market. The HAL ca…

Mandatory Calorie Counts on Menus – New NYC Restaurant Rule

(TrendHunter.com) Here’s a scary stat: Over the last two years, New Yorkers gained 10 million lbs!! Isn’t that insane? Forunatley, the city is stepping up to address the issue and are implimenting a new law that restaurants must post calorie counts next to each item on the menu.

Would you still order the 740 calori…

Robot Nurses – uBOT-5

(TrendHunter.com) With baby boomers making the transition into the 65-and-older crowd, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a robot that can help in case of a medical emergency. What can this droid do – use a stethoscope, call for an ambulance, and facilitate a video call with a docto…

Sit-Down Cereal Cafes – Cereality (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) According to the co founders of Cereality, David Roth and Rick Bacher, Cereality is a “Home for Cereal away from home.”

Cereality is the first outlet that sells nothing but cereal. Cereality Cereal Bar & Cafe, which opened its first sit-down cafe Wednesday on the University of Pennsylvania campus…

Sauna Trucks – Russian Banya On Wheels (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A Russian inventor came up with a hot new way to relax on the go; he built a banya, or sauna, on wheels.

The bizarre four wheel drive cabin, built by Igor Chupin, has been spotted cruising around Russia’s Altai region this month. Chupin made the mobile sauna out of an old military vehicle, a GAZ-6…

Location Based Gaming – Locomatrix Blends Virtual and Reality (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) LocoMatrix is a UK based game company that has developed a location based game to force our kids into the open.

The games are available for GPS enabled mobile phones. One of the games, called Fruit Farmer, requires the players to run around in a real environment such as a park or beach collecting …

Wake-Up Pillow Light – LED Pillow Brightens Your Morning

(TrendHunter.com) The Glo pillow was designed to serve as an alternative to the regular alarm clock. The pillow uses LED technology to wake the user with the light as well as to display the time on the pillow which begins to glow 40 minutes before the pre-set time. The idea is that the user will wake up gradually and…

No-Incision Appendectomies 2 – Scarless Surgery Through the Mouth

(TrendHunter.com) It’s hard to believe, but removing the appendix without scarring is not possible, and in more ways than one. Trend Hunter posted an article on no-incision appendectomies through the vagina last week, but this week the world’s first appendix removal surgery through the mouth was conducted.

The scar…

Chic Folding Bicycles – The ‘One’ Actually Looks Fantastic

(TrendHunter.com) Look at the numerous folding cycles which we have seen in the past and one look at the ‘ONE’ will make you drool. Folding cycles have finally become a style statement and we definitely won’t be embarrassed to carry one around. The ‘One’ looks ravishingly fresh, but leave looks aside this folding cyc…

Brain Fitness – Nintendo Brain Age 2 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Fighting the drawbacks of aging? Why leave the brain behind. Nintendo has released the second version of its immensely popular game called Brain Age.

According to Nintendo, all it takes is a few minutes a day to increase your brain power and alertness. The games help exercise the brain with activit…

Ads to Stir Awkward Emotions – AMAM Against Genital Mutilation

(TrendHunter.com) This extremely provocative and explicit ad for Association of Women Against Genital Mutilation (AMAM) just won an IAA Responsibility Award 2008 at the International Advertising Association first Socially Responsible Communications Awards 2008.

The shocking ad features a woman with her legs spread w…

Urban Cars of 2020 – City Transport Cell (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) City Transport Cell (CTC) is a car concept designed to be used 12 years from now. Specifically designed for urban life, the CTC is based on a concept which allows all the parts to be replaced on a click.

“Built for the year 2020 it is a flexible and easy to navigate car in the hectic urban live,” …