Facebook Translated to German – Gesicht Buch?

(TrendHunter.com) Ich Liebe Facebook! Apparently, a lot of other Germans love Facebook too; so much so that the social networking site, which has 66 million users, has officially launched a version of the site auf Deutsch!

How Wunderbar! But why German and not other languages like French or Japanese? Because that w…

Interactive Worldwide Classroom – Oprah & Eckhart Tolle on Skype (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Oprah Winfrey is teaming with Skype to set up the first interactive worldwide classroom in an effort help bring awareness about A New Earth.

Skype is sponsoring the program which Oprah hopes will bring her book club to the next level. She’s helping to promote Eckhart Tolle’s book, A New Earth whic…

Customized Energy Bar – YouBar Build-A-Bar (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Remember the customized cereal, MyMuesli? That’s great for eating at home, but for picky eaters wanting to choose what they eat on the go too, there are now energy bars to you create yourself!

The YouBar Build-A-Bar lets you customize the granola bar to your taste, with whatever grains, fruits, nut…

People from Another Realm – The Fashion Ramone (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Is there a place where people can exist – not as humans – but as creatures from another realm? The crazy kids from The Fashion Ramone have found such places and such people. Kids from the streets of Tokyo – of late pushed to their creative limits, through the commercialisation of Harajuku St…

Tongues, Fingers & Eyeballs to Sell Pop – Coke Zero Ads in English (Update) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Coke put on a wild campaign in Brazil to promote Coke Zero, but getting people to pierce their tongues with the Coca-Cola brand is a little bit much for the rest of the world.

Instead, this TV spot is a little quirky, but it’ll grab your attention when channel surfing. We featured it last week, bu…

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…

Online Customized Chocolate – DecoCho Chocolate

(TrendHunter.com) A chocolate making company in Japan named Tirol along with the website DecoCho (Decoration Chocolate) is making it possible for people to customize chocolate online via an interface provided by MacStyle. This interface allows people to upload up to three pictures, customize them purikura style (puri…

Using Technology To Mourn Loved Ones – Digital Remains (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We live in a world where computers, internet, portable media players, and wireless handheld devices are a vital part of our life and identity. Our data is stored on remote networks, creating digital archives of entire generations of people. So What will happen to all of this information when we or a…

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…

Toyota Prius Campaign – Prostitute, Lover, Killer (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Toyota thinks that sometimes you gotta overlook and forgive a man’s wrongdoing, as long as he is driving a Prius! The new Toyota Prius campaign uses the tagline “Well, at least he drives a Prius” with a backdrop of three pretty bad/naughty scenarios. Killer, shows a man dragging a dead body into the…

Robot out of Recycled Cell Phones – The TeMo (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Finally, something to do with that old cell phone when it has outlived it’s original purpose!

Introducing – the TeMo (short for “Telerobotics over Mobile packet data services”), a robot made of Legos, a few microchips, some motors, and a cell phone. Software Engineer and self-professed “techie” Ja…

Dental Man Meets Mercedes Man – Wild, Wacky Madrid Fashion (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I’m aware that designers use fashion shows to be over the top and outrageous to get attention. But aren’t the fashions supposed to give a clue as to what the designers think somebody might actually buy and wear?

Looking at the works by designers La Casita de Wendy HAPPY during The EGO of Pasarela …

Folding Instrument For Traveling Musicians – The Backpack Electric Guitar

(TrendHunter.com) When I fly into or out of Nashville, which is quite often, I always feel sorry for the musicians who have to lug their guitars on board.

Fredrick Johansson, a commercial pilot and picker, didn’t like it either, so he invented a foldable guitar. I looks great. Made from mahogany and aircraft qualit…

Dooodle Your Bathroom Inspiration – WCNotes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designers Marc Graells, Miquel Monfort & Victor Viñamata believe that sometimes your “best ideas come to you when you’re in the bathroom.” And since the toilet is not necessarily the best place for high tech gizmos, they came up with the WCNotes.

The WCNotes is essentially a mash-up design…

Shockvertising – Does It Work? Jury Still Out (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Can displaying a shocking, disturbing image be worth it to the public good? Shockvertising is reaching new highs, or lows, depending on your opinion.

Industry experts say public-service ads are becoming more shocking than ever. The gallery includes a series of images from PSAs that have evoked a l…

Cool Cribs – The House In The Clouds

(TrendHunter.com) I would totally love to rent this house for a day, and actually The House In The Clouds in Suffolk, England is rentable either daily or weekly, for the price of $900/day or $3800/week. The peculiar house is built on top of a platform, about 70 feet off the ground. The home is actually an old convert…

Real Life Sci-Fi – 5 Scenarios Poised For Reality

(TrendHunter.com) A slide show appearing on the MSN Tech & Gadgets site recently predicted “Five Sci-Fi Scenarios That Will Come True”.

In order, they are:

â–  Biometric Security (2010) – This involves using fingerprints or iris scans or the like to do more than just gain access to a room. They will soon be used i…

Olsen Twins Fashion Coffee Table Book – Influence (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Hollywood’s most famous young twins, are launching their own style bible. The fashion book called Influence which is fitting seeing how heavily they have been able to impact the wardrobes of millions of young girls worldwide.

The Penguin-published book will be released …

Subversive Perfumes – Secretions Magnifiques Are Pretty Gross

(TrendHunter.com) A new perfume is described by its makers, Etat Libre d’Orange, as “subversive” and “disturbing”. If I now explain it contains blood, sweat, saliva and sperm you may understand how apt these descriptions are. Perhaps one not for Mothering Sunday then.

The perfume is called Secretions Magnifiques and…

Folding Flat-Pack Footwear – EIN/Tritt Origami Shoes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto one might say when opening the shoe box to find these folding shoes from EIN/Tritt shoe concepts.

Designer Catherine Meuter has shown how shoe manufacturing can turn flat shoe patterns with reinforcements into wearable footwear. It’s like the whole flatpack furniture craze…