Study: Cell Phones Unlikely to Cause Cancer – Breast Implants, Coffee Safe Too

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve all heard that cell phone waves can be harmful to the body, but some great news for mobile addicts was made public today; it turns out, cell phones may not be cancerous after all.

The finding comes from an Australian study dedicated to debunking popular myths, including if drinking coffee, g…

New Concept in Pet Adoption – MyPetWhale.com

(TrendHunter.com) Having a pet whale is something that seems a bit odd, kind of like having a pet giraffe. But the possibility to actually claim having a pet whale is just around the corner. Having a look at mypetwhale.com puts the idea into perspective.

It’s a niche social networking site for those in the whale …

Double Dipping is Wrong – Science Proves Seinfeld Right (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Research inspired by Seinfeld has proven that double dipping is indeed wrong or as they said on the show, “That’s like putting your whole mouth right in the dip!”

University students examined the spreading of germs using double dipping and discovered that up to 10,000 bacteria were transferred fro…

Sperm Created From Female Embryo – Men Not Needed, Lesbian Pregnancy Possible

(TrendHunter.com) Scientists have created sperm from a female embryonic stem cell, leaving our male futures, for lack of a better word, lonely. The accomplishment come from the University of Newcastle scientists who now face the task of achieving the same results (creating sperm) from female bone marrow, which would …

US Navy Railgun (Update) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) About a year ago, the US Navy decided to create a once fictional weapon only found in video games. They did so successfully with the 8-Megajoule Railgun. In the video we see here, the Navy successfully fires a Railgun that is thought to be just over 10-Megajoules, which would fire at a speed of 5,60…

Green Eggs – Mexican Chicken Lays Modern Marvels (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) A chicken named Rabanita from Huecatitla, Mexico, has become a local celebrity after laying green eggs. Rabanita has been in all the local papers, featured on YouTube, and on Televisa TV.

“My children say that God looks favorably on me so that I was given as a prize a chicken that lays green eggs,…

Japanese Hayfever Pods – Pollen Robots

(TrendHunter.com) If you’ve ever had the misfortune of suffering from hayfever, you know those afflicted will no just about anything to avoid the frustratingly uncomfortable symptoms.

Pod-shaped Pollen Robot are being sent out by a Tokyo weather forecasting company to monitor the levels of allergen-causing particle…

Bizarre New Species Discovered – Giant Elephant Shrew (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) This little fur ball has a trunk like an elephant, but is the size of a cat! Until now, no one knew that the Rhynochocyon udzungwensis existed as it’s remained a hidden secret of the mountains of Tanzania

It’s a giant elephant shrew, also known as sengi, but really, it should have been called an el…

Kite Ship’s First Trans Atlantic Voyage – SkySail (Update) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The very first transatlantic voyage via kite-power by a cargo ship has taken place. Leaving from Hamburg Germany to Guanta, Venezuela. The “SkySail” kite is a massive 160 meters in area which will pull the equally massive 132 meter Multi Purpose Heavy Lift Carrier MS “Beluga SkySails”, acros…

New Renewable Energy Technology Using Rain – Piezoelectric

(TrendHunter.com) Already trough the 21st century we have seen numerous was of creating alternate energy. Some becoming more popular than others (Eco Football), but throughout the thought process there seems to be a unique pattern. Obviously that pattern is re-newable energy sources so we find most of these energy in…

Renewable Energy Tech Uses Rain – Piezoelectric

(TrendHunter.com) In the 21st century we have seen numerous ways to create alternative energies. Some are much more popular than others (Eco Football), but throughout the thought process there seems to be a unique pattern in the sources of renewable energy, most of which are inspired by mother nature.

Piezoelectric…

Radio-Controlled Contraceptives – Reversible Vasectomy

(TrendHunter.com) OK boys, listen up, it’s time you stopped counting on the ladies to care for birth control. No more excuses that you’re not willing up to give up your manhood for good; there is now a reversible vasectomy… and it’s controlled by radio.

The contraceptive implant is being developed in Australia. Un…

Extreme Garden Art – Cultivating Calabash (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A Chinese gardener has focused his obsessive behavior on growing calabash, a vine whose fruit can be eaten or dried out and used as a container. Sounds like a perfectly normal endeavor until you learn that Mr. Zha has spent 6 years and $830,000 on perfecting his hobby. These are no ordinary calabash…

Robot Helps Lost People – Robovie

(TrendHunter.com) If you ever find yourself lost in a shopping mall in Osaka, Japan, just look for a lurking robot with lemur-like eyes.

The Robovie is a crowd-monitoring robot capable not only of watching 20 people at once but analysing their behavior thanks to the 16 cameras stationed inside him. His two big eyes…

New Cancer Treatment – Nanoexplosions

(TrendHunter.com) We all know the “Nano” to be something that is small, take the iPod Nano for example. In hindsight we all know explosions to be big, take the Atom Bomb for example. Well now lets combined the two and what do we get? Nanoexplosions, which is exactly what the researchers in the University of Missouri-…

Striving For Ultimate Eco Friendly Movement – Car-on-a-stick (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The search for the ultimate eco-friendly transportation continues with the Car-On-A-Stick. Or Largest-Streetlamp-Ever. The idea behind Ross Lovegrove’s car is that doubles as a street lamp, so there are no worries about parking. It would be solar powered, voice-activated and carry four people in a b…

Innovations in Artificial Life – Craig Venter’s “Designer” Cells

(TrendHunter.com) Biologists have announced the creation of a new synthetic chromosome as an advancement towards generating artificial life.

Craig Venter and his team aim to transplant the new strand of DNA into a living cell. They have already achieved a similar concept that has proven they can transplant a strand…

Marijuana Via Fingerprint – So Cal Vending Machines Sell Pot (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) This is no joke, hitting up a vending machine for marijuana is now possible in Los Angeles!

Herbal Nutrition Center has installed operating machines next to two dispensaries that are open 24/7. Security Guards are present, to keep any people away who might not “meed” the pot, but after you get a p…

The Propaganda Robot – Contestational Little Brother (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Protesters of the world can breathe a sigh of relief… Little Brother is here to help.

This cutesy, pint-sized robot is the brain(washing) child of Contestational Robotics, a robotics initiative which aims to aid the “autonomy” of social activists.

Little Brother distributes his propaganda li…

Science of Scent Marketing – Olfactory Packaging (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Olfactory to improve taste

What people think they taste is solely the result of inhaling odours. The tongue recognises only the five basic taste varieties. All other tastes are the result of odours. Odours enter, to put it simply, the nostril to the nasal cavity, where they are detected by the olfa…