(TrendHunter.com) Southern California residents are gearing up for an earthquake in the likes of the recent devastating tremor in China. A new report released from the US Geological Survey and the California Geological…
(TrendHunter.com) A tiny little grasshopper inspired robot can jump 27 times its own body length; that’s ten times farther than any other jumping robot. Scientists hope the little leaper will be able to aid in chemical…
(TrendHunter.com) Completion of a 100 year old engineering project finally happened a few days ago. The tunnel between New York and London, called the Telectroscope, allows residents of both cities to peer down the gia…
(TrendHunter.com) The Czeers MK1, a solar powered speedboat, is the world’s first of its kind. The ten meter, 20-knot boat is a zero emission, 100% carbon fibre speedster covered in photovoltaic cells, from the top of …
(TrendHunter.com) Now here would be an easy way to lose weight: just stand on vibrating scales. Scientists at State University of New York in Stony Brook have apparently discovered that slight vibrations will prevent f…
(TrendHunter.com) This anti-radiation bustier was one of the featured items at the Beauty World Japan exhibition taking place in Tokyo this week. The La-La is a tourmaline-embedded bra/girdle whose purpose is to neutralize harmful radiation emissions from cell phones and improve a woman’s bad moods (PMS-related?) b…
(TrendHunter.com) You’ve heard of mood rings? Philips, the electronic company, has filed a patent for a mood pen which can record your emotional state as you write. The sensors in the pen’s shaft monitors your heart rate, blood pressure, skin temperature and pressure. The pen is able to change inks and the shape of t…
(TrendHunter.com) I love interactive campaigns that involve the target audience in their mechanism and delivery. This Kofukan Shiatsu massage campaign is a great example of simple yet creative hands-on advertising that breaks the mold and opts for unconventional techniques.
Shiatsu is a relaxing massage technique t…
(TrendHunter.com) The world’s first cancer sniffing dog is set to save more lives. The black Labrador known as Marine is to be cloned in South Korea at the end of this month.
Marine was first trained to sniff human cancer cells in the St. Sugar Cancer Sniffing Dog Training Centre, Japan. Unfortunately, Marine c…
(TrendHunter.com) The Nose Pouch, as pictured here, is clearly a silly invention, intended for the insanely rich cold sufferer.
Armed with the built-in snot pocket, the second best benefit of this product is that it helps prevent the spread of germ particles. The best benefit is that you can brag about it to your…
(TrendHunter.com) Sharmila’s yoga classes in Hyderabad, India have become really popular thanks to some really clever advertising by ad agency, Mindset. The ads, which direct people to the location of Sharmila’s classes, look like roadsigns, and when you are driving, will certainly make you look twice. I question how…
(TrendHunter.com) Google has released a new service that will allow people to track their medical records online. Google Health will track all your medical visits as well as track your tests results.
The password protected service will take the frustration and anxiety out of the wait for results like mononucleosis,…
(TrendHunter.com) The Haptica is a very attractive braille wrist watch for the visually-challenged. The contours of the case are meant to provide an ergonomic, yet intuitive and efficient interface. The dials are protruding circles with a Braille dot located on the outer edge of the top side of the timepiece and the …
(TrendHunter.com) Piezoelectric materials (crystals like quartz) can be used inside microphones and speakers in order to convert incoming electricity to sound, but they are brittle and bulky. Material scientist, Michael Yu, at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore has found and patented a way to make piezoelectric de…
(TrendHunter.com) If only Hitler could charge a fee for his face being used in so many ads! Following the Malaria campaign which painted Hitler & Stalin with mosquitoes to illustrate the danger of the disease, a new anti-smoking campaign uses a similar approach by drawing the Nazi leader and the notorious Osama Bin L…
(TrendHunter.com) An giant, white cardboard kangaroo is posing in Melbourne for a space-based photo shoot. Specifically, the 105 foot (32-metre) image of Australia’s national animal is being used in a study on global warming to measure the Albedo effect, or what happens to the sunlight reflected off the Earth.
When…
(TrendHunter.com) Just in time for summer, here’s a sandal that helps you tone up your gams. FitFlop recreates the feeling of walking barefoot in the sand, working the calf, hamstring, thigh and gluteus muscles. The multi-density foam soles also have health benefits like reducing joint strain and possibly aiding with…
(TrendHunter.com) If one day you decide to wear the Blind Tee, designed by Barbara Loomis, do not blame the visually-impaired for reaching out to touch your breasts. Chances are, he only wants to decipher the message written on your clothing.
Because the blind can and do appreciate art, it is with designs like the …
(TrendHunter.com) University of Pennsylvania scientists working with PolyMedix are developing a new drug which can be incorporated into polymers to kill bacterial cells on contact. The drug will not enter the cells, but will mimic how our own bodies attack bacteria, by punching holes in their outer coverings so they …
(TrendHunter.com) These ads for Parkinson awareness were created by TAXI 2, Toronto and are exceptional at delivering a visual message of what living with Parkinson disease is like.
The ads, created for the Parkinson Society of Canada, include a series of images using the tag line, “Everything’s harder when your bo…
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