(TrendHunter.com) Some eco-engineers are thinking large. Britain’s aero-engineer, Theo Bird, sure is no small thinker. His Aerogenerator design is 475 feet tall (144m). It rotates on a vertical axis like some giant television antenna. It would be built offshore in some of the most ferocious seas on the globe. Using a…
(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…
(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,…
(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…
(TrendHunter.com) Old on tight!
A £15,000 playground for pensioners has opened in the UK strictly for the OAP’s. Designed for exercise and fun, it has special playground rides designed specifically for the needs of today’s pensioners. It can be found in Blackley Manchester.
Amongst the equipment in the playground …
(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…
(TrendHunter.com) The Snow Room was showcased at a recent Hotel Equipment Fair in the ever-sunny resort of Antalya, Turkey and will be on sale in all luxury hotels and spas in 2008. The room will be offered to those hotel guests who have had enough of the blazing sun and unbearable heat, and are looking for a way to …
(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 SkySailsâ€, acros…
(TrendHunter.com) As many of you have surely noticed, there is a new word floating around Starbucks. Ever since the New Year, the word “Skinny” has been used to market a line of lower calorie drinks.
Starbucks, still on top of the game when it comes to the innovation of coffee and customer experience, may be onto so…
(TrendHunter.com) ‘Extracto de rana’ is, in simpler terms, Frog Juice. This amphibian beverage is a sweeping sensation in the market of Lima, Peru. Claiming to have the healing power for things such as asthma and bronchitis, it’s more renowned for curing impotence.
The process is very simple. The vendor takes…
(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…
(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…
(TrendHunter.com) Don’t be fooled — this is no Lucky Charms commercial. If you’re familiar with the Truth campaigns against cigarettes, then you know the ads tend to be rather gorey. The latest ad, however, goes against spreading awareness with a new approach that’s actually even a bit… cute.
“A Magical Amount” a…
(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…
(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…
(TrendHunter.com) Pre-tattoed skin is just around the corner. 3D printers are old news. Seriously, they are… at least at TrendHunter.com! New to us, however, is that a researcher says he can now use the same technology to make skin and other human tissues.
James Yoo from Wake Forest University’s Institute of Reg…
(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…
(TrendHunter.com) “Too much work, can’t get to the gym” is not an excuse anymore!
The StepDesk is a multi-tasker’s dream. A simple, but exciting gadget. How many times have you been on the treadmill making mental lists of everything you need to do at work? As I get older, those mental lists don’t hang around as …
(TrendHunter.com) Wesley Health Care Center in Saratoga Springs is one of many health centers and physical therapy centers using the Wii video game system to help patients of all ages recover from injury and surgery. Combined with the use of weights, stability balls and balance boards these activities have become mo…
(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-…
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