Character Animation Evolved – GTA4’s Euphoria Engine (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Character animation is becoming more evolved than ever before, as proven by the latest teaser for Grand Theft Auto 4 (GTA4). The game, to be released next week, uses a new Euphoria Engine, thought to be among the most realistic at rendering character animation.

What does this engine actually do an…

Galaxies Gone Wild – Breathtaking NASA Images to Celebrate 18th Anniversary of the Hubble (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In celebration of the Hubble telescope’s 18th anniversary, NASA has released a compilation of 59 galactic photographs taken from the renowned telescope. NASA calling the the collection of dynamic images “Galaxies Gone Wild”.

These five pics are my favorites from the “Galaxies Gone Wild” collection…

Data Transfer Via Hand Shake 2 – Firmo (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Previously we’ve featured Smart Things that transfer your data. It’s like in those spy movies where two agents shake hands, then part immediately after, totally baffling the enemy agents as to how they transferred the information. Well, we just gave away the secret. The Nippon Telephones and Telegra…

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…

Robotic Bouncers – “Bum Bot” Shoos away Homeless (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) What does a small business owner do when he’s tired of his pub getting broken into? He builds a robot, of course. Atlanta pub owner Rufus Terrill is an upstanding citizen, he’s owned his successful business for four years and sits on the board of a nearby child care center. But he’s angry about crim…

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…

Biblically Correct Tours – Christians Rewriting History (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Oh for the love of God, this is just ridiculous! Biblically Correct Tours aim to explain that scientists are liars and to prove their point, conducts tours of museums correcting the science and explaining how it all really happened.

Ie., the Earth is only 6,000 years old and people used to live unt…

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 …

Interactive Holograms – AirStrike (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Holograms are an increasingly hot innovation in technology and design. Now we bring you the next step, interactive holograms that you can control and communicate with using hand gestures!

Developed by LM3Labs, AirStrike opens the door to exciting applications in interactive advertising and novelty…

Firefighting Robots – OLE Insect Firefighter (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The OLE robot is a product of the industrial-design studio at the University of Magdeburg-Stendal in Germany. The OLE, which is autonomous and is guided by GPS, intelligent feelers, infrared and heat sensors, is equipped with tanks of water and powdered fire-extinguishing agents.

The armor of this …

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…

Top 100 Solar Inventions – Part 2: Architecture & Power Plants (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The power of the sun is incredible, and with Earth Day coming up, we thought we’d highlight some of the top innovations in solar technology. This is part two of the solar cluster, featuring 30 solar powered communities, cities, individual pieces of architecture and other larger scale inventions.

I…

Top 17 OLEDs – Organic Light Emitting Diodes (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you don’t know what an OLED is by now, we’re here to help, because it’s time you informed yourself. It stands for Organic Light-Emitting Diode, and it’s one of the biggest up and coming technologies. You may also have heard it refered to as a Light Emitting Polymer (LEP) or Organic Electro-Lumine…

Touch-Screen OLED Keyboards – Optimus Tactus

(TrendHunter.com) Most of us would have heard of the Optimus Maximus Keyboard which employed small OLED Screens on the keys which could be programmed to preform different functions. Optimus has already hit the drawing boards and is planning a release of a new version which makes use of a single large OLED screen and …

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…

3D Monitors – Zalman ZM-M220W Lets You Switch from 2D to 3D

(TrendHunter.com) It’s time to take the plunge into all those 3d games that you have stacked up over the years. The Zalman 3D monitor doesn’t need specially written games to produce to the 3D effect and can work with any existing game.

The monitor works by transposing two slightly different images on a screen at on…

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…