(TrendHunter.com) This little guy (8 x 11″) was designed by researchers at Toshiba. ApriPoko, as he is referred to, is the ultimate universal remote – and not just for your television. Check this out… ApriPoko detects infrared waves when you use a remote, for your tv, for your stereo, for whatever, and he asks you …
(TrendHunter.com) You’re in the middle of an important call, your mobile is sending warning beeps to say it’s nearing its last drops seconds of talk time, and suddenly you’re cut off. How frustrating is it to have a dying cell phone? If you’ve experienced the frustration, imagine a phone with batteries that hold thei…
(TrendHunter.com) Japanese scientists and origami masters are hoping to launch a paper airplane from space in order to learn from its trip back to Earth. Insisting it’s not a joke, a prototype passed a durability feasibility studies, and a well-known astronaut is interested in trying it out.
A successful flight by …
(TrendHunter.com) Child obesity is fast becoming a global epidemic.
The Health Promotion Switzerland foundation has come up with a creative guerilla campaign to raise the awareness of this serious issue.
The campaign uses the fact/slogan “Every Fifth Child is Overweight” on stickers placed on creatively designed p…
(TrendHunter.com) Feng-GUI is a web site that simulates human vision and creates an attention heatmap for any web site. The user inputs a URL or logo and then, waits for the set of artificial intelligence algorithms to indicate where and to what magnitude people look. It is an eye-tracking site that can help web mas…
(TrendHunter.com) Once again, with the idea of restocking our depleting resources, scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Wood’s Hole, Mass. are testing a plan to train fish to catch themselves using sound.
The fish swim into a net when they hear a tone signaling feeding time. The system could eventually…
(TrendHunter.com) One by one the fighters are introduced into the ring at the Korakuen Stadium Hall in Tokyo, accompanied by thunderous applause. But this is no normal boxing match – the contenders are small humanoid robots built and controlled by hobbyists, participants in the twice-yearly “Robo-One Championship…
(TrendHunter.com) Sexual abuse is not a light subject, and this powerful appropriately creepy and disturbing public service announcement video ad successfully delivers the message: “If sexually abused children never get help, they never outgrow their trauma.”
The ad is very effective in conveying the trauma that abu…
(TrendHunter.com) Here’s a practical design you can use to keep track of your girlish figure. And guys, don’t cheat.
Wrap the towel around your WAIST and not UNDER your belly then declare “Yup, still a 30.”
It’s actually a playful piece, making it more fun while running around hotel rooms starkers. The designer’s…
(TrendHunter.com) What’s better than successfully creating an artificial muscle that heals itself? Having that muscle charge your iPhone or other gadgets!
Combining breakthroughs in self-healing materials and artificial arms, University of California, Los Angeles researchers created such muscles that can generate e…
(TrendHunter.com) Scientific research has found blue to be the least appetizing color. This is the basis behind these blue shaded sunglasses. Supposedly, the person who wears these shades sees an ugly hue of blue that brings about a negative view of eating in general. Perhaps the blue tint subconsciously reminds us o…
(TrendHunter.com) Hik! If you are a raging alcoholic such as I am, then you no doubt know why these beer bottles are named Hik! These are no ordinary beer bottles though; no, they don’t make you able to drink copious amounts of beer without the danger of a hangover, but it does put to use those everyday beer bottles …
(TrendHunter.com) I may soon be officially classified with a brain illness… According to the editorial of the latest issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry: Internet addiction — including “excessive gaming, sexual pre-occupations and e-mail/text messaging” — is a common compulsive-impulsive disorder that sh…
(TrendHunter.com) This may look like a preschooler’s art project but, it is in fact a hunk of meat. Well, not meat exactly but, not… not meat, either. Scientists in Australia have created a ‘semi-living’ food. This project uses a tissue engineering technique to grow cells from living animals into bodyless animal pa…
(TrendHunter.com) This is a truly unique and creative campaign to raise awareness about breast check-ups. Taiba Hospital in Kuwait commissioned the JWT ad agency to come up with a strategy to increase awareness of self breast exams.
Since breast cancer is a sensitive topic in a conservative Muslim country like Kuwa…
(TrendHunter.com) At Trend Hunter, we’re obsessed with eco innovation. In particular, we get our smile on whenever we see garbage recycled into art. It seems that every week there’s a new addition to this category. As a result, we’ve compiled 50 of our favorite uses for garbage in this super gallery. Enjoy!
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(TrendHunter.com) Garry Stretch is making the most of the fact he has no collagen in his skin. This video, for London’s Tower of Terror, shows just how far Garry can stretch his limits.
Also known as Gary Turner, a 36-year-old has a form of the incredibly rare Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. As a child he was prone to terr…
(TrendHunter.com) The one-armed wonder named El-E (pronounced “Ellieâ€) because in operation it reminds you of an elephant’s trunk, can retrieve objects that have been pointed to with a laser pointer. Developed at the department of biomedical engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, El-E’s skill can…
(TrendHunter.com) Samsung created a phone for the fitness buff called the FIT. This cellphone comes outfitted with a tracking devise for your heartbeat. But that is just the beginning. The FIT offers a computerized trainer or program which, based on the users specifications, designs fitness plans, tells you how many …
(TrendHunter.com) This motorless scooter is powered by your sweat (and tears?)
The new human-powered Xcelerator Hypersonic Red which comes with a steel down tube chassis, is outfitted with an ergonomic propulsion T lever placed at the back of the scooter. The brakes consist of an alloy two finger lever and the Xcel…
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