Rain Filtering Umbrellas – The Filterbrella

(TrendHunter.com) To take a common devise such as an umbrella and turn it into an agent for living a healthier life and protecting the environment is quite a feat in my mind. The Filterbrella by Andrew Leinonen is a sp…

Bracelets for Lost Children – Dcontinuum Link Child Locator (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The basic concept behind the Link Child Locater device, designed by Dcontinuum, is that a parent, guardian or babysitter can use it to locate or keep track of children in crowded locations. The device…

Home Fingerprint Locks – iTouchless BM002U

(TrendHunter.com) The latest in home security is more discriminatory than ever, involving finger print scanners that only allow pre-approved people to gain access to the door. That means unless you register the prints …

Windows 7 Demo – Gates Reveals Multi-Touch OS Integration (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Forget about traditional computing and PC interface, Microsoft is taking the excitement of the Surface and iPhone multi-touch and integrating it with their next operating system. Bill Gates and Steve …

Musical Suits – The Pacer (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A few frills here and there, a well-placed ribbon, and the Pacer musical suit will easily turn into must-have evening attire for hard core ravers. This concept suit responds to electrical pulses creat…

Cartoon Mobiles – The Mouse Phone (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Following the recent success of the Hamburger Phone (driven by the movie Juno), companies are capitalizing on the demand for niche phone designs. The latest offering is the Mouse Phone, which gives Di…

Biometric Sleep Monitors – Remy Records Your Actions (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Dasha Anokhina came up with REMY, a biometric ‘friend’ that tracks and records sleep patterns and activities, allowing you to wake up to a summary of what you did during the night.

Before y…

Glow in The Dark Ads – Child Abuse Ads Show Hidden Images (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Such a powerful ambient campaign that catches you off-guard. These Children and Adolescents Reference Center ads are printed in fluorescent ink as to appear normal with a child playing or innocently l…

Convenient Caffeine Carriers – Coffe Bags (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is one of those simple inventions that matter more than most technological advances. As all coffee lovers know, carrying coffee in an unwieldy tray is inconvenient and downright dangerous at time…

Biofeedback Erogonomic Seats – Smartchair (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Smartchair biofeedback ergonomic seat by Jian Guan has both style and substance, and is ideal for someone like me.

As a blogger who both works and studies in the IT field, I spend most of my time…

Headphone Cable Clips – Wire Button (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Being a frequent user of iPods and portable music players, I love this extremely simple, yet absolutely helpful design by Jaehyung Hong that secures your headphone wires and keeps them out of your way…

Japanese Mega Phones – 19 New NTT 906i & 706i Series Phones (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Are you ready for the flood? Japan’s NTT DoCoMo revealed the new 906i and 706i series, comprised of 19 new phone models with 64 body colors. The phones will be made available as of June 1. This is lik…

$10 Anti-iPhones – The Recyclable Hop1800 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) They are calling it the “anti iPhone”, a $10 ultra light (77 grams) GSM phone with talk time of up to four hours and 150 hours of standby time. The pre-paid Hop1800 from Hop-On Inc, is perfect as …

Heat-Sensitive Wallpaper – Shi Yuan Walls (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Wallpaper may have become an interior design don’t, but an innovative new heat-sensitive wallpaper could help it make a comeback.

When the walls are exposed to heat, like that of a radiator, or th…

RFID Social Networks – Jive

(TrendHunter.com) Jive is brilliant concept device to allow the elderly and technophobes without computers to still participate in a social network. Their needs are no different from the rest of us; the need to communi…

Professional Photography Phones – K-Touch 8MP Canon C280 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It’s been a while since we had interesting camera phones, so this packed beast of a phone surely wets my appetite. K-Touch unveiled its 8 Mega Pixel camera phone, the C280 during CHITEC 2008 in China.…

Solar Cells on Portable Devices – New Apple Patent Promises Green Gadgets

(TrendHunter.com) Imagine your iPhone or iPod automatically charging by the sun as you use it. A new Apple patent promises exactly that, by exploring the use of solar power in various versions of their mobile devices: …

Carboard Toilets – The Portable Brown Box

(TrendHunter.com) Have you ever seen a real #### Box? I’m not using the term as an adjective for the cardboard, I’m just relaying the product name. The light-weight portable toilet is for those moments when you get the…

Intentionally Visible Cords – Nicolo Taliani’s Lamp No.1

(TrendHunter.com) If you are constantly having issues with trailing lamp cords, not knowing if you should leave it uncoiled or bundled up with some ugly tie, then this visible cord lamp should do the trick. The design …

Independent Split-Screen Laptops – Xentex Flip-Pad Voyager (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Xentex Flip-Pad Voyager laptop is a monster devise that comes with dual 13.3-inch screens that pivot independently. I personally had never seen a laptop with dual, independent screens and I really…