Advertising Musicals – Sony Ericsson Walkman Commercial (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) This super corny ad for the new Sony Ericsson Walkman phone tries to connect with potential customers on an emotional level, depicting the way in which one phone can be a common connection for very different people… especially when presented like a musical!

The video spot, created by Saatchi & Sa…

Location Based Gaming – Locomatrix Blends Virtual and Reality (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) LocoMatrix is a UK based game company that has developed a location based game to force our kids into the open.

The games are available for GPS enabled mobile phones. One of the games, called Fruit Farmer, requires the players to run around in a real environment such as a park or beach collecting …

Water-Recycling Shower – Quench Enables Guilt-Free Shower Indulgence (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Trend Hunter has featured stories about showers that kick you out or remind you to conserve water. So how about an environmentally sustainable water conservation shower that allows you to indulge as long as you want without wasting water? Bring it on, I say!

The Quench Shower system allows you to t…

Wake-Up Pillow Light – LED Pillow Brightens Your Morning

(TrendHunter.com) The Glo pillow was designed to serve as an alternative to the regular alarm clock. The pillow uses LED technology to wake the user with the light as well as to display the time on the pillow which begins to glow 40 minutes before the pre-set time. The idea is that the user will wake up gradually and…

Top 10 Things That are Amphibious (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In today’s day and age, people seem to want to have it all. Judging by the following amphibious innovations, that desire could be more than just a dream, provided you can afford to pay the price. If not, and you’ve got some talent, you can take a hint from the guys who created the DIY car turned sub…

Flower Simulators – Instant Blossom from a Card

(TrendHunter.com) The Instant Blossom was designed by Ki-Seung Lee to simulate a real flower vase. A perfect gift for those who don’t have fingers that are green, these blooms do not require a lot of maintenance. All it takes is to snap the greeting size card into half and give the hydroponic flowers a spray of water…

Customized Clouds – Cloudvertising with Flogos (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Trend Hunter has already introduced you to moonvertising, now get ready for cloudvertising which uses Flogos , or Flying Logos.

Francisco Guerra, the inventor of Flogos describes them as “a revolutionary way to market products, services and events”.

Flogos can be created in any shape you desire t…

Force Sensing Technology – Microsoft One Upping Apple? (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Microsoft’s response to Apple’s innovative multi-touch and built-in accelerometers is a unique force-sensing technology that enables gestures to twist on-screen imagery. Users can flip a page in a document or switch between applications by applying force to their portable device.

The motivation beh…

Electronic Interface Sinks – High-Tech Trough Sink (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Anne Kitzmiller, in collaboration with plumbing and appliances giant Kohler, developed this trough prep sink. The sink is a high-tech device with an electronic interface and garbage disposal synchronization. It also has a controlled rinse cycle with color coded alert buttons.

I have mixed…

Recycled Camera Bracelets – Old School Camera re:vision (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) It’s always nice to see someone come up with secondary uses for items the majority of people discard. Craig Arnold, a designer obsessed with cameras came up with the idea to recycle old camera parts and turn them into jewelry.

Most of the pieces used in the re:vision line come from old school came…

Wearable Universal Remote Controls – The Multi-Chalk (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Tobi Kim invented the Multi-Chalk which is a universal remote control that can control everything, everywhere!

“It’s a soft electronic device designed to slip on anything with a button,” notes Yanko Design. “It can be designed to compliment your outfit and style. With a little simple programming,…

Solar Array Estimates by Satellite- Sungevity

(TrendHunter.com) If you’ve thought about powering your house with solar technologies, Sungevity is a new Berkley website that would be of great interest to you.

Sungevity looks for your home via satellite images after you input your adress. After pinpointing your location, the service identifies the size of your r…

Extreme Stunt YouTube Ads – Kobe Bryant Jumps Over Aston Martin for Nike (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Los Angeles Lakers superstar shooting guard Kobe Bryant did a YouTube ad for Nike where, in an act of macho bravado, he jumps over an Aston Martin car coming straight at him at 50 miles per hour. Nicely executed stunt if in fact the maneuver was real.

Before the end of the commercial, Kobe, in a P…

Co-Branded MP3 Basketball Sneakers – Zune Reebok Answer XI

(TrendHunter.com) Reebok and Microsoft Zune have collaborated to create a limited edition sneaker and Zune MP3 player featuring Denver Nuggets superstar shooting guard Allen Iverson. An etching of the superstar will appear on the back of a limited-edition 8GB Zune packaged with a pair of Reebok shoes called the “Zune…

Bas Relief Clocks – Time for Raise by Alvin Aronson

(TrendHunter.com) A Beautiful Clock which uses the gradual passing of time with raised bas reliefs which give the clock a splendid embossed effect. The clock runs through its 24 hour cycle with each bas relief raising gradually and then disappearing with elegance as time moves on, just as it would appear on a digital…

Creative Concert Contests – Write a Poem to See Madonna Live

(TrendHunter.com) VH1 is giving away two tickets to see Madonna perform live at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. The mega pop diva is scheduled to perform at the historic catering hall/music/dance venue on April 30th in celebration of the April 29th release of her CD “Hard Candy”.

But here is the catch.

Yo…

The News in Thumbnails – ‘Fascinum’ Online Live Art

(TrendHunter.com) The Fascinum is an example of online art which is live.

The site gives a live update of the news photographs which are most viewed (ranked from 1 to 10) on different national Yahoo portals, in real time. Designed by Christophe Bruno, the Fascinum gives a thumbnail view to what is happening around …

Giant Green Projections – Earth Images at Grand Central NYC (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) April 22 is Earth Day, but New Yorkers are limiting their thanks for the earth to one single day. The green celebration has turned into one that’s being called Earth Weekend as it extends from April 14 to 22, and includes events around the city.

At Grand Central station, Giant Earth Images are bei…

Emergency Money Box – Break Glass for Change

(TrendHunter.com) Every parent has found the need to occasionally raid their children’s piggy bank to get loose change when desperate. Here’s an alternative so that you won’t have to handle a rather irrate kid when they find out what you have done.

Although the ‘Emergency Money Box’ by Becky Miller is not designed …

Intelligent Refrigerators – Touch Screen Fridge With RFID Tag Reader

(TrendHunter.com) This fridge knows exactly what it has inside. It’s wired so it can send messages to your phone reminding you to get the vinagrette for tonight’s mixed salad. This is like a personal food assistant.

Designer Kim Otto took a Siemens refrigerator and replaced the existing flatscreen with a touch scre…