Career-Boosting Gadgets – Innovations For Job Seekers In A Bad Economy (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) No one can resist hiring a person that has a little special something! Check out these six gadgets that could land you a brand new job in the wake of the economic layoffs!

1) Funky business cards: A captivating…

Gangster School Supplies – Gun-Shaped Rulers Bring Unnecessary Violence to Classrooms (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Now children can bring their own weapons to school with this gun-shaped ruler. I bet a lot of young boys will be pleased about that. The Gangster Ruler is designed by Atypyk, a cool, French, reputable…

Freaky Political Cocktails – Bush and Obama Blended To Make Frightening ‘Obushma’ (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Trend Hunter has featured plenty of political mashups, but this ‘Obushma’ cocktail is too much! The images show a metamorphosis, no doubt created in Photoshop, of George Bush morphing into Barack Obama,…

Intelligent Pills – The $1000 Philips iPill Is the Future of Ingestible Target Treatment (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) It may sound like a joint venture between Spielberg and Apple in healthcare, but it is Philips Research that plans to make the electronic pill a reality. In its high-tech capsule, the vitamin-sized iPill…

Bowdacious Virtual Headwear – Aretha Franklin’s Mega Bow Hat Rocks World Through Photoshop (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) As soon as Aretha Franklin took the stage at Obama’s inauguration, it became a bowdacious, momentous, hat-a-riffic, time.

In cubicles everywhere, Photoshop was being launched, as Aretha Franklin’s memorable…

Digital Facial Disfiguration – Mouths Replace Eyes in This Creepy Photoshop Contest (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Here’s another Photoshop contest that we just can’t seem to get enough of. This one invited cloners to replace eyes with mouths. The result is ridiculously hilarious and a great time suck. It’s so easy…

Top 34 Gadgets and Ideas From CES 2009 (CLUSTER)

(TrendHunter.com) The Consumer Electronics Show always brings us the year’s most unique new gadgets, and CES 2009 is no exception.  From the luxury Dell Adamo laptop to Star Wars designed Digital SLRs, we are seeing a lot…

Top 20 Gadgets from CES 2009 Day 1 (CLUSTER)

(TrendHunter.com) CES 2009, the Consumer Electronics Show is in full effect.  Already, our loyal group of Trend Hunters is reporting back the hottest gadgets from the first day of the show.

My favorite post: The Star Wars-Inspired…

Killer Vampire Photography – Royal Blood by Erwin Olaf (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) With the phenomenal success of Robert Pattinson and Twilight, everything vampire is in vogue, and that includes photography.

We’ve already featured vampire children and vampire nuns, and now we bring…

Real-Life Comic Strips – ‘The Far Side’ Reenactments (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This fantastic Flickr pool is dedicated to real-live reenactments of comic strips from ‘The Far Side.’ The pool is a must-see for fans of Gary Larson or ‘The Far Side’ comic strip, but you don’t have to…

Pop Stars as Dolls – Avril Lavigne is Creepy in Prestige Magazine (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Avril Lavigne is on the December 2008 cover of Prestige Magazine from Hong Kong.

The 24-year-old Canadian pop star and entrepreneur was captured in a quirky and edgy photo shoot which took place in a…

15 Steven Klein Masterpieces – From Angelina Jolie Brad Pitt to Dolce Gabbana (CLUSTER)

(TrendHunter.com) American photographer Steven Klein is one of my personal favorites and a Trend Hunter staple. He has had a big impact on pop culture by capturing icons such as Madonna, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Victoria…

Recreating Famous Paintings With Photography – Julianne Moore by Peter Lindbergh for Harper’s (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Famed photographer Peter Lindbergh captured Hollywood actress Julianne Moore earlier this year in a very artistic photoshoot for Harper’s Bazaar magazine.

The photoshoot involved Julianne Moore recreating…

Modern Cleopatra Portraits – Cate Blanchett by Annie Leibovitz Dazzles in Vanity Fair (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) One of my favorite actresses, Cate Blanchett, is featured in a captivating photoshoot by the legendary Annie Leibovitz in the February 2009 issue of Vanity Fair magazine.

In the shoot, Cate Blanchett…

Champagne Campaigns – Rare Look at Lagerfeld’s Dom Perignon Photo Shoot (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Karl Lagerfeld has two fantasies that revolve around sexy women and champagne. Surprise. Lagerfeld did the photo shoot for a vintage of Dom Perignon featuring Claudia Schiffer in 2007 (Oenothéque, 1993)…

Disco-Dancing Robots – Get Down With These Choreographed R2-D2s (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Okay, so I am easily pleased, but this is fairly cool: R2-D2 robots dancing in unison and throwing some less than impressive shapes on the floor.

Geeky? Yes, of course. I mean, look at the guys setting…

Dead Musicians as Activists – John Lennon is Spokesperson for OLPC Ad (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Although personal computer technology was at its nascent stages when John Lennon passed away in 1980, the iconic musician appears in a new ad for One Laptop Per Child.

In the Yoko Ono-approved OLPC ad,…

Incredible Close-Up Naturetography – The Close Exhibit Captures Water Droplets and Smoke (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) British photographer Jason Tozer has come up with these incredible images of simple drops of water for Creative Review. Using the Sony Alpha 900 D-SLR camera, which is equipped with 24.6 megapixels, Tozer…

Fighting Computer Robotvertisements – Mac vs PC in Transformer-Style Viral Showdown (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Dan Chianelli and Nick Greenlee directed this terrific computer animated video of the ultimate Mac vs. PC showdown. In the video, two teens are engaged in the classic argument of which computer is better…

Browser-Inspired Sketchbooks – The Firefox Notebook for Web Designers (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I’m not sure how useful a traditional pen-and-paper sketchbook is to a web designer, but for those coders who like to visualize their work offline, this Web Design Sketchbook is perfect.

The pages of…