Bottle Opener USB – Trekstor Flashdrive

(TrendHunter.com) You’ve got a range of practical gadgets on your keychain, right? The stuff you always need to keep handy like a flash drive and of course the obligatory bottle opener, right? Here’s a gadget that combines both.

The Trekstor USB Bottle Opener is one of the most practical gadgets I’ve seen in a long…

Grow Your Own Hummer – Increases 600% In Size

(TrendHunter.com) It’s not what some of you are thinking! This is actually just a strange novelty item I came across. For just $24 a dozen, you can have a Hummer party! It looks like one of those “just add water” things. It’s hard to tell how big it actually gets. I’m not sure of the appeal of this, other than t…

The Ultimate Man Bag – Sir Bob Gelfof’s Mulberry Bag

(TrendHunter.com) This is a trend which I don’t really understand how it happened. Sir Bob Gelfof, has teamed up with Mulberry, a leading designer of leather goods, to create the ‘Bob Bag’. The press released touts it as the ultimate man bag it is said to “have lot of compartments”.

POA so I can’t imagine it is that…

9 Fine Wine Shrines – Gorgeous Cellars (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Maybe it’s Trendhunter stress, but I’ve been drinking more wine lately. My wine cellar is just a few blocks away, but I’m thinking it would be nice to have a selection right here in the main house. I’ve been perusing other wine cellars and have it narrowed down to these nine. I just need to narrow m…

LED Sake Liqueur – TY-KU Lights Up When You Pour (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) As may be expected from sake, this liqueur does not have the so typical after taste other alcoholic drinks have. TY-KU is a liqueur distilled from more than 20 ingredients, natural aphrodisiacs, health supplements and fruit extracts. Perfect for on-the-rocks.

But that is only part of the fun.

Mark…

Dynamic RobARTics – Carnegie Mellon’s Snake Robot (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) This is a modular snake robot from Biorobotics Lab, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. The robot wiggles around, twists, turns, climbs walls and flight of stairs, swims and does a host of other things that other conventional legged or wheeled robots cannot do.

What I am not sure about i…

Wooden Orb Mouse – Jupiter PC Mouse (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Jupiter PC mouse is hand-made in Japan’s Gunma Prefecture located in the northwest corner of the Kantō region on HonshÅ« island. The spheric mouse also comes in a stainless steel version for Mac users that can be blinged out if that’s the way you prefer to roll.

When I first saw this spheric g…

6 Passenger Personal Jet – Hondajet (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Owning a personal jet has always been a far off dream for many, but that dream may have just become a little more attainable with the introduction of the HondaJet. This new product from automaker Honda, makes jet ownership ONLY 3.65 million dollars away.

First announced in 2005, the jet is final…

International Business in 2008 – 5 Ways Companies Can Make Money In The Middle East

(TrendHunter.com) I usually charge a fee for this information through my trade consulting firm Midman International. However, I am feeling charitable today. Besides, Canadian firms need all the help they can get to break out of their comfy shells and hatch into fully grown chickens who can fend for their own gruel in…

TV Show Influences Tech Fashion – Lipstick Jungle (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Last time we reported on Lipstick Jungle, a new TV show based on the book series by Candace Bushnell, we mentioned it would probably have a heavy influence on fashion, just like the Sex and the City series by the same author did. What we didn’t realize is how heavily it would be influencing tech tre…

Powering Gadgets by Walking – Kinetic Energy Devise (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This Kinetic Energy concept gadget allows you to power your other gadgets such as your iPod or cell phone through your own effort and exertion.

The Kinetic Energy is the brainchild of Wilma van Boxtel of Australia. The way it works is the more your legs are in motion, the more electricity you gene…

Nature Inspired Outdoor Subwoofer – Tree Trunk Speaker

(TrendHunter.com) Super-small, wristwatch-sized mp3 music-players with even tinier earbud-sized speakers. That’s the sort of stuff we hear about today when it comes to music. This music-related product takes us in opposite direction. It is a tree trunk-shaped, outdoor subwoofer. Besides its unique facade and its “Tef…

Retro Commuter Community – RetroVelo (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) “Captivating” is probably the best word to describe the RetroVelo bicycles from Germany.

RetroVelo has launched an entire lifestyle for bicyclists. One club motto is, “We promise nothing and deliver.” One fan said he had never had an urge to party with the makers of any product until he met the R…

3 Pieces of Furnitue in 1 – Keer Chair (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Dutch architect and designer Reinier de Jong designed an object that functions as a chair, a lounger and a stool.

In Dutch, ‘keer’ means to multiply and turn. This word fits perfectly as a name for this object since, if you turn this chair around, you get a lounge chair. Turn it one more time an…

Old Crafts On New Furniture – In-the-Round Knitted Chair

(TrendHunter.com) Have a knitter in the family looking for some fun money? Have them get into the chair knitting biz. The In-the-Round Chair gets is name from knitting socks or sleeves without a stitch. It’s a fairly easy technique, but the payoff is high. Thirty feet of sleeve is required for a chair like this.

Th…

PSP Phone Concept – Sony Ericsson’s Fun Design

(TrendHunter.com) This is yet another great concept by Sony. Compare to Nokia’s Ngage, its unique design is much more superior (no offense to Nokia). Just take a look at their recent patent filing and it will show you the integration of mobile phone with the PSP.

When the gadget is in its phone manner, all you ha…

Wingtip Sneakers – Nike Still Has Design Tricks (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If I’m Nike, I’m getting these awesome shoes to North America and Europe as quickly as possible. Nike Wingtips have just been released in Japan and they look wicked. Obviously taking their cue from the classics. The pair is called the Dunk Lo Premium and Dunk Hi Premium, it white or black leather wi…

Inflatable Rescue Sleds – Firun Saves Lives

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve seen and read about people stuck in snow while on sporting adventures or vacation. Firun by Janine Züst is a solution that could save your life in such circumstances. It is a compact inflatable rescue carriage/luge that optimizes the Alpine rescue system and that is light enough to wear as a …

Breathing Underwater… Forever – Poseidon Mk IV Discovery Rebreather

(TrendHunter.com) You can’t quite breath underwater forever, but, longer than you normally could. The Poseidon Mk IV Discovery is what those in the diving world call a rebreather – it recycles a user’s oxygen. Using p02 scrubbing and oxygen cells, it turns unused oxygen in your exhales into breathable air. Supposedly…

High Performance Breast Pumping – Techy Solution for Working Moms (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We all know that Mother’s milk is the best for babies. Breast pumps have been around for a while now, but not much has been done to bring them to our high tech world. Leave it to designers Miji Rhoe & Solbi Lim who bring you the Handheld Breast Pump, a solution for the working (or just lazy) mom who…