Taser Parties – Ladies Can’t Stop Attackers with Tupperware (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Tupperware was fine for stay at home moms, but for today’s career women commuting on the mean streets, a taser brings more peace of mind than fresh lettuce.

Enter the Taser Party, where women get together to discuss personal defenses tactics, look over the latest in fashion tasers and take some …

Lamp Melts During Use – Ikarus Wax Lamp

(TrendHunter.com) Like to change your light fixtures often for a new look? Here is a fixture that melts right before your very eyes over a months’ time.

As the Ikarus Wax Lamp melts, it takes on all sorts of weird shapes; no two lamps will look alike. Like pouring hot lead into water, you can let your imagination r…

E-Paper Sheet Music – EMS

(TrendHunter.com) I’m sure that if you’re a musician carrying around stacks of sheet music, it defiantly doesn’t help with getting the ladies. Well fret no more because EMS (E-paper Music Score) has just given you that little oomph of technological goodness to score it big with the ladies.

EMS is a device that …

Medicine for the Earth – Earthine Pills (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The power of awareness is truly immense, and is ultimately what we rely on to save the environmental devastation of the earth. Breeding global consciousness is precisely the concept behind the Earthine pills.

Packaged just like medical pills for people, “the medicine for your earth” acts to treat t…

Air Car Coming to U.S. – Zero Pollution Air Car (Update) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The air car is coming to the U.S. Zero Pollution Motors said that it will make the first air-powered car for the U.S. by late next year! Air! As in FREE (or 25 cents at the petrol station.) APM has the rights to build several modular plants that can grind out 10,000 cars a year. If the deal needs to…

Shake & Wake to Music Alarm – The Minute Glass (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) At first glance, I thought this alarm clock looked fantastic, with a funky, green floral graphic on a clear cylinder encasing what looks like an hourglass. Upon reading about it, I’m astounded that it is also environmentally friendly and promises to get the user out of bed with a good groove.

The …

TV Academy Accepts Internet Video – Emmy for Broadband Content (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) You can win an Emmy. The Emmy guys are advertising that all original content distributed over broadband is now eligible for the Primetime Emmy Awards. Mary Tyler Moore is one of the “spokespersons” for the ad campaign from WONGDOODY. The deadline to enter is March 28, so crank up the scriptwriter an…

MacBook & MacBook Pro Upgrades – More Speed + Multi-Touch (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Apple has been on a roll lately with an almost weekly new product or upgrade. Only last week Apple cut down the price of the 1GB iPod Shuffle from $79 to $49 and introduced a new $69 2GB model (see our story). Now Apple has unveiled more powerful versions of the MacBook Pro with up to 2.6GHz Intel C…

Virtual Surfing in Hotels – Sheraton Waikiki Sunami Surf Simulator (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Dude, how good does a surf vacation sound? I hate to break it to ya, but even making the trip to Hawaii can’t ensure perfect weather to hit the waves.

Ideal conditions for surfing are always present though with the surf simulator at the Sheraton hotel. The game lets hotel guests ride virtual waves…

Squeeze & Hug Your Phone – The Soft Phone Concept (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) My Samsung Ultra mobile is the thinnest but most delicate and fragile phone in the world; and it has the bruises and cracks to prove it. The Soft Phone concept by designer Qian Jiang offers exactly what I need. A soft, squeezable phone that can take a beating inside my jeans or wallet and still be g…

Lost & Found 2.0 Part II – Orphan Pictures Helps You Find Your Lost Camera (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Losing things can be a pain, but we’ve seen how the ability to post photo of found items can help reunite people with their missing possessions, like lost mittens. Now there’s a website that’s come up with a way for people to find their missing cameras in a snap.

Orphan Pictures puts a web 2.0 twi…

Steampunked Gadgets – Mouse Looks Like Furnace (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Unklain is a steampunker maniac. He made this computer mouse that is designed to look like a furnace. The pipes that form the cage to support your hand are linked to fake coal and an orange LED to look like hot coals. To take something so indispensible and techy and make it look old and mechanical i…

Ultra Fast Roller Skates – Booster Blades (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Booster Blades are tipped to become the commuters’ weapon of choice in London. These are roller skates with a difference, ones that you pedal like a bike! Adding the chain mechanism to online skates means wearers could get up to speeds of 25mph.

There were invented by Bristol based Bryan Rawlings w…

RetroChic Automobile Furniture – 1957 Corvette Style Couch (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The 1957 Corvette Style Couch brings the iconic car into your living room with genuine leather seats and standard Corbin saddles. You can set a romantic mood by turning the lights off and plugging the couch into standard 110v household power for the included “undercarriage” lighting and lighting fix…

Ultimate Outdoors Juice – Solar Powered Digital Survival Kit (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We have seen some solar charging docks before, but they did not come cheap. For $33 you can now have a features-packed digital kit that keeps your mobile phone, media player and all your gadget juices flowing, while you are enjoying your day outdoors (away from technology and all).

The Solar Power…

10 Nerdy Cakes – Happy Birthday, Geek

(TrendHunter.com) After seeing a post about a retro Atari birthday cake at Technabob, I decided to find some more ‘geeky’ desserts and trust me, there was no short supply! Some of the cakes that I found were already highlighted in similar blog posts – pointing out the inherent ‘nerdiness’. So, to all you chipheads an…

Transforming Self-Cleaning Phone – Nokia Morph Concept (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Super cool! The cutting-edge Nokia Morph concept phone uses nanotechnology based flexible materials, transparent electronics and self-cleaning surfaces to produce a mobile device that is “… stretchable and flexible, allowing the user to transform their mobile device into radically different shap…

Invisible Outfits – Dutch Artist Combines Art & Fashion (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I adore Desiree Palmen’s incredible pictures of scenes consisting of people in “invisible outfits”.

The 44 year old artist creates these works of art by photographing a scene, then copying this in pain staking detail painting onto a cotton suit which is then cleverly positioned in frame and ano…

Japan’s Hyper-Speed Internet – Kizuna Satellite 1.2 Giga bps (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Who is putting the “broad” in broadband? Japan is!

The Kizuna, which means “wind”, satellite was launched and it looks like it will be capable of making broadband obsolete. They have introduced the hyper-band 1.2 Gbps – Giga Bits Per Second (Billion bits per second.) That’s a tornado-like 150 time…

Green Commuter Makes a Statement – Thunderbolt Electric Scooter (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Thunderbolt Electric Scooter Concept by Henrik Björkman does not break new grounds when it comes to technological advances, but this sexy environment-friendly scooter has a loud and clear message for you. Down with combustible engines! The scooter’s design emphasizes a curvy hole where the engi…