Gigantic Home Theater – $6 Million Entertainment System (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Sometimes your friends will buy huge, ugly electronics, and when asked how you like it, all you can say is, “It sure is big!”

Check out this massive home theater system, it sure is big with its 18-by-10-foot screen. It cost $6,000,000. I guess if I spent that much I would want you to be able to se…

Asia’s Tallest Observation Wheel – The Singapore Flyer Opens March 1 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Most of us will have to wait until March 1 to take a spin on the Singapore Flyer, the giant observation wheel that cost US$160 million and just under three years to complete. But 28 corporations have already booked tickets for inaugural rides from 11-13 February, just in time to usher in the Chinese…

Charge Gadgets By Wind or Sun – MINIWIZ HYmini

(TrendHunter.com) MINIWIZ has created a portable, alternative power source called the HYmini.

The device harnesses the natural power of the wind to recharge an integrated battery, which at the same time can be used to charge other electronic devices.

But what happens when it’s not windy out? MINIWIZ thought of th…

Street Art Revolution – Interview with Graffiti Artist Banksy (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Graffiti artist Banksy has always been an enigma. Finally, an interview with him sheds light on his background and ideology.

He explains how he started doing graffiti, what he thinks of his art and the political message it delivers. A must see for any Banksy fan, as it shows him in action. Amazing…

Eating in 2015 – The Critter Grater

(TrendHunter.com) Having a design contest for how we might eat in 2015 means getting some fun as well as futuristic designs. Even if they are meant to be a little cheesy, like this animal designed grater. The cool part is that you don’t have to hold it to use it. No more grated knuckles. It’s called “Scratch my Back.…

Buy Your Own Mini Island – Paradise in Your Back Garden

(TrendHunter.com) I totally love the sheer craziness of this item – a kit with everything you need to create a mini paradise in your back yard.

It comes with two 2 metre high UB protected palm trees (with coconuts and palm leaves), a hammock, rope drink caddy and pillow. Best of all (not that you need it in the UK)…

Novel Realistic Gaming – The USB Boxer

(TrendHunter.com) Typically when we play a computer game, the visuals are on the screen. With 3-D glasses you can enhance the visuals by adding a third dimension. However, the USB Boxer adds a totally unexpected dimension to the gaming experience by displaying the action pysically right in front of your eyes.

The b…

Turning Problem into Art – Gum by Numbers (Update) (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is how you solve a problem artistically. Instead of banning chewing gum (hello Singapore, 1992-2004), Hubba Bubba collaborated with DDB advertising, Sydney to tackle the problem of chewing gum on the streets by putting up fun, interactive “chew by number” posters that use different flavours of …

Niche Cosmetics For Hi Def TV – Cargo blu_ray Make-Up (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) So it seems that everyone is jumping on the Blu-Ray band wagon and further adding misery to the backers of the HD DVD. As a result, Cargocosmetics has introduced a new range of make-up aimed at make-up artists of the stars who will have every minor skin imperfection advertised by the HD technology. …

People as Traffic Sensors – Nokia’s Road Experiment

(TrendHunter.com) In an effort to find a cheaper alternative to permanent road sensors, Nokia conducted a large-scale experiment to test how cell phones can monitor and predict traffic. The experiment was in collaboration with the California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT), CalTrans, and Berkeley’s Depart…

Flood Adaptive Accommodations – Waterstudio Designs (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you live in a place with a high possibility of being submerged under water and frequent floods, it only make sense to move away from conventional architecture and design when it comes to home building. Rather you would need something that would be able to withstand this force or nature, so why n…

Savvy Flickr Use for Marketing – Urban Outfitters Flickr Pool (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Urban Outfitters is making use of the Yahoo-owned photo sharing website, Flickr in an attempt to encourage brand interaction.

The Urban Outfitters Flickr Pool lets the public upload photos of anything related to Urban Outfitters, whether it’s people wearing their clothes, images of store fronts or…

Google Keeps on Tweaking – New Search Result Views

(TrendHunter.com) Google fixes search. It wasn’t broken, but Google just does that.

Now Googlers can make results look different when they search. If you are able to sign up, you can switch between links, or see your results mapped, put on a time line or narrowed by filters.

“With these views, Google’s technology…

2 in 1 Mouse/Gamepad – Evergreen Navigator

(TrendHunter.com) This two in one combo will allow you to copy/paste, scroll and pwn some noobs. The Evergreen Navigator 365 is a 2 in 1 mouse game pad combo for the businessman with a little kid left in him. Now when your traveling you don’t need to be embarrassed when you take out your gamepad on the plane, because…

Tote Inspired by Manila Envelope – Mac Bag for Macbook Air (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The thinness of the new Macbook Air, and its ability to fit into a manila envelope (as illustrated in its commercial) inspired this carrying case design by London-based designer Michael Leung. The Mac Bag is 34.5 x 24.7 x 22 mm, water resistant and constructed with waxed cotton, felt lining, and pla…

New SMS Language – Teens Using Codes to Throw Off Adults

(TrendHunter.com) Parents are texting. So teenagers must communicate differently. Phone addiction prevents them from kicking the connection, so they change the text. “Cool” becomes “book”; “awake” for “cycle” Even woohoo has become zonino. It’s using the predictive feature on phones to keep the language their use the…

Neon Denim – Cali Glow In The Dark Denim (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Cali Denim has produced a glow in the dark range that was predicted (albeit in jest) by top Trendhunter Bianca Bartz back in August 2007 in her review: The (Hideous) Return of Shoulder Pads Fashion. And I quote “This decade has been a decade of old-trend-revival. There have been no significant new l…

Portable Internet Radio Lets You Create Your Own Station – Slacker Portable (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The problem with Internet radio is, of course, that you can’t listen to it on a radio because it is not broadcast on radio waves, so really its not radio at all.

The Slacker Portable solves that problem by caching the music on its flash memory and refreshing it whenever a WiFi connection is avai…

Design Mirrors Nature – The Chameleon Truck is a Centipede (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Even with all our technology and breakthrough inventions, we still look at mother nature for inspiration. Thats what Haishan Deng did when he designed the Chameleon Truck.

This bionic cargo transport wonder utilizes an innovative segmented body that remarkably resembles that of a centipede. This en…

Yahoo’s YouTube Killer – Yahoo Live Now Active

(TrendHunter.com) Six people have quietly launched Yahoo Live. This experiment comes from the Google competitor, but with a very small team of testers, will they be able to correctly evaluate if the YouTube competitor will meet market demands?

With the new service, Yahoo provides all the back end support allowing …