Reusable $300 Camera Pill – Detects Early Signs of Cancer

(TrendHunter.com) In great news for doctors and cancer patients, a reusable low-cost camera pill aimed at detecting early signs of esophageal cancer, (the fastest growing cancer in the U.S.) has been invented at the University of Washington. Unlike a standard endoscope, which can only be inserted into the esophagus a…

Art Coincides With Your Mood – MoodSpace by Interactive Art (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What if you could design your own moods? For only $25,000 you can add an entire wall that shimmers and glows to your living room decor.

Now imagine being able to fine tune it. The MoodSpace by Interactive Art has LED lighting and other elements, each piece crafted by artist Arjuna Noor.

“Arjuna’s…

Charge Batteries While You Walk – Knee Brace Dynamo (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) US and Canadian scientists have created a unique and useful device that will use your body movements while walking to charge up your batteries for a whole host of gadgets. As a human dynamo you will effortlessly produce enough energy to power up your mobile for 30 minutes form just one minute walkin…

Eco Scientists Devise New Propulsion – Sea Glider Powered by Water’s Heat

(TrendHunter.com) While President Bush says it’s OK for the Navy to kill whales during testing, researchers have launched an awesome sea glider that uses heat from the energy to propel itself. The glider has proven itself by criss crossing the Virgin Island Basin more than 20 times since December. It could keep going…

Reinventing The Wheel – Folding Bicycle Wheel (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The folding bicycle wheel is a very innovative space saver for the courier or commuter who, for security measure, removes their front tire. Now instead of having to take the awkward wheel with you to your office, you can simply fold it up and put in into you brief.

Designed by Duncan Fitzsimmons, …

Selling Socks in “Pairs” of 3 – Throx

(TrendHunter.com) I have said it before, and I will say it again that simplicity in trends is always a winner and I can’t think of a finer example than Throx.

Basically this company have thought of a simple solution to the age old problem of the missing sock by selling socks in “pairs” of three not two. Of course yo…

Curtains In Any Shape Or Form – Magnetic Curtains (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Most curtains remain in a 2D world where they limit themselves to a few functions and positions. Innovation has sparked the mind of Florian Krautil who has given these magnetic curtains 3D functionality. Adding hundreds of tiny circular magnets, which are evenly spaced throughout the curtains to all…

Morphing Mobile Interface – Samsung Soul (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) To be unleashed next week at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress, Samsung Soul, is a new member of its Ultra Edition range. The most impressive feature about Soul is its touchpad display with ‘Magical Touch’ system that will morph the user interface, changing icons according to the application you are…

Movie Theatre House – Hagy Belzber’s Theater Wall (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Where else but L.A. would home architecture be so dominated by the media? The owner is Hagy Belzberg. If there is nothing worth viewing on the screen, then a view out any of the glass walls will be just as award-winning. Terraces and patios for the movie buffs, and a 65 foot infinity pool for those …

Smart Energy Generation – Revolution Revolving Door (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What a smart eco-friendly idea. The Revolution Door’s concept is similar to a turbine spinning somewhere deep inside a hydroelectric dam or within wind turbine to generate renewable electricity. New York designers Fluxxlab’s Revolution puts otherwise-wasted kinetic energy from a revolving office doo…

Computer & Coffee on the Go – Yuno PC Mug (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Java beans lovers are gonna love love love this. The Yuno PC is a new personal computer concept that allows you to get the most out of your morning coffee. You dont have to go sit at your computer or notebook or check the TV or paper. You can start your day in style anywhere you want, the garden, t…

Changing Color of Metal By Laser – Femtosecond Laser

(TrendHunter.com) Every “get rich quick” schemer would love to turn aluminum into gold. This neat invention is almost the ticket. It can change the colour of any metal, fooling people into thinking it may be a much more valuable one.

By shining an intense light at metal for a split second, the intensity of the bea…

Interactive Marketing – 1-click Awards (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) 1-click award is a competition rewarding the interactive works using mouse actions such as click. The contest offers the winner 500,000 yen and is being organized by Japanese recruiting company, Recruit. This in itself however is not the awesome part, no no, the awesome part is the promotion of the …

World’s First Updatable Holographic Display (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Sure sure, they are saying it’s a great breakthrough for medicine, surgery, aviation and all that serious stuff, but imagine the extremely cool applications of an updatable holographic display in multimedia and marketing. Picture a large, dynamic, three-dimensional product display when shopping or a…

Ambilight Spectra TV Illuminates the Home – Aurea By Philips

(TrendHunter.com) Take a step into a new dimension of sensory experiences. Released by Philips and integrating the unique Ambilight Spectra technology, Aurea is an innovative, flat television screen that brings a sensual and unique lighting and color experience to the home.

Investing 50 million euros in its ‘Sedu…

Implant Restores Sight to the Blind – Artificial Cornea

(TrendHunter.com) Technological advancements have allowed researches from Frauhofer Institute in Germany to produce an aesthetic cornea that may give hope to the blind. The Cornea is carefully layered with a special protein that latches to the natural cornea after implantation.

These sight-saving implants have been…

“Real” Perpetual Motion Machine – Perepiteia (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Thane Heins is careful never not to claim that his Perepiteia is a perpetual motion machine, yet it accelerates from exposure to a permanent magnet, and that’s not supposed to happen.

Scientists from top universities (University of Virginia, Michigan State University, the University of Toronto a…

Lollipop Good For Your Teeth

(TrendHunter.com) Willy Wonka loved candy. His father was a dentist. Combine the two and you get Professor Wenyuan Shi, Chairman of the Oral Biology Department at the UCLA School of Dentistry.

He has developed a therapeutic, orange-flavored lollipop that is good for your teeth. His secret ingredient is an extract o…

Ultra Fashion Mobile – Chanel Choco Phone (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This is hands down the most elegant and beautiful phone model I ever laid my eyes upon. The Chanel Choco Phone, is a concept designed by Fred de GARILHE for Chanel.

It works by “integrating an optical fiber system that displays image between two glass parts,” according to New Launches.

“There a…

Hollywood’s Fresh Faces – Vanity Fair Annual Hollywood 2008 Issue

(TrendHunter.com) The new blood in Hollywood is taking over. At least according to Vanity Fair which just released the cover for its annual Hollywood issue. The March cover, whose theme is fresh faces of Hollywood in 2008, was shot by celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz.

Ten fresh faces star in this shoot: Emily…