Cutlery Pen Caps for Dining in 2015 – Din-ink (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Din-ink is so much more than just a pen cap as I’m sure you’ve noticed. It’s pen cap cutlery. Spoon, Fork and knife caps that conveniently fit over the end of your pen so you can do your homework and eat it too! Made of 100% biodegradable and atoxic and packaged in compostable material “the …

Hot Spot Finder – Pen Detects Wifi

(TrendHunter.com) If you’re not quite comfortable wearing a Wifi detecting Tshirt, then this $8 gadget might be the next best thing!

The nifty Wi-Fi Detecting Pen is able to sense wireless hot spots, and has four LEDs that light up like a bar to indicate the strength of the signal. It can inform you of Wi-Fi from u…

Temporary Public Parkcycle – PARK(ing) Day (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) An experimental environmental project was set up by REBAR in San Francisco to encourage the entire world to convert parking lots into temporary green space in a project known as PARK(ing) Day.

WORLDwidE PARK(ing) Day 2007 took place in September and was hugely successful with 180 make-shift parks …

Packing Tape Portraits – Mark Khaisman Tapeworks (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Believe it or not, these phenomenal works of art are made out of translucent brown packing tape. By layering the tape on top of a sheets of Plexiglas, Mark Khaisman was able to craft these creations that look a lot like sepia-toned negatives.

Some portraits are more retro, and look as if they were…

Sunscreen That Applies Itself – By142 Body Wash SPF 15

(TrendHunter.com) By142 Body Wash/SPF 15 is the very first product of its kinds. It uses particles in tiny, positively charged silica shells, which cling to negatively charged skin for up to eight hours after a shower.

For only $32 you’ll never have to worry about applying that greasy sun block every again, and t…

Free Phone Calls – Magic Jack USB Phone Gizmo

(TrendHunter.com) Want free phone calls? From a landline? Like those long hold times to tech support or your credit card company? Magic Jack is a USB device that allows you to plug a regular phone into your computer and make free VOIP calls. If you make a lot of over-seas calls and don’t want to deplete your minutes,…

Computer Cases Get Faces – PC Personality by Ross McBride

(TrendHunter.com) Ross McBride’s computer tower faces concept gives PCs a personality.

Now comes the sad face. The design is currently stowed away in the designer’s “idea” file, and it doesn’t appear that he has plans to produce these. Too bad. I’d love to see an entire server room filled with these, all w…

Valentine’s Day Marketing for Gadgets – Pink iPod Nano

(TrendHunter.com) Around Valentines Day each year it seems everything turns a shade of pink and Apple is no exception. It was announced yesterday they will launch a pink iPod Nano in time for the 14th of February. It will cost the same as a normal Nano (£129) and is described as a “gorgeous” new shade, available on …

Apple shares plunge 11%

Variety

Record revenue and profits and a very healthy first holiday for the iPhone weren’t enough to soothe Apple investors, as lower-than-expected guidance sent the computer and media device maker’s shares plunging 11% in after-hours trading Tuesday.Revenue rose 35% during the holiday quarter, the first on Apple’s fiscal calendar, to $9.6 billion. Net income rose 58% to $1.58 billion.Revenue growth was highest for the computer division, but iPod devices and services provided the majority of Apple’s coin — more than $5 billion during the quarter. IPod unit sales were up 5% to 22.1 million, but revenue rose 17% to almost $4 billion, indicating that consumers were buying more expensive models like the new iPod Touch.

Company sold 2.3 million iPhones, generating $241 million in revenue from unit sales and its cut of service fees from partner AT&T. Strong perf indicates that after a somewhat sluggish debut for the device, the $200 price cut this fall has paid off.

In the current quarter, Apple predicted revenue of $6.8 billion and earnings per diluted share of 94¢. That’s up significantly from $5.26 billion and 87¢ last year but well below the expectations investors had built into high-flying Apple shares.

Apple recently launched movie rentals from all the major Hollywood studios on iTunes, partly in hopes of boosting its underperforming Apple TV. Company hasn’t released sales data for the device, which brings iTunes content into the living room, but it’s not nearly as successful as the iPod or iPhone.

Apple stock fell 4% to $155.64 before earnings were announced.

Foldable Palmtop/Laptop – Noahpad Can Be Hung On Coat Hanger (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Noahpad is a funky cross category Palmtop/OLPC/low cost UMPC gizmo and is notable for its odd attribute including a split keyboard, the ability to fold back on itself and be hung up with a clothes hanger. You don’t see those features everyday.

Fashion Photography as Fine Art – Click Chic Exhibit (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Is photography art? Is fashion design art? The answers to these two may determine whether or not you think fashion photography could be considered fine art. It seems more people than not are agreeing it is an aesthetically appealing, awe inspiring form of creation.

Photographs initially intended f…

Skateboard Furniture – Skate Study House

(TrendHunter.com) Pierre-André Senizergues, the owner of Etnies Shoe Co. along with Gil De Le Bon Lapointe, have developed a collection of furniture for an upcoming exhibition in Paris.

Skaters and snowboarders has been building furniture for years out of broken skateboards and last year’s snowboards. The differen…

Cell Phone With Large Pullout Display – Readius (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Here’s a cell phone with a fold-out display screen that disappears when not in use. Readius is the world’s first phone designed specifically to allow easier reading of news, blogs or email. Philips has a 25 per cent stake in the company.

“You get the large display of e-reading, the super battery l…

Cheap Retro Thrills – Deluxe TV Etch-A-Sketch (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) How would you like to play a $13 Etch-A-Sketch on your $3500 52 inch LCD TV?

Just about everybody had an Etch-A-Sketch when they were a kid, but if you didn’t it’s not too late. $13 will get you an electronic version that you can play on your TV and, get this, when you shake the controller it …

Sticky Digital Displays – Message Tape

(TrendHunter.com) This cool decorative tape lets you leave messages by blacking out the the white areas. A brilliantly simple design concept, the Message Tape works in pretty much any language thanks to its free-form display concept.

Perfect for labeling boxes, temporary signage, creating impromptu artworks or moder…

Electric Light Shoes – Onisuka Tigers With Mini City of Lights

(TrendHunter.com) The electric light shoes were designed for a Japanese footwear company, Onitsuka Tiger, by Freedom of Creation.

The shoe is 3 feet long and contains a miniature city inside, the stripes resemble streets and highways and tall building point out from the shoe’s opening. The huge shoe is intended t…

Gesture Based Window Shopping – Orange’s No-Touch Interactive Shop Window (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Orange has launched an amazing new interactive window campaign featuring what at first appears to be a touch-screen interface, but is in fact a NO touch interactive shop window. Instead of requiring touch to activate the display, users need only wave their hands in what’s being called “gesture based…

Live Action 3D Digital Concert Film – U2 3D (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Sundance Film Festival plays host to a lot of really unique movies and film features, and is the perfect venue to launch experimental films like Bono did with his recent project, the first ever live action 3D digital film.

Viewers of U23D were all given a pair of 3D glasses before they entered…

Reality Photo Magazine – One Night Stand (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In the words of ONS’ great creators, “One Night Stand is a self-indulgent exercise that began with the noble aim of throwing the spotlight on Perth, and the fabulous nobodies that inhabit the city.”

And that they did. Their ‘zine documents all the experiences of a single, yet magnificent night. …

Fancy Folding Furniture – Case Coffee Table

(TrendHunter.com) There are card tables, those flimsy cardboard things with folding legs that we use in our basements to play cards. And then, there is the Case Coffee Table, one made of birch wood and spring loaded locking hinges that can withstand up to 100lbs. This table is handmade, has a nice, light finish, and …