(TrendHunter.com) Ever want a companion to talk to during those late nights at the office working on your computer? Tengu won’t talk back, but at least it will entertain you! Tengu is a USB powered….thing…that responds to music, your voice, or other noises. It can even “lip-sync” to the singer for some songs. …
(TrendHunter.com) This amphibious scooter could be used on land like a normal scooter, and as a propeller for swimming thanks to its two hub motors. Super fun for the kids. The Skidscooter is designed by Yong Jieyu and has won a reddot design award. Skidscooter functions in very different orientations in each environ…
(TrendHunter.com) What a fantastic idea: using storage units as play spaces!
Designers and builders of storage units realized that people were using these rental spaces for more stashing their boxes full of junk, so they took the idea and ran with it. The units by GarageTown are perfect for kid play or for adult pl…
(TrendHunter.com) Everybody likes LEGO blocks, right? As a kid, I could play with them for hours (probably still could, come to think of it). Although they are unofficial imitations, these “lego” block MP3 players look like an over sized version of the real thing. The manufacturer creatively used the bumps (isn’t th…
(TrendHunter.com) Live long enough and even Disney gives you a discount. Geezers are used to a dime off their cup of coffee at Mickey D’s, but the Mickey Mouse honchos in Japan decided they needed to do more to attract more seniors.
At Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea they are beginning to offer a 22% discount to tho…
(TrendHunter.com) SPOILER ALERT: Hey guys, tired of looking at the scantily clad women in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition? Get your daughter to help you scour the backgrounds for hidden images.
Just kidding, but they were actually strategically placed there. A spokesperson described it as the 3-D issue and …
(TrendHunter.com) Surely you’ve heard of virtual fences for pets. Now they have them for kids, and they work just about the same way.
Smart Target created the easy-to-use child proximity alarm locater which allows parents to keep tabs on their kids at all times. By setting up a boundary area with the Kiddo Kidkeepe…
(TrendHunter.com) While most water bottles are lightweight and disposable, fuseproject and L.A. based Y Water are moving in the opposite direction, by creating a bottle that they hope, will sitck a little longer. The bottle has a distinctive Y-shape, serves as a bottle that carries vitamin enriched water for childre…
(TrendHunter.com) Last year’s cool electronic eyeball has new features available to add to the fun in 2008. The new model of Eyeclops now comes with three levels of zoom, 100x, 200x, and 400x. And this fall, the company will make it easier to catch the bugs and stuff you zoom in on with their new bug-sucking vacuum a…
(TrendHunter.com) The Diamond Scrabble board is absolutely gorgeous, and is more likely to go up on a wall (behind a glass case) than on a table top for family game’s night.
The Hasbro designed board, shown at the American International Toy Fair in New York, is so glittery the man showing it off had to wear sunglas…
(TrendHunter.com) While the Takkiainen was designed to bring together lonely people who might happen to brush up against each other in a busy city, the most fantastic implication of the Velcro jackets is their possibility to attach babies and children to the body. How much easier would it be to stick your kid on your…
(TrendHunter.com) This crib is not really designed with barbed wire. It just looks like it. The design is supposed to mimic and make light of the physical restraints and many spatial limitations that human beings create to limit mobility. The x shaped motif is supposed to encourage the babies to stay in the crib. How…
(TrendHunter.com) Commemorating its 40th year, Hot Wheels has created a $140,000 coupe designed by jeweler, Jason, of Beverly Hills, CA. The 18k white gold car is encrusted with 2,700 diamonds weighing 23 Carats. The car will be auctioned off sometime this year with proceeds going to Big Brothers Big Sisters.
(TrendHunter.com) He sings, he dances, he even tells jokes and does the jazz hands! It’s not just another in the long line of popular plush Elmo products, Elmo Live elevates feature plush into a new dimension of realistic, interactive play. Elmo Live, was announced by Fisher-Price at Toy Fair 2008 and will go on sale…
(TrendHunter.com) Have a kid that wants to literally put the pedal to the metal? This Ferrari pedal car is just the trick. Or you can hire an olympic sprinter to push your little DNA spawn around the estate too. Notice how the kid is outfitted with all the gear? Not included. How cute would this look next to your ful…
(TrendHunter.com) Trend Hunter has covered rental culture in the past; we’ve seen iPhone rentals, pet and garden rentals, EV city cars, the ability to rent designer ‘it’ bags and even luxury car time shares.
Last year we featured baby clothes rental, and now a similar concept, Baby Plays, allows for toy rental.
I…
(TrendHunter.com) Did you ever want a dog that doesn’t pee on the rug? Inud the Robo-Dog by Segatoy is for you. He responds to human touch, voice commands, and movement, and will even let you shake its paw.
At $270, he will not shed or pee on the rug, nor will he put his snout in your guest’s crotch is an inappro…
(TrendHunter.com) Make something mandatory and chances are the design is going to be worse than child-like. It will be ugly.
Nestt wants to change that. They have returned the child to the egg, something many mothers wish they could do on command. The design on the Nestt Egg Carseat is a charming solution to a fed…
(TrendHunter.com) It took a Mom, who also happens to be a mechanical engineer, to invent an ingenious device that makes changing a diaper a breeze. The Ubi change table fits any floor surface and comes in a basic and a deluxe model. The basic model holds the diaper in place and the deluxe model has a built-in, spri…
(TrendHunter.com) The day the cardboard box arrived in the mail, I couldn’t have been more excited. I scanned over the sender label and was thrilled to see that my first Zoobie had arrived in the mail!
Zoobies, for those who don’t know, are convertible stuffed animals that come in a selection of critters inspired …
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