Auto Vending Machine – Smart Idea (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This giant vending machine dispenses a really small car. Put your $20,000 in the slot, and take your pick from a Smart Coupe or Cabrio. Smart cars have only recently been exported outside of Europe to…

Taking Pranks Global – Improv Anywhere Launches UrbanPrankster.com (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Urban Prankster is a new offshoot of Improv Everywhere. Improv Everywhere has done over 70 acts of comedy, including riding the subway pantless.

Their blog encourages pranks, hacks, flash mobs and other…

Redecorating Subway Cars – Pranksters Turn Train into a Living Room (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) A group of Improv Everywhere-inspired pranksters based in Prague, the Czech Republic, turned a subway car into a living room.

On a Friday afternoon, the commuters of a train were rather surprised when…

Top 20 Prison Innovations – From Inmate Charities to Eco Jails

(TrendHunter.com) Going Like Sixty’s discovery of an Alcatraz-based hotel has inspired me to create this lovely cluster about prison innovation.

This post features Trend Hunter’s best discoveries in the world of prison…

Novelty Toilet Cover & Rugs – The Butler Did It

(TrendHunter.com) This could be a gag gift, a frat-house staple, or even the perfect gift for the person that has everything.

This personified toilet seat cover and rug combo is good a chuckle at first sight, and might…

UPDATE: Cooking Eggs with Mobile Phones a Hoax (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Luckily, the post about cooking eggs with mobile phones has turned out to be a hoax. I say ‘luckily’ for all those people who keep a mobile phone in their pants and then make calls next to their head…

Razor Blades as Accessories – Cutting Edge (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) When cocaine was just hitting the fashionable circles, it was chic to wear a razor blade to show that one was among the coke “elite.” Now the goth/punk/emo crowd has adopted the double edge razor blade…

Subliminal Naughty Candy – Gummi Lighthouses (ahem…)

(TrendHunter.com) This sure must have looked good on the drawing board. Everybody crowded around oohing and ahhing over how popular this would be with the sailors. Sailors love lighthouses like prisoners love soap.

Apparently…

Political Sock Monkeys – TheSockObama

(TrendHunter.com) Now you can finally have the Barack Obama sock monkey that you always wanted.

With Barack Obama recently becoming the chosen democrat candidate and a favorite in the election, we can expect more novelty…

Imitation Windows – Brighten Up Your Dive Apartment

(TrendHunter.com) This unusual idea, for imitation windows, may be questionable, but it certainly is creative.

A quick look at some benefits and shortcomings of this idea are listed as follows:

Benefit:

– It cannot…

Seizures Triggered by Specific Music – Musicogenic Epilepsy

(TrendHunter.com) Stacey Gayle is a Canadian woman living in Queens, NY who suffers from a very rare malady – musicogenic epilepsy. Her epileptic seizures are triggered by some music. In her case it was Sean Paul’s “Temperature”…

Gum Blondes (Update) – Jason Kronenwald’s Bubblegum Portraits (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Jason Kronenwald makes portraits of blonde-haired public figures using a very unusual medium: chewed bubblegum. The malleable portraits are manipulated onto a plywood surface, and sealed with an epoxy…

Chairs That Follow You – RFID Robot Chair (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Dutch designer Jelte van Geest created a chair that follows people around. The Take a Seat robot chair was conceived and designed for the Openbare Bibliotheek Endhoven library and the robot chair moves…

Dresses Made of Iron – Luana Jardim’s Specular Collection (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Fashion designer Luana Jardim showed a collection of dresses, Specular, made of iron at Fashion Rio. If these gowns needed alterations, would you need a welder or a blow torch? Using iron as a fabric…

Reverse Graffiti (UPDATE) – Now Cleaning the Streets of San Francisco

(TrendHunter.com) The artist, “Moose” is one of the early pioneers of a technique called “Reverse Graffiti” which involves using natural methods and natural cleaners to create large scales mural. Moose makes his in San…

Skin Antennas – Wireless Connection for Medical Implants

(TrendHunter.com) We already have wireless internet at home and Wi-Fi outside the home. Why not a personal wireless connection for different medical implants like pacemakers in our bodies too? William Scanlon and Garet…

Shoes Made of Rice – The Secret to Olympic Gold?

(TrendHunter.com) The secret to winning Olympic gold may lie in an innovative new shoe made with grains of rice.

The Japanese sneakers, custom made by Hitoshi Mimura, will be put to the test by United State distance …

Charging Fliers by Weight – Derrie-Air

(TrendHunter.com) Branson made his name hauling Virgins across the pond. Now, Derrie-Air wants to make a fortune by charging passengers by the pound. Luggage charges and peanut charges were, well, peanuts, compared to …

Passive Aggressive Entertainment – Vending Machines That Smash China (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We have all had those days where we just wanted to smash something. Usually the stuff we want to smash would be expensive to replace. Yaris Kublitz wants to install a vending machine where you can plu…

Beer Syringes – The Bierstick Lets You Drink 24oz in 2 Seconds (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) So you think you can drink? Maybe you should try this $20 beer syringe, with a mouthpiece instead of a needle, which lets you drink up to 24 ounces in less than two seconds.

The Bierstick is made fr…