Silencing People Politely – Stop Talking Cards

(TrendHunter.com) I am sure we could all use the Stop Talking cards to silence those who just don’t know when to stop flexing their vocal chords. After all, those people can be found everywhere, from work to parties, t…

Recycled Packaging DIY – FedEx Furniture (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) One enterprising man has saved a lot of money by making all his furniture out of used FedEx boxes and packaging supplies. The furniture is not just for show; he actually sleeps on the bed, eats at his…

Designer Plastic Chairs – Sam Durant’s Porcelain Garden Chair (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) One of the icons of the U.S. maybe the cheap plastic chair. Criss-cross the U.S., perhaps the world, and you will run across white plastic chairs. A gallery in Tokyo is paying homage to the chair via …

Billboard Hotels (REVIEW) – Etienne Boulanger Pod Hotel in Berlin (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) When I wrote about the now closed Berlin one-room billboard hotel in December 2007, I considered it more of an art project or experiment than a place people would actually sleep.

In March 2008, howe…

Insect Dolls – Toddlerpedes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Toddlerpedes is a collection of totally creepy and bizarre sculptures by artist Jon Beinart that are made using body parts from baby dolls.

Beinart started making creatures from doll torsos, limbs an…

Before & After Greasy Hair Photos – Hairwash Project (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Internet never seizes to amaze me. The latest quirky idea that grabbed my attention is a fun project called Hairwash that shows pictures of people before and after getting their hair washed.

The…

Turbine Powered Speedboats – The Squirt2 Jetboat (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) What do you do if your regular old speed boat is just not fast enough? Why, not try adding a helicopter turbine? That’s exactly what the innovative thinkers at NYE Corporation have done. According to …

Search by Face Browser Extensions – Polar Rose

(TrendHunter.com) Suppose for one reason or another you needed an image of a person who looked like a horse. Searching Google Images would take hours, but a new extension for Firefox and IE called Polar Rose would make…

Fake Broken Websites – Maison Martin Margiela Site Not Under Construction (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Web surfers have invariably run into the dreaded 404 – Page Not Found message. Occasionally surfers will run into the “index” or “parent” directory which is the code behind the web page. Here’s a des…

Spock Ear Jewelry – Raja Gondkar’s Strange Earrings (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Raja Gondkar heads up the Design Department of the Indian Institute in Mumbai. As a result, he has a known reputation for 20 years of innovative art and design. Consequently he may not have had time t…

Giant Fake Grass Toys – Playground Carpet

(TrendHunter.com) Children have boundless energy but they need somewhere to play safe. Rolling around in a small room full of plastic balls has been a popular favourite for years, but now here is a fun and portable alt…

Offensive Stuffed Animals – SpiderCamp (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These are not your typical cutesy felt bunnies for children. These are shocking, uncensored creations by SpiderCamp who wishes to “personally celebrate my right as a grownup to use all sorts of words.…

Cell Phone Microscopes – The CellScope Diagnoses Malaria (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A research team at UC Berkeley is working on a potentially life-saving technology that could diagnose Malaria using a cell phone and a special microscope. This is a great breakthrough as it eliminates…

Real Life Pinheads – Self-Piercing for Olympics

(TrendHunter.com) A Chinese man turned himself into a real life pinhead, not as a demonstration of mind over manner or some twisted form of acupuncture, but as a PR stunt to promote the upcoming Olympics. Dr Wei Sheng …

Vibrating Bracelets for the Deaf – The Vibering for Safety (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Vibering by designers Kwang-seok Jeong, Min-hee Kim and Hyun-joong Kim is a very ingenious sound detection and identification system to help the deaf and hard of hearing capture the sounds around …

Insect Accessories – Princess Beatrice’s Butterfly Bonnet

(TrendHunter.com) Ordinarily when you see an accessory as eccentric as Princess Beatrice’s butterfly hat, you write it off as a very rare, albeit entertaining fashion faux pas. However, one could start to wonder that t…

Google Maps to Share Horror Stories – “Sod Abroad” Promotion

(TrendHunter.com) Times journalist and aspiring author Michael Moran is promoting his new book Sod Abroad through his blog (natch), as well as through an interactive map where users can add their own holiday stories.
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Fake Police – Cardboard Cops

(TrendHunter.com) For under $40, you can have a life-sized cardboard likeness of a law enforcer in your home. Very simplistic, but I hear it does the trick. At first glance, these cutouts appear to be real policemen, a…

Talking Watches – Learn To Tell Time In Japanese

(TrendHunter.com) For the modest price of about $20, this cool gimmick can be yours. Talking Japanese watches supply an audio component to traditional time-telling in a fashionable array of colors.

For the non-Japan…

Visible Magnetic Fields – NASA’s Magnetic Movie (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Magnetic fields are usually invisible but scientists from NASA’s Space Sciences Laboratory have successfully found a way to make them visible, as demonstrated in the video. Nasa’s short film, appr…