Gravity Filtered Water – Aquaovo Ovopur Water Dispenser (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Made of porcelain, glass and metal, the Ovopur water dispenser from Aquaovo doesn’t use any electricity. It uses gravity to filter and revitalize tap water. The water dispenser has a reusable, multilayer, 100 percent recyclable filter cartridge which removes impurities from the water. It holds up …

Hands-Free Dog Walking – Doog Walkie Belt

(TrendHunter.com) An Australian company, Doogb>, has come up with a way to make dog-walking easier and cleaner – the walkie belt. The belt is designed so that you can be ‘hands free’ when taking your dog for a walk.

The belt lets you keep everything in one place and encourages environmentally responsible dog ow…

Psychotherapist Robots – MindMentor

(TrendHunter.com) In this day and age, a large percentage of the population in developed countries is either seeing a metal health hygienist or therapist (psychiatrist, psychologist, counselor) or has seen one at some point in their life. From the way things are presented, people are made to feel that if they’ve neve…

Pimped Scooters – Monster Segways Sports Giant Tires (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) If it has wheels or a computer chip, you can bet that there is some guy out there who is going to put neons lights on it, boost it’s performance, or customize it in some way.

Take this Segway owner (of course, maybe he’s not the owner, which would describe this a whole lot better) for instance. He…

Fireplace in a Suitcase – Conmoto Travelmate

(TrendHunter.com) The Travelmate by Conmoto is a portable traveling fireplace. The Travelmate is a stylized suitcase with a glass pane that is held together by magnets. The gadget, designed by Studio Vertijet, produces smokeless fire and has a weather-proof powder coating. The fireplace weigh 25 kg and runs on bio-al…

Disappearing Nail Polish – Red Nails Look Clear Indoors

(TrendHunter.com) Some students at Albion High School in Salford, England invented a “vanishing” nail polish as part of a project with Salford University’s school of art and design. In addition, their new invention was inspired by their search for an innovative solution to their school’s ban on makeup.

The nail po…

Emotion-Sensitive Bags – LadyBag Helps the Forgetful (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The LadyBag makes sure you ladies will never forget your keys, mobiles or any important gadget before you leave the house. Developed by a team of six women at Canada’s Simon Fraser University, the LadyBag uses RFID technology to detect items in the bag.

If something is missing, the LadyBag will sh…

Caterpillar Created Messages – “Love Me” Leaves by Kyung-Ah Park (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Designer Kyung-Ah Park has come up with a very novel and amusing concept that goes to the heart of the environmental mess human behavior has wrought on the planet.

Caterpillars are known to feed on certain kinds of leaves and Kyung-Ah Park came up with the idea of squeezing honey on the leaves to …

Self-Knitting Lampshade – Sleeping Beauty by Nadine Sterk

(TrendHunter.com) I’m not sure how handy this light actually is unless you plan on starting a knitted-lampshade store. You see, the Sleeping Beauty Lamp knits a lampshade on its own, completing three rotations every hour!

Neat idea if you want your furniture to grow. Not so neat if you have a small place.

The des…

Green Computer Spyshots – Intel Netbook Eco PC (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) One of the spies over at Endgaget got his hands on some more photos of Intel’s Netbook, or the Eco PC. These shots showcase the TI-99-esque keyboard.

The whole tour can be seen on Flickr.

As going green is higher on our list of priorities, a rise in demand for more sustainable products, includin…

Measuring Towel – Comfortable Weight Management

(TrendHunter.com) Here’s a practical design you can use to keep track of your girlish figure. And guys, don’t cheat.

Wrap the towel around your WAIST and not UNDER your belly then declare “Yup, still a 30.”

It’s actually a playful piece, making it more fun while running around hotel rooms starkers. The designer’s…

Pillows With a Pulse – My Beating Heart (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) My Beating Heart is a soft, huggable heart with a soothing heartbeat you can feel, designed to help little ones over 3 to sleep and grown ups to relax and meditate.

The heartbeat rhythm was carefully designed and programmed using artificial intelligence and it models the human heartbeat in deep me…

Engineless Gravity Racing Car – Mercedes-Benz Silbervogel (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Mercedes-Benz Silbervogel was designed by Jakob Hirzel for the Xtreme Gravity Series in Irvine, California.

The automobile is a gravity racing car that has no engine. Its bionic shape and load-bearing carbon structure were designed to meet the challenges posed by the physical forces at play du…

Touchless Controllers – No-Touch TV Remote Understands Motions (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) It is kind of hard for me to understand this futuristic, buttonless TV remote control concept that looks like a piece of slightly twisted metal with a vertical cavity.

This concept TV remote was designed by a Dutch student and the premise behind it is that you can control your TV without touching …

Power Boats that Dive – Marion Hyper-Sub (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Marion Hyper-Sub is a submersible vehicle which also has the ability to run on the surface at great speed. Powerful, versatile and cost-efficient, the Hyper-Sub is billed as the world’s first true general-purpose submarine. Operating as a self-sufficient powerboat on the surface, and as a subm…

Cheap Petroleum Alternatives – Biomass Gas

(TrendHunter.com) A company says it will make ethanol for the U.S. at less than a buck a gallon. They will refine what’s known as biomass which is available for 65 cents per gallon. The technology uses low energy to make it efficient to produce the biomass which can be used to produce ethanol.

Ethanol currently use…

Pentagon Wants To Pimp Soldiers Eyes – ‘Videogame’ Style Contact Lenses

(TrendHunter.com) Today’s technology allows soldiers with advanced gear to see digital maps through helmet-mounted monocles and pilots to get information on heads-up displays. But the latest project from DARPA, the Pentagon’s blue sky science and technology division, will enable troops to see an info-“augmented” real…

Bio-Charging – Self-Healing Artificial Muscle Charges an iPhone

(TrendHunter.com) What’s better than successfully creating an artificial muscle that heals itself? Having that muscle charge your iPhone or other gadgets!

Combining breakthroughs in self-healing materials and artificial arms, University of California, Los Angeles researchers created such muscles that can generate e…

Drum Machine Robot – Autonomous Robot Makes Music With Its Surroundings (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) This unique little robot roams around looking for objects. When it finds one, it drums on it, samples the sound, then breaks into a pretty catchy rhythm using that new sound. The robot can also detect foot stomping or hand clapping and adjust its tempo to match it. According to the website, the m…

Top 23 Cutting Edge Utensils – Cool Cutlery Designs (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Eating is a necessity, but it doesn’t have to be boring. Dressing up the table also doesn’t have to be restricted to interesting dishes; there’s a variety of really innovative cutlery available from leading designers around the world.

From niche items for kids or car freaks to fun, glow-in-the-dar…