Smart Video Glasses Boost Memory – Cyber Goggles

(TrendHunter.com) Bet you didn’t think throwing on a pair of ultra-nerdy lab glasses could help your memory, did you? These smart video goggles, developed by researchers at the University of Tokyo, record everything in front of them.

The Cyber Goggles create footage of everything the goggle-wearer sees, the content…

Glittery Gadget Really Flies – Silverlit iBird (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) So you like remote control toys, but are afraid to admit it because you think they’re only for boys? You’re wrong little ladies. Just look at this stunningly elegant iBird from Silverlit.

The dainty, glitter-encrusted gizmo flutters gracefully thanks to Silverlit’s mini-ornithopter technology and …

Green Technology Breakthrough – Inkjet Printed Solar Cells

(TrendHunter.com) In an advancement that could radically reduce the cost of making solar panels, Massachusetts-based Konarka Technologies has developed and successfully demonstrated the ability to print solar cells with an inkjet printer. By using the inkjet printing process in the manufacturing of solar cells, the n…

Geek Glasses For Geezers – Eyetonomy SightMate

(TrendHunter.com) The Star Trek gizmo really does exist! Well maybe…. if I was almost blind.

The Eyetonomy SightMate glasses look unbelievably geeky, but if one had really poor vision these would help restore their sight immensely. The SightMate goggles will also improve peripheral vision. But don’t walk around! …

Sneaky Safes – Picture Frame Box Stores Your Loot

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve all seen movies, especially cartoons, in which secret rooms or safes are hidden behind picture frames. This frame is even cooler. Even if the thief looks behind your cheesy family portrait, he’ll be hot, hot, hot in terms of closeness, but he won’t be able to see the safe. That’s because the f…

Working Storage Keyboard – Keyboard Organizer

(TrendHunter.com) Where to stash your treasured possessions and keep your desk organized, while still having them at your fingertips when you work on your computer? Why, inside your keyboard ofcourse!

The $50 Keyboard Organizer is the world’s first and only patented storage space built inside a working keyboard. It…

HangBoarding – Trapeze Bolted to a Snowboard (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) In 2001, a Canadian named Don Arney used his technical skill and his imagination aided, I’m guessing by some dangerous combination of beer, weed, boredom and fearlessness, to invent the HangBoard.

Basically the rider is suspended by trapeze from a small crane that is attached to a snowboard; the…

Portable Sail Boat – Urban Skiff (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Urban Skiff, by designers Thomas Giger, Anita Meyer, Florian Ueker, Femke Morf and Thomas Etter is a portable/foldable sail boat that comes complete and ready to assemble. When you’re ready to go sailing all you need to do is grab your boat, load it onto your vehicle and head out to wherever it …

Wind To Purify Salt Water – High Tech Windmill Could Supply Millions With Water

(TrendHunter.com) It’s always great when we get to feature new inventions that could change the world for the better. Take this windmill for example. It’s capable of turning salt water into pure, clean drinking water.

There are so many countries in the world that, despite being surrounded by ocean, suffer a serious…

Another Flying Car – Milner Motors Aircar

(TrendHunter.com) The Aircar, to be confused with the eco-friendly MDI Air Car, will be unveiled later this month at the New York City International Auto Show March 21-30. The Aircar was developed by John Milner of Milner Motors Aircar. This latest design joins other flying cars such as Super Skycar, and the M200G, t…

Making WiFi Access Easier – The Orb Concept Router is Eggsactly What’s Needed (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Getting WiFi in a home or business can be a frustrating and expensive proposition. Either you break your shins and knees crawling around an attic, or hire someone to do the crawling around for you.
This concept router would make it easy is pi to set up a great network. The Orb takes advantage of a l…

Eco Friendly Gadgets – Shape-Shifting Dishwasher

(TrendHunter.com) A big problem with conventional dishwashers today is that in order to be eco-conscious (save water, energy and detergent) we have to wait until the machine is full before using it. Paul Frigout from Coventry University has an answer for our piling dishes in the form of a shape-shifting dishwasher wi…

Copy-and-Paste Light – New Philips Technology

(TrendHunter.com) We are all familiar with the copy-and-paste function in word processors. But now, Philips wants to apply a similar idea to interior lighting. Philips reasons that creating a particular lighting effect is difficult because most people cannot measure the colour and quality of light they like, let alon…

Clothing With Built in Tech – Shirt That Makes Sweat for You

(TrendHunter.com) Mariana Rivera is turned on by sweaty men. Sweaty European men at footballs games. Since her bf is a Trendhunter and never leaves the computer, she invented a shirt that makes sweat. A mic picks up the ambient noise and measures it. When it reaches a certain level, a water pump wets the shirt. I ha…

9 Bizarre Computers

(TrendHunter.com) There is television show that I love called “Extreme Homes” that features modified, tweaked, and customized houses. The owners/builders of these fantastical homes have dedicated a portion of their lives to creating an image that started inside of their heads – sacrificing countless hours and a wad o…

USB Pottery Wheel – Build It Yourself From An Old Hard Drive (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Ever have the urge to do pottery work while you’re sitting at the computer? No? Well, just in case you decide you want to, this video shows you how, step by step. If you have an old hard drive, a USB connector, and some miscellaneous wire and other supplies, you can be making your own pottery in …

Remote Control via Eye Blinking – Kome Kami Switch

(TrendHunter.com) Imagine this scenario: closing both eyes for one second starts your iPod, while blinking again stops the playback. A wink with the right eye makes the machine skip to the next tune while with a wink of the left eye it goes back. Researchers at Japan’s Osaka University have developed such a system th…

Fairytale Sheets – Bedtime Stories Project (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) How cool is this? You can sleep UNDER your bed time story! These blankets from the Bedtime Stories Project have a cute story on them and consist of layers that you can peel off to reveal more layers of the tale.

From what I can tell from the images, the story looks like it’s of sleeping beauty. How…

Customized Energy Bar – YouBar Build-A-Bar (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Remember the customized cereal, MyMuesli? That’s great for eating at home, but for picky eaters wanting to choose what they eat on the go too, there are now energy bars to you create yourself!

The YouBar Build-A-Bar lets you customize the granola bar to your taste, with whatever grains, fruits, nut…

Innovative Spatial Presentation Interface – Eureka (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Eureka is not your usual interface. Don’t take me word for it, it is officially featured under the ‘Not Your Usual Interfaces’ category at the Design and the Elastic Mind Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, NYC,2008. The unusual aspect of Eureka, a digital presentation environment, is its innovative d…