Implant Restores Sight to the Blind – Artificial Cornea

(TrendHunter.com) Technological advancements have allowed researches from Frauhofer Institute in Germany to produce an aesthetic cornea that may give hope to the blind. The Cornea is carefully layered with a special protein that latches to the natural cornea after implantation.

These sight-saving implants have been…

“Real” Perpetual Motion Machine – Perepiteia (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Thane Heins is careful never not to claim that his Perepiteia is a perpetual motion machine, yet it accelerates from exposure to a permanent magnet, and that’s not supposed to happen.

Scientists from top universities (University of Virginia, Michigan State University, the University of Toronto a…

Lollipop Good For Your Teeth

(TrendHunter.com) Willy Wonka loved candy. His father was a dentist. Combine the two and you get Professor Wenyuan Shi, Chairman of the Oral Biology Department at the UCLA School of Dentistry.

He has developed a therapeutic, orange-flavored lollipop that is good for your teeth. His secret ingredient is an extract o…

Transforming Phone – Modu Changes Function with Jackets (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Modu unveiled a revolutionary tiny new modular mobile phone that can work on its own or be slipped into assorted “jackets” that transform it into different types of devices. Slide it into a jacket with a 3½-inch screen, and the device turns into a media player perfect for watching movies. Slip it i…

Stylish Sea Burial – Sea Shell Urn

(TrendHunter.com) Some may feel that any talk of death or burial is cold and morbid, while others will see it as rebirth and rejuvenation, some look forward to it, while others try to outpace it with every lotion, potion and drug available. However, the result is that we will all be pronounced lifeless at some point …

Drinking Rain To Offset Carbon Emissions – Tasmanian Rain

(TrendHunter.com) Doing your part to offset carbon emissions could be as simple as drinking bottled rain from the skies of northwestern Tasmania, Australia at “The Edge of the World.” The World Meteorological Organization recognizes the air in this region to be the cleanest in the world.

Tasmanian Rain bottles natur…

Tear Free Onion Created – Dry Your Eyes

(TrendHunter.com) Scientists have discovered how to create an onion that will be “tear-free” ending whole eye watering fiasco when cooking with them. They used biotechnology to switch off the gene that makes our eyes sting, and therefore water.

The success of the New Zealand and Japanese is being widely celebrated a…

1080i Holographic Video Player – holocube (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) It’s got all the futuristic technology you could think of ironically packaged in a retro esque cube. The holocube is in fact a cube measuring 20”, which displays holographic video. The video is stored on a built in 40 GB hard drive which holds up to 18 hours of holographic goodness. This little …

Multi-Sensory Remote Communication – Nokia Scentsory Phone (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Finally – a phone that offers a really unique design instead of just more diamonds. This is a concept phone by Nokia called the Scentsory and it is fascinating.

It evokes the human senses of sight, sound, touch and even smell for a multi-sensory experience. If the concept goes into production, thi…

Custom Built Cell Phones – zzzphone

(TrendHunter.com) Have you ever wanted a custom built phone with all the fancy oooo’s and ahhh’s that you could choose to meet your every need? Thanks to zzzphone, this once dream is now a reality. Comparing themselves to dell, and how they revolutionized the PC industry in the 90’s, zzzphone plans to revolutio…

Take Your Medication Via Tooth Implant – IntelliDrug

(TrendHunter.com) The conventional method of taking prescription drugs is to take them manually, but that can sometimes lead to forgetfulness. With the IntelliDrug, however, you would never forget to take your meds again.

IntelliDrug is a device only two molar widths in size, made up of stainless steel and polymers,…

Hi-Tech Band-Aid – The Sensium

(TrendHunter.com) How could you make a bandage complex? Add a wireless chip that can wire your vitals to your doctor, of course! Start-up company, Toumaz Technology, has created a band-aid called The Sensium with an embedded sensor can take an ECG, three axis- accelerometer, blood glucose reading, ph-level, and blood…

Tiles Monitor and Shout at You – Talking Floors For Dieters

(TrendHunter.com) There is no place to run or hide!!! Spanish ceramics company Tau Cerámica collaborated with inventor Pep Torres to create these infernal Diet Floor Tiles, which have weight sensors and a CPU that controls different parameters. They can even detect individual people that are in their database and re…

Furniture Can Change Your Thoughts – Mind Chair (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Mind Chair is the creation of London designers Peter Marigold and Beta Tank and is an amazing chair that utilizes sensory substitution technology developed in the 1960s to send and display high-definition moving imagery into the mind of the person seated in it. The design uses a standard plastic…

Gogglemuffbuds – Von Zipper Snow Muffs

(TrendHunter.com) You love the silly look of fluffy earmuffs and you’re a music buff that loves winter sports? Then you’ve got to get a pair of these gogglemuffbuds.

The Von Zipper Snow Muffs are ideal for hitting the slopes, keeping your ears warm and wind-free, protecting your peepers and letting you pump your tu…

Helmet May Reverse Dementia – Scientific Research on Memory

(TrendHunter.com) Alzheimer’s disease is an insidious disease that kills hundreds of thousands and causes untold pain for the family. This helmet can help reverse the symptoms with as little as ten minutes per day. Infra-red light causes the brain to create more cells.

“The study at Sunderland found that exposing mi…

Stick to Walls Like Spiderman – Gecko Tape

(TrendHunter.com) I know it’s not just me that’s thought how awesome it would be to scale the walls Spiderman style, which is why I thought this Gecko Tape would be appreciated by others than myself.

Scientists at UC Berkeley and Lewis and Clark College created a new material capable of keeping things stuck on wall…

Protective Party Bags – Safe Clubbing Pack

(TrendHunter.com) In the small town of Swindon, South England, Clubbers are being handed party bags containing essential items in order to protect them throughout their hedonistic evening. The kits contain a bottle of water to prevent dehydration, lollipops to raise blood sugar level as it has been proven low blood …

Biodegradable Plastic – EcoGen Bathroom Products (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) EcoGen is the first of a new generation of biodegradable plastic. A durable plastic, EcoGen will last for years in your house and yet will decompose in months on your domestic compost heap. This could be the end of landfill!

The material is being launched in a range of 7 bathroom products avail…

Gas Pumping Robots to Fuel Cars – Dutch “Tankpitstop” Robot

(TrendHunter.com) Imagine the possibility of robots with gas – for your car. Dutch inventors revealed the Tankpitstop Robot that is capable of fueling cars.

The ingenious invention figures out the type of car you are driving and then matches it to a database of fuel designs. After assessing the vehicle, an arm with…