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 …

Bomb Alarm Clocks – You Disarm it to hit Snooze!

(TrendHunter.com) This silly clock is really quite functional, albeit annoying.

Unlike a traditional alarm clock, this one not only resembles a time bomb, but also shares some of the same attributes. When woken up b…

Anti-Sleep Driving Alarms – Stay Awake At The Wheel (UPDATE)

(TrendHunter.com) Have you had one of those near-death encounter while driving where you unintentionally fell asleep? If yes, you’d better be careful since not only your life but the lives of others are at stake. So be…

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 …

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…

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 …

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…

Flame-Throwing Wheelchairs – Shoots 15 Ft Flames (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) For the latest project in their line of strange (but cool!) inventions, racegreathouselabs.com came up with something no disabled person who likes living on the edge can possibly do without: a flame-t…

Custom Eco Adverbottles – Klean Kanteen Co-Branded Bottles (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Personal aluminum bottles are quickly gaining popularity, for health and ethical reasons. Klean Kanteen offers not only stylish plastic bottle alternatives, but the ability to customize them for marke…

3-D Virtual Reality – The Third Eye (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Third Eye is a device conceived by Japanese designer Takehito Etani. The contraption, which goes on the head, offers the user a very different and unusual perception from outside his/her body. The…

Girly Gothic Art – Queenie’s Pocket Full of Posiez (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Multi-talented L.A. based gothic artist Queenie is the ruler over a kingdom of playfully wicked characters she calls Posiez. Her Posiez are portrayed in a series of paintings, shown exclusively at the…

Greasiest 14 Bacon-Themed Products (SUPER GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Ready to pig out a visual grease feast? While some people may be blown away by the abundance of bacon-inspired products in this cluster, it should be noted there are far more cured pork themed items o…

Cell Phones With 5 Touchscreens – The Packet (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Packet, designed by Emir Rifat, gives us an idea of what the future holds for cell phone technology. The Packet is a foldable mobile phone that will measure 5×5 cm when folded, and when fully open…

Flatpack Stadiums – 2012 London Olympics Architecture (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The 2008 Beijing Olympics haven’t even begun, and already there’s buzz about the 2012 London Olympics. The plans for the flatpack stadium were unveiled and they’re quite remarkable, and make perfect s…

Musical Suits – The Pacer (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A few frills here and there, a well-placed ribbon, and the Pacer musical suit will easily turn into must-have evening attire for hard core ravers. This concept suit responds to electrical pulses creat…

Redneck Houseboats – DIY Lake House

(TrendHunter.com) If you saw the Redneck Mansion we featured a while back, you know luxurious lifestyles are no longer reserved for the elite. This homemade houseboat is another fine example of how luxe living is possi…

Heat-Sensitive Wallpaper – Shi Yuan Walls (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Wallpaper may have become an interior design don’t, but an innovative new heat-sensitive wallpaper could help it make a comeback.

When the walls are exposed to heat, like that of a radiator, or th…

RFID Social Networks – Jive

(TrendHunter.com) Jive is brilliant concept device to allow the elderly and technophobes without computers to still participate in a social network. Their needs are no different from the rest of us; the need to communi…

Carboard Toilets – The Portable Brown Box

(TrendHunter.com) Have you ever seen a real #### Box? I’m not using the term as an adjective for the cardboard, I’m just relaying the product name. The light-weight portable toilet is for those moments when you get the…