Touch-Screen Menus – Restaurants & Bars with Interactive Tabletops (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) A wave of ubiquitous computing is sweeping the world, with incredible inventions like touch-screen tabletops hitting restaurants and bars, allowing for waiterless ordering with interactive menus, or sheer entertainment.

The Adour restaurant in NYC’s St. Regis hotel opens tomorrow and will offer an …

Light Tattoos & Skin Embossing – Temporary Body Mods by Kye Ok Kim (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This series of incredible temporary body modifcation devices was designed by Kye Ok Kim and showcased at Seoul Design Week 2007. They allow those who want to express themselves through artistic body work to do so via light, print or paint.

The light-emitted brooches project patterns onto the skin …

Robot Helps Lost People – Robovie

(TrendHunter.com) If you ever find yourself lost in a shopping mall in Osaka, Japan, just look for a lurking robot with lemur-like eyes.

The Robovie is a crowd-monitoring robot capable not only of watching 20 people at once but analysing their behavior thanks to the 16 cameras stationed inside him. His two big eyes…

Ebay for Halo Fans – Real Elite Energy Sword

(TrendHunter.com) Now There isn’t a single gaming fan out there that wouldn’t want this in their possession. Featured in the “Top 10 Video Game Weapons” according to GameTrailers.com, This is the Ultimate Pwning machine.

Imagine the possibilities, they are endless! Everyone would surrender; with a mere glimpse …

Customizable Light Fittings – Tile + Light

(TrendHunter.com) These way cool tiles have customizable light fittings so that they can be arranged in any manner of ways. Tile + Light can be used strictly as architectural enhancement, or as a way to subtly light a space. The tiles might also be used as an aesthetic element in public spaces, such as museums or the…

Wrap-Around LED Touch Screen – P-Per Concept Phone (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If your job was to sit a dream of better things with today’s products, could you come up with a cooler phone than the P-per? The Chocolate Agency released a concept for a mobile phone that is composed of four thin layers, a circuit board, polycarbonate, titanium, and one that is a wrap-around LED to…

New Cancer Treatment – Nanoexplosions

(TrendHunter.com) We all know the “Nano” to be something that is small, take the iPod Nano for example. In hindsight we all know explosions to be big, take the Atom Bomb for example. Well now lets combined the two and what do we get? Nanoexplosions, which is exactly what the researchers in the University of Missouri-…

Elaborate Burn-Proof Coffee Mug – Brugo

(TrendHunter.com) This seemingly ‘normal’ coffee mug is an engineering marvel on the inside. Like traditional vessels of our morning nectar, the Brugo mug keeps its contents hot, acting as an insulator. But, with each sip, Brugo’s patented, thermodynamic science prefills a small chamber – allowing the liquid to cool …

Musical Mood Interiors – The White Box by Skloib (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This design of home automation is so cool The White Box design from Skloib is an idea of how technology can change your space to suit your mood. Having an orange day? Play orange music, show orange lights, change your pictures to orange tones. The technology allows you to control your interior desig…

Futuristic Cars – Platform21 = Joyriding in Amsterdam (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Last November marked the opening of “Platform 21 = Joyriding” an exhibit in Amsterdam that will run until February 3, 2008. Designers have stepped up to the plate and designed a broad range of futuristic concept car models equipped with “designer-pimped remote-controlled rides.”

According …

iPod Case For Old Ladies – Grannytunes

(TrendHunter.com) Granny tunes clears the chasm between youthful geek fetishism over the iPod digital audio player, and the antique flavors of an 80 year old woman. The tassel makes this design a must have.

The concept of the design is to create a protective iPod case that has a handmade crocheted look which may ju…

Designer LCD Bracelet – Gucci Concept Watch (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This beautiful concept watch from Gucci combines both contemporary style with Gucci’s classic elegance. It resembles a stylish bracelet yet the integration of basic technology in such a futuristic looking design is not only a juxtaposition but also a serious fashion statement.

Stylish Kitchen Tech – Faucet Buddy Monitors H2O Use

(TrendHunter.com) Get to know your faucet a little better with Faucet Buddy. The chrome device is a little piece of style and tech that fits to your current water faucet. The nifty display lets you know not only the temperature of the water coming out, but also how much water you have actually been using.

Electronic Swiss Army Knife – Solar Powered MP4 Mobile Power Station (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What can you say about an MP4 player that will never run out of power and will recharge your cell phone and much more? The imaginatively named “Solar Powered MP4 Player 2GB – Mobile Power Station” is an electronic Swiss Army knife.

It is a NES, GB and GBC emulator. It can recharge 4.5V, 5V, 6.…

Wii Pistol – Perfect Shot from NYKO

(TrendHunter.com) Since the iconic Duck Hunt gun from regular Nintendo, few video game guns have ever gained any widespread notoriety. hat may all change soon with the Perfect Shot from NYKO.

The Perfect Shot allows the Wii remote to slide on to the controller and be able to bring back the fun of the original Nin…

Three-Wheeled Green Machine – TREV Concept Car (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Trev! What makes this little guy unique is that it was designed by the students at the University of South Australia.

After spending several years in development, out spawn Trev, a three-wheeled green machine.

Fully electric and fully loaded, the Trev uses a 5th of the energy a conventional car …

0-Emission Fast Flight – A2 Mach 5 Commercial Plane Concept (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) One has only ever dreamed of being able to fly half way across the world in as little time as possible. Being in a cramped little seat next to Jabba the hut for 10 hrs is not ideal. However LAPCAT (Long-Term Advanced Propulsion Concepts and Technologies) is a project funded by Europa General R&D;tha…

Cutlery Pen Caps for Dining in 2015 – Din-ink (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Din-ink is so much more than just a pen cap as I’m sure you’ve noticed. It’s pen cap cutlery. Spoon, Fork and knife caps that conveniently fit over the end of your pen so you can do your homework and eat it too! Made of 100% biodegradable and atoxic and packaged in compostable material “the …

Temporary Public Parkcycle – PARK(ing) Day (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) An experimental environmental project was set up by REBAR in San Francisco to encourage the entire world to convert parking lots into temporary green space in a project known as PARK(ing) Day.

WORLDwidE PARK(ing) Day 2007 took place in September and was hugely successful with 180 make-shift parks …

Sunscreen That Applies Itself – By142 Body Wash SPF 15

(TrendHunter.com) By142 Body Wash/SPF 15 is the very first product of its kinds. It uses particles in tiny, positively charged silica shells, which cling to negatively charged skin for up to eight hours after a shower.

For only $32 you’ll never have to worry about applying that greasy sun block every again, and t…