Personalized Steak – Custom BBQ Branding Irons

(TrendHunter.com) Coming this June is a customizable BBQ Branding Iron that allows you to create a message with a name or expression, or mark your steaks rare, medium or well-done. All you have to do is slide the lett…

LCD Eyeglasses – Sony Video Glasses (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Sony has revealed its newest video eyeglasses prototype that can show full-color video images. The prototype supports a QVGA resolution, weighs 120g, lenses are 3mm thick , and has a contrast ratio of…

Motorcycle Exoskeletons – Yamaha Deus Ex Machina (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I’m not into biking, but even I can appreciate the beauty of this Segway-style monster of a bike. The Yamaha Deus Ex Machina exoskeleton is an immensely futuristic-looking, single person’s stand-up ve…

RFID Tickets – Beijing 08 Olympic Security

(TrendHunter.com) Beijing has proposed a plan to install RFID tags on tickets to prevent those trying to enter with fake passes. It indicates the situation of the assigned seating and stores information like where the …

Laser Beam Alarm Clocks – Bullseye Shot Turns it Off

(TrendHunter.com) Get back at those rude awakenings delivered by your alarm clock. The Laser Target Alarm Clock turns off when you take aim at the bullseye and shoot it with a remote handheld laser. Oh, and that’s the …

Tunnel Telescope From NYC to London – Telectroscope (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Completion of a 100 year old engineering project finally happened a few days ago. The tunnel between New York and London, called the Telectroscope, allows residents of both cities to peer down the gia…

Vibrating Scales – Lose Weight Easily

(TrendHunter.com) Now here would be an easy way to lose weight: just stand on vibrating scales. Scientists at State University of New York in Stony Brook have apparently discovered that slight vibrations will prevent f…

Heartbeat Controlled Fashion – Butterfly Flap Dress (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) If you’re wearing Alex Reeder’s beautiful white Butterfly Flap Dress, you won’t be able to hide the fact your crush gives you major butterflies. The second your heart rate speeds up, so does the pace at which the sensor-controlled butterflies beat their wings.

The dress was conceived by Reeder, an…

Emotion-Sensitive Pens – Philips Mood Pens

(TrendHunter.com) You’ve heard of mood rings? Philips, the electronic company, has filed a patent for a mood pen which can record your emotional state as you write. The sensors in the pen’s shaft monitors your heart rate, blood pressure, skin temperature and pressure. The pen is able to change inks and the shape of t…

Light-Emitting Glass – Saaz Glass (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Forget about light bulbs and brace yourself for exciting interior decor designs. After the recent breakthrough of light-emitting wallpaper, we have the world’s first active light-emitting glass by Saazs.

Saaz uses planilum technology to create this innovative glass which can be incorporated into sh…

Jet Engine Bicycles – Dangerous Creations on eBay (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) You need ear protection, head protection, and you should probably wear body armor too. Bob Maddox, an artist and cabinet maker from Oregon, invented the jet-powered bicycle and started selling them on eBay. Even he is afraid to see just how fast his creations can go. He imagines they can go up to 75…

Designs That Tell Stories – Yves Behar at TED (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The video is of Yves Behar, creator of the XO laptop for One Laptop per Child, speaking at the February 2008 TED conference in Monterey, CA.

He discusses his projects like the Leaf lamp, the Jawbone headset, a wristwatch designed to let you check it discretely and a morphing Swarovksi lamp as well…

Fake TVs – Simulated Lighting Deters Thieves

(TrendHunter.com) Get this! There is a product out there called the Fake TV. It is an electronic gizmo cube featuring an array of LED lights that flicker. That’s it. It is supposed to mimic the ambiance of a late night television to the would-be thief. They were thinking about breaking in but, won’t now because someo…

Cell Phone Watches – The CECT Mobile Comes with a Keypad (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Cell phones seem to be evolving before our eyes and here in TrendHunter we have featured several prototype wristwatch mobiles with very technologically-advanced features. The CECT cell phone prototype features a dedicated keypad built on the strap. This GSM phone also features a 1.3 inch touchscree…

Cone Crusts – Konopizza

(TrendHunter.com) Have you ever been inconvenienced while downing a slice of pizza while in a rush? Or fallen victim to sloppy pizza toppings landing on your lap? Or even worse, losing a whole pizza that fell off your plate? If so, the Konopizza is is an obvious solution. The crispy, ice cream cone-shaped crust comf…

Braille Watches – David Chavez’s Haptica (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Haptica is a very attractive braille wrist watch for the visually-challenged. The contours of the case are meant to provide an ergonomic, yet intuitive and efficient interface. The dials are protruding circles with a Braille dot located on the outer edge of the top side of the timepiece and the …

Wallpaper Speakers – Flexible Piezoelectric

(TrendHunter.com) Piezoelectric materials (crystals like quartz) can be used inside microphones and speakers in order to convert incoming electricity to sound, but they are brittle and bulky. Material scientist, Michael Yu, at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore has found and patented a way to make piezoelectric de…

Dancing Chips – Terra Chips Activated by Clapping (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Terra Chips are really unusual chips. While in their bags, these Japanese chips jump around when you clap, make a loud noise or shout at them. The bags are battery-operated and they sell for $14.00.

These chips could come in handy on a lazy Friday afternoon at the office when you’re just looking…

Solar Tables 3 – SOLo Lounge Table

(TrendHunter.com) The SOLo Lounge Table is the next big thing in luxury yet energy-efficient technology. This elegant table contains silicone cells embedded in the glass that converts solar energy into clean, efficient electrical energy. For up to the minute connectivity, the table also contains UBS ports and is Blu…

Interactive Gaming Urinals – Place to Pee (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) If you’re into gaming, then clearly, this is the “Place to Pee.”

In this interactive, sensor-filled toilet, the better your aim, and the stronger your stream, the higher your chances of winning the game.

Two Belgian entrepreneurs came up with the innovative idea to combine their addiction t…