(TrendHunter.com) Sure you only use it for sleeping, relaxing and yes, that, but the truth is, a basic mattress and box spring just don’t cut it for most people today. Most of those who can afford it have been accustomed to luxury as well as had their every element of their lives infiltrated with design. They have co…
(TrendHunter.com) Just in time for summer, here’s a sandal that helps you tone up your gams. FitFlop recreates the feeling of walking barefoot in the sand, working the calf, hamstring, thigh and gluteus muscles. The multi-density foam soles also have health benefits like reducing joint strain and possibly aiding with…
(TrendHunter.com) This has got to be one of the most ingenious, practical, yet obvious designs ever developed. Skforlee is promoting his ingenious double-ended jar for peanut butter, but the applications would not be limited to peanut butter. I feel I’m always wasting the last bit of mayonnaise as well. He should a…
(TrendHunter.com) In the popular Dan Brown story, The Davinci Code, a character named Silas practices corporal mortification (wears a metal cilice and flogs himself) to “cleanse” his spirit. This piece of clothing reminds me of that but, without the eternal damnation part. Kristin O’Friel, a student at the NYU art sc…
(TrendHunter.com) The latest concept by frogDesign, called A Digital Escape, would allow the wearer to compliment their personal reality, with exclusive visuals, sounds and aromas. Frogdesign dramatically describes the necessity for such a product as a way to, “live with the troubles we’ve already caused,†in o…
(TrendHunter.com) My secretary swears that if she eats a whole banana, she can’t eat for the day again. If that sounds like you, then the Nana Banana Saver is for you. Cut your banana in two, clip on the banana saver and it will prevent the air from reaching your precious potassium bomb.
Here’s another banana prote…
(TrendHunter.com) Bill Gates demonstrated a new multi-touch computer and interface, called the TouchWall, at the Microsoft CEO Summit in Redmond on May 14.
While Microsoft Surface’s steep price tag of $10,000 makes it too expensive for the average consumer, TouchWall is the poor man’s surface; with the system being…
(TrendHunter.com) With increasing pollution in urban communities, it would be great to have clothes that alert you when the air quality gets really poor, allowing you to take precautions to protect yourself.
Designer Stephanie Sandstrom’s EPA Dress, which is currently showing at the 2nd Skin Exhibition at San Franc…
(TrendHunter.com) Antoine Lebrun’s futuristic kitchen design called Aion Kitchen is supposed to answer the question, “What would a small kitchen look like in 10 years?” Brandt Aion is a multi functional kitchen which merges electromechanical and vegetable technology. The specialized plants, which were developed by …
(TrendHunter.com) The BBQ-Donut is a floating party table. This invention is actually a boat with a very quiet, electric motor on board. It seats 10 people around a BBQ pit/table and includes a stereo system, coolers under the seats, and a sunshade above the rider’s heads.
(TrendHunter.com) Consumed with his graduate school program and motivated by a loneliness I can totally identify with, New York University student Drew Burrows showcased INBED, an “infrared-sensitive” light projected virtual girlfriend, at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program Spring Show at Tisch School of th…
(TrendHunter.com) Stanford University scientists have now developed and patented special bandages to prevent the stretching and raising of scars. They are made from special “memory†polymers which remember their shape once applied. Very strong adhesives or sewing and stapling during surgery have to be used to ke…
(TrendHunter.com) The Pikasso, created by Linda Manzer, quite simply makes regular guitars look boring. With two sound holes, four necks, and 42 strings, you can just imagine the range of chords that could be produced!
This wooden beast is surprisingly light, at under 15 lbs. It is also surprisingly easy to handle,…
(TrendHunter.com) If you travel across different timezones, you know how it feels to be jetlagged. You become sleepy, moody, can’t concentrate and you have a hard time staying awake in the day, and can’t fall sleep at night. The Re-Time Jetlag Glasses solve this problem.
The glasses will adjust your body’s natural …
(TrendHunter.com) Let’s face it: current food packaging, on one hand, is useful to keep food fresher, but is wasteful. Think of all the plastic and polystyrene containers that are just tossed away after you bring food home to cook and eat. There is enough going to landfills as it is.
Edible packaging in itself i…
(TrendHunter.com) Spot Cool Stuff found a line of clothing, aptly named Buzz Off, that contains Permethrin, a man-made version of a natural insect repellent, woven into the fibers.
Made by Ex Officio, the repellent properties work on mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, and flies and lasts for about 70 washes. It also provide…
(TrendHunter.com) The sassy term, “talk to the hand” takes on a whole new meaning with HandTalk, a sensor equipped glove that translates finger and hand gestures into spoken words on a cell phone.
The motivation behind HandGlove, a project by engineering students at Carnegie Mellon University, was to enable easy com…
(TrendHunter.com) Things are looking much greener at the solar energy front these days. After recently reporting on inflatable solar panels, we bring you another efficient and cost effective solar power innovation that will make opting for a solar roof a viable and more convenient option.
The key innovation in the L…
(TrendHunter.com) I could rant on and on about the hassles of vacuuming, and I think a lot of people would agree with me. The constant leaning over is one such pain and of course there’s the dents left from bumping the vacuum into everything, the cord getting stuck under doors, etc.
If you have to carry the darn th…
(TrendHunter.com) Vampires are so gonna be pissed off at a startup called Arch Therapeutics which has licensed nanostructured material technology that instantly stops bleeding from MIT. When poured over a site, the material will stop the bleeding almost at once. Arch Therapeutics is currently developing manufacturin…
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