Alex Covert, Trend Hunter

Insect Repelling Clothes - Buzz Off

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 provides UPF 30+ protection from the sun. So, forget about the smelly chemicals, throw on a light blue Baja shirt, and go sit in a swamp without fear of being eaten alive. [More]

Car Mirrors With Games - Multifunction GPS Bluetooth Rearview Mirror System

Shenzhen MCD Electronics is selling the "swiss army knife" of rearview mirrors. The Multifunction GPS Bluetooth Rearview Mirror System sports "a 3.5-inch touch screen, satellite navigation, audio and video players, speakers, SD card slot, five games, and even a stylus." Want to pop it off and play… [More]

Exotic Record Breakers - The 900 HP Weber Becomes World's Fastest Car (VIDEO)

Here is the next vehicle that claims to be the world’s fastest street-legal sports car - the Weber Sportcars Faster One. Reportedly, the car can go from 0 - 62 mph in 2.7 seconds, 0 - 124 mph in just 6.6 seconds, and has a top speed said to be over 248 mph! That’s fast. For around $1.5 milli… [More]

Ex-Boyfriend Jewelry - Sell What You Won't Give Back

ExBoyfriendJewelry.com is a unique online marketplace for old, unwanted jewelry from relationships gone awry. The site's tagline is, "You don’t want it. He can’t have it back." In addition to the actual jewelry, the site serves as place for women to share their break-up stories. So you don'… [More]

Lunar Real Estate - Can Corporations Claim Lunar Property?

Recent discussions of property rights n the moon has pointed out an interesting point - that the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 makes it legal for corporations to claim lunar property. Companies could therefore stick their proverbial flag in the moon dust to mark it as their own. Talk about an incre… [More]

Invisibility Paint - AR 1 Camouflages Radar

There is a man who has been contacted by the Iraqis, the Chinese, and several other world powers. Why? The German inventor, Werner Nickel, has developed a paint that can make whatever it coats invisible - at least to radar. Located somewhere in the United Arab Emirates deserts, Nickel somehow inve… [More]

Robotic Flying Jellyfish - AirJelly (VIDEO)

Designed by German company, Festo, the AirJelly is essentially a remote radio-controlled airborne jellyfish. It is a helium-filled balloon with eight tentacles that are powered by two rechargeable batteries. It is proof that movement in water can be mimicked in air. [More]

Shark Surfing! (VIDEO)

There are two kinds of people in the world - the kind that fear sharks and the kind that spit in their eyes, saying, "Come get some!" We've seen the first kind as represented by the Shark Shield, a device that produces an electrical field around a surfer's board to deter sharks. The second kind is r… [More]

Termite-Inspired Mega Buildings - Ultima Tower

With a one mile wide base and a staggering two mile high rooftop, the Ultima Tower by Eugene Tsui is inspired by nature: the elegant termite mound. It is aerodynamically efficient, resistant to earthquake shock waves, and is cooled by flowing water. OK, so let's put aside the fact that if the Eart… [More]

Tom Cruise - The Official Site

Tom Cruise launched his career 25 years ago with the debut of Risky Business. Since then, Tom has been in a plethora of great films, became a tabloid superstar, and metamorphosed into the spokesman/messiah for the Church of Scientology. To celebrate all of these things, Tom opened the official Tom C… [More]