 Adult Babies - Spank Them, Diaper Them and Give Them A Pacifier::There seems to be yet another underground society bringing their lifestyle out in the open: adult babies.
Paraphilic infantilism is the psychoanalytical term used for those who like to engage in being… [MORE] |
 Magazine Images as Fake IDs - Face-Recognition Vending Machines Fail::"Are you going to buy it with your good looks or mine?" As it turns out, underage smokers in Japan can easily buy cigarettes using someone else's photo or an image from a magazine.
Most of Japan’s… [MORE] |
 Fake Brand Endorsement Lawsuits - Naked Cowboy Sues Mars Candy::For 10 years, Robert Burck, has been entertaining tourists in Times Square as “The Naked Cowboy.” His outfit consists of a white hat and cowboy boots and skimpy white underwear. He has trademarked… [MORE] |
 Creepy Urban Exploration - Abandoned Ruins by Tom Kirsch::Although not a new activity, urban exploring is rapidly gaining popularity fueled by media coverage, including TV shows and many intriguing websites featuring the endeavour. According to Wikipedia, urban… [MORE] |
 Wi-Fi Allergies - Santa Fe Electro-Sensitivity::Get out your tin foil hats, everybody. A new affliction known as "electro-sensitivity" is causing a stir in Santa Fe. A group in the New Mexico capital is claiming to have allergies to Wi-Fi resulting… [MORE] |
 Extreme Dog Photography - Flying Puli::Fee is not a mop! This a wild image was recently taken at a preview of a purebred dog show in Dortmund Germany. The Puli named Fee, a sheep herding dog, was jumping over a bar...the type used in the sport… [MORE] |
 Rocking Horse Toilets - Perry Dixon's Saddle Toilet::Freud might say this designer most certainly underwent trauma during his toilet training years. Designer Perry Dixon has built a better mousetrap, or rather, a better toilet. The claim is that the Rocking… [MORE] |
 Subway Ticket Portraits - Parisian Metro Artist Luc Grateau::If you are in Paris and see a strange guy drawing very quickly on a small ticket, don’t worry, you've just encountered Luc Grateau! The artist uses old Metro tickets as a canvas to create miniature portraits… [MORE] |
 Urban Survival Kits - Subivor for Subway Emergencies::The Doomsday industry is expanding. A business by the name of Subivor has produced a so-called subway survival kit complete with protective mask, flashlight, a pry bar, a silver-tone metal whistle, and… [MORE] |
 Portable Pee Bottles - 'My Pee Pee Bottle' For Toddlers (and Creepy People)::Today I learned of a product called "My Pee Pee Bottle". This is the most grossest of the gross. It's essentially no different than a plastic water bottle, but you're supposed to use it like a port-a-potty… [MORE] |
 Malt Liquor Cozies - 'Bringing a Little Class to the Front Porch'::Malt Liquor is rarely perceived as a luxury drink. In fact, the drink is often consumed on the streets in a paper bag. But now, Malt Liquor Cozies from 40 Cozy bring a little extra to your malt liquor… [MORE] |
 Human-Cow Embryos - Humow?::Newcastle University in England, has created a world first human-cow embryos. Could someone explain to me why this is necessary? I know, I know stem cell research.
It is being hailed by the scientific… [MORE] |
 Ultimate Fighting for Kids::Ultimate Fighting or Cage Fighting has become increasing popular in the US with CBS becoming the first of the mainstream networks to broadcast it during prime time. Now kids are facing-off, punching and… [MORE] |
 Living In A Toilet House (UPDATE) - New Pictures of Interior::When the toilet house hit Trendhunter, there were no interior shots and only one exterior rendering of what the loo home would look like. Now the home is complete and interior photos make it appear to… [MORE] |
 Etiquette Police - Japanese Smile-Manner Squadron::Hot on the tail of their Minister of Animation, "etiquette police" are set to enforce manners on a Japanese metros where the bulk of bad etiquette can be seen.
People travelling on Yokohama's, a port… [MORE] |
 Earth Hour 2008 - Times Square Shuts off Billboards::On Saturday, March 29th, from 8:00 to 9:00 pm, millions of people world-wide will be celebrating Earth Hour.
Participants will shut off lights and TVs, and go dark for the event, which is in support… [MORE] |
 Pawning Wine - Paris Hock Shops Accept Wine::For the first time in history, pawn shops in Paris that normally only accept antique family heirlooms are accepting wine. According to experts, the Credit Municipal de Paris is located in a building that… [MORE] |
 Musical Creativity - Bulgarian Idol Contestant Goes Viral Botching Miriah Carey::A contestant on Bulgarian Idol is fast becoming a global cult favourite.... for simply botching Miriah Carey's music.
Valentina Hasan is a 29 years old 'singer' from the village of Zvezdelina in Bulgaria.… [MORE] |
 Regulating Blogs - Should Blogging Permits be Required?::India is discussing regulating blogs. A recent NDTV show hosted by the popular Barkha Dutt who is managing editor of 24x7 moderated a discussion of bloggers and legal experts. The same discussion is taking… [MORE] |
 Free Event Tickets for Donors - Irish "Sperm For Tickets" Campaign::All the wankers out there will be happy to hear about Sperm For Tickets. Passes will be given to any donors in Europe, to a festival of their choice, for contributing to Ireland’s severely depleted sperm… [MORE] |
 Fake Noodle Porn - Fake Noodle Cup Full of Naughty Goods::Instant ramen noodles are popular Japanese products and now people all over the world are slurping these down for a quick fix on a daily basis. They came in all sorts of flavors but now a new product from… [MORE] |
 Fantasy Rooms in Minnesota - The FantaSuite Hotel::Winters are long and bone chillingly brutal in Minnesota, which is the only reason I can think of that the FantaSuite Hotel ended up in Burnsville, Minnesota.
Some of the fantasy room themes include… [MORE] |
 Food Shaped Soap For Chefs - Bathropolitan Soap Bars::I would love to recommend these creations for chefs, home cooks, and fabulous gift givers.
Bathropolitan New York City Soap Crafters was inspired by my brother, who has been a chef in some of the top… [MORE] |
 Brazil Underwear Day - Bus Station Hosts Underwear Fashion Show & Go::Agreed not a new type of event, as New York has its very own National Underwear Day dating back to 2003, but this similar event in Brazil (in its second year) is more of a fashion show, as it represents… [MORE] |
 Steampunk Watches - Sub-Genre of Fanboys Strong::How do Steampunk fans celebrate? Blow a steam whistle? Whatever it is, if you are Steampunk fan, you will love these watches. A Japanese company has developed a whole line of steampunk themed watches that… [MORE] |
 Extreme Advertising - Coke Zero's Tongue-Piercing in Brazil::Coke Zero has launched in Brazil an extreme guerrilla marketing campaign using people's tongues.
Several shops in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre and Salvador give free piercings with the brand… [MORE] |
 Penile Art - 'Pricasso' Paints Portraits With Penis::Pricasso is well known on the sex-fair circuit (so they tell me) for his penile artworks and one-to-one portrait sessions and is now about to move into the mainstream art world with his inclusion in an… [MORE] |
 Super Rich Hackers - Storm Worm Makes Millions DAILY::I may stop trend hunting and start hacking and spamming soon! IBM’s principal web security strategist, Joshua Corman, said that people behind the Storm worm are making millions of pounds a day by using… [MORE] |
 Gotta Pee? SMS The Door- New Public Toilets System in Finland::Need to use the restroom while you are on a long drive in Finland? You better have a mobile phone on you!
In order to fight back against vandalism, the Finnish Road Administration has started deploying… [MORE] |
 Movie Products Made Real - Brawndo's Defictionalization::Sometimes there are things in movies that are so spectacular that they become real products. That is what defictionalization is: when a fictitious product becomes a real one.
Brawndo, "the thirst mutilator"… [MORE] |
 Ice Sauna - The Snow Room Anti-Sauna::The Snow Room was showcased at a recent Hotel Equipment Fair in the ever-sunny resort of Antalya, Turkey and will be on sale in all luxury hotels and spas in 2008. The room will be offered to those hotel… [MORE] |
 A New Generation of Terror - Anonymous Hackers::Anonymous is an organized group of hackers, reportedly responsible for 90% of all Internet terror. Fox11 news covered the group back in 2007 and reported Anonymous would hack into MySpace users' pages… [MORE] |
 Colour Ownership - T- Mobile Registers Magenta::Deutsche Telekom, mother company for T-Mobile in Holland, has registered magenta at the European Brandoffice to prevent any other company in Holland from using this colour for their communication devices,… [MORE] |
 Joke Facebook Group Takes Off - Panic Buying Carrots::A facebook group - Panic Buy Carrots on the 15th May 2008 - has reached nearly 100,000 members, all of which pledge to strip carrots supplies dry on D-Day or should that be Carrot Day. The group was created… [MORE] |
 Buy or Rent an Island - Privateislandsonline.com::Want to be like Johhny Depp and have a private island where you can whisk your lady off to? Or are you fed up with noisy neighborhoods?
Then this website is for you.
at Private Islands Online, you can… [MORE] |
 Auctioning the Ancient - Bid on a Triceratops Skeleton::Now here's something that will certainly make any house unique. On April 16th, Christie's will be hosting an auction in Paris, featuring 150 items from natural history collections.
The showcase item… [MORE] |
 Hacking Weather TV Show - Ztohoven "Nuke" Pastoral Landscape::Czech it Out! Citizens of the Czech Republic were more than a bit surprised one morning while watching a live weather report.
The show segment began with the picturesque view of the Krkonose Mountains.… [MORE] |
 Branded First Finger Foods - Cheerios for Tots::General Mills has launched a new product for tots in its Cheerios line. It is in a new convenient package and according to Cheerios.com, “it's pour-able, shake-able, refillable and is designed to fit… [MORE] |
 Dubai's Next Man Made Island - The Universe::Seeming trying to prove that too much is not nearly enough the Dubai developer of “The World” has just announced plans to build the “The Universe” which they will squeeze in between “The World”… [MORE] |
 Renovating Religion Part II - Converted Churches as Hotels::Less people go to church today, hence these buildings are often converted to other uses. Some of them for instance become hotels, and here are a few examples.
Located in the heart of Royal Deeside, Scotland,… [MORE] |
 Biotech Company Clones Embryos from Human Skin Cells::A recent biotech breakthrough enables the creation of embryos from skin cells, which are genetic copies of the donor. This breakthrough by scientists at Stemagen Corp holds the promise of custom-made… [MORE] |
 Radical Elopement - Double Proxy Weddings::Are proxy weddings the future of matrimonial services?
By proxy I mean either bride or groom, is unable to attend the ceremony, but the wedding takes place anyway. Someone usually takes the place of… [MORE] |
 Magical Luxury Water - Madonna Spends $10,000 a Month on Kabbalah Water::At $5.00 a bottle, Madonna is currently spending $10,000 USD per month drinking Chernobyle water, and according the British Government and the Department of Trade and Industry, she also believes this magical… [MORE] |
 Music on the Road - Singing Streets Tested in Japan (UPDATE)::In the land of Harajuku girls and sushi now the streets can sing. Well, kind of.
The members of the Hokkaido Industrial Research Institute, which work with cryogenic science and research under microgravity… [MORE] |
 Products Hand-Picked By Animals - Monkey Picked Tea::If you're into the idea of drinking tea that has been hand(?) (paw?) picked by monkeys from rare wild Chinese tea trees, and are willing to pay $25 for 57g (about 2oz) for the experience, well here you… [MORE] |
 Laughter Yoga (UPDATE) - Now in Moscow, LA, Texas, Chicago::More than a year ago, Trend Hunter covered Laughter Yoga. Since then, Laughter Yoga has been sweeping the globe. The first ever Laughter Yoga training in Eastern Europe took place on January 5th and 6th… [MORE] |
 Historical Landmarks as Art - Graziano Cecchini Colors Spanish Steps::Graziano Cecchini, the man who turned the Trevi Fountain blood-red last October, has balls, lots of them, which he dropped down the famed Spanish Steps in Rome.
"The balls bounced downhill before filling… [MORE] |
 Bilateral Amputee Banned From Olympics (Follow-up) - No Cheetah Blades in Beijing::Oscar Pistorius, South Africa’s double-amputee sprinter, was ruled ineligible to compete in the Beijing Olympics because his prosthetic racing legs give him a clear competitive advantage by the IAAF… [MORE] |
 Computers Analyze Canine Emotion - Better Dog-to-Human Communication::In a recent study of dog owners, who claim to know their pets, only 40% of the owners could accurately interpret their dog’s emotional state based on the sound of its bark.
Scientists in Budapest are… [MORE] |
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