 Screaming Photography - Scream by Ashkan Sahihi::Trend Hunter previously featured the unique photography of Ashkan Sahihi from Iran, which captured him kissing strangers.
But in addition to making out with strangers, Sahihi, who was born in Tehran,… [MORE] |
 34 Ways to Scratch Your Photoshop Itch::Whether you’ve never posted or printed an unaltered digital photo of yourself or you’re just a big fan of artistic photography, chances are you’ve heard of Adobe Photoshop.
This powerful image-editing… [MORE] |
 High Tech Star Stalking - Blackberry Celebrity Urban Tours::Want to spy on your fav stars in their favorite secret locales? Blackberry does too, and if you’re in London, they want to help you do the same. The Blackberry Celebrity Urban Tours directly link to the… [MORE] |
 Adults Dressing Like Babies - Celebrity Crib Photographs::"Celebrity Cribs" is a really appropriate competition from Worth 1000, as very often celebrities actually do behave like big babies, temper tantrums and all.
These images come from an awesome Worth1000.com… [MORE] |
 Architectural Fantasy Exhibits - NL Architects at Venice Biennale::Dutch Architects, NL will be exhibiting their vision of virtual architecture at the 11th International Architecture Exhibition (Venice Biennale) “Out There: Architecture Beyond Building” in the Italian… [MORE] |
 Sawed-Off Electronics - The Log Radio::I love designs that involve the consumer in the production process. A nice example is this unique Log Radio, which gets you in on the action by arriving as a raw log of pinewood with six built-in radios.… [MORE] |
 Voyeuristic Photography - Peep Into ‘The Transparent City’::'Voyeuristic' may be too dramatic of a word to describe the photography of Michael Wolf, but you definitely get a sense of ‘peeping’ on unsuspecting individuals in these images.
The shots in this collection… [MORE] |
 Virtual Compassion - Sharing Photos of Hurricane Ike::As Hurricane Ike threatens Galveston and Houston, gas prices are one of many thing on people’s minds. Comfortingly, events like this reveal what I’m dubbing virtual compassion.
The internet has become… [MORE] |
 Cheeky Childhood Advantages - Vodafone Youth Commercial::Mobile service provider Vodafone targets young customers with this funny Romanian commercial to remind us to enjoy the benefits of youth.
The commercial is shot in candid-camera style, where little boys… [MORE] |
 Orbiting Space Junk - Images of Earth's Garbage Ring::The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a series of computer-generated pictures depicting our planet surrounded by millions and million pieces of space junk.
Much like Saturn has rings, soon Earth… [MORE] |
 Life in a Photoshopped World - NL Architects Redesign the Planet::Architects are dreamers after all, so who can fault them for having a lot of fun “designing” a loop-the-loop highway or skyscrapers surrounded by greenspace?
Dutch NL Architects also pique your interest… [MORE] |
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 Prosthetic Arms for Wounded Soldiers - Dean Kamen's Luke Arm Demo::Dean Kamen thinks differently that you and I. This just-released video demo of his Luke Arm prosthetic limb illustrates how his mind works.
Dean Kamen's vision came from the War in Iraq--hardly any soldiers… [MORE] |
 Color-Changing 3D Wall Panels - Heat-Sensitive Fabric Responds to Touch and Temperature::The Touch Wall Panels by Visual Studio Reference are a series of modular three-dimensional panels that change color when touched or exposed to any form of heat.
The panels respond to the heat coming… [MORE] |
 Upgraded Animal Slingshots - The Vertical Squirrel Launcher::Animal launching is just wicked fun. Especially with Tree Rats. Remember the squirrel launched off somebody's patio on a more or less vertical shot?
The good guys at Gizmodo decided to take the squirrel… [MORE] |
 Touch-Screen Keyboards - The Swype Traces Your Words::It is not that often that there are radical advances in interface technologies--devices like the mouse and keyboard have remained largely unchanged for years--so the technology industry is buzzing like… [MORE] |
 High Tech Fashion Runways - Vivienne Tam’s HP LapTop Makeover::Vivienne Tam unveiled a hot new fashion accessory at her fashion show during Bryant Park’s Mercedes Benz Fashion Week - a red hot HP laptop with her signature peony design.
The HP Vivienne Tam edition… [MORE] |
 Inflatable War Machines - Life-Size Air-Filled Weapons::Here is the latest in Russian military war machines--ones that are filled with air.
Bored? Military base nearby? Buy a blow up tank and put it in your backyard and enjoy the hilarity that ensues when… [MORE] |
 NIN Gives PCs a Public Jab - Nine Inch Nails Concert Features Blue Screen of Death::In the Mac vs. PC war, Mac has a friend in the Nine Inch Nails camp. The Blue Screen of Death appears after a computer--most likely a Windows one, but the BSOD can also appear on other platforms--encounters… [MORE] |
 29 Bizarre Inflatables::For most people, inflatables mean one of two things: gigantic toys to rent for birthday parties for the ankle-biters, or luscious, lascivious ladies for lonely gentlemen.
Herewith, my friends, are twenty-nine… [MORE] |
 Kid-Friendly Videography - The Digital Concepts Crayola Digital Camcorder::The Digital Concepts Crayola camcorder is a great present to get kids into videography. Designed by Crayola for children ages 5 and up, this brightly colored camcorder is simple for tiny hands to use and… [MORE] |
 Mobile MP3 Docks - The iBikeConsole::iBikeConsole is a new iPod accessory geared towards bicyclists who have grown tired of using arm straps to hold their iPods. It is a special docking station for an iPod nano that is securely set in a bicycle's… [MORE] |
 USB Bottle Openers - The TrekStor Thumb Drive::USB thumb drives are inherently useful, but multitasking thumb drives are far cooler. TrekStor is known for their USB drives, and this USB thumb drive has another crucial function besides data storage--opening… [MORE] |
 Celebrations of Inventiveness - American Photo Annual Favorites::The staff at American Photo magazine have picked their choices for the best fashion photography work of the past year. The magazine asked 25 fashion publications to submit their three favorite images for… [MORE] |
 Retro Mods for Gamers - The Space Invaders Keyboard::You don’t have to be a geek to still like Space Invaders and retro kitsch. This retro Space Invaders keyboard is made of flexible material so you can roll it up and shove it in your bag for travel. Naturally,… [MORE] |
 77 Pro-Geek Innovations::Not so long ago, being dubbed a geek or nerd was one of the most socially painful nicknames one could get. No so anymore.
As this wide range of pro-geek designs shows, people are now embracing their… [MORE] |
 DIY Music Remixes - Musinaut Customizable MXP4s::Imagine being able to create your own music remix of songs you have in your playlist--adding harmony, supplementing the existing beat, adjusting the bass--and you have the primary concept behind Musinaut.… [MORE] |
 Creepy Recycled Sculptures - Nemo Gould Robots::Nemo Gould’s recycled robot sculptures are made almost entirely with found objects, but Gould would rather you focus on these objects’ current iteration--as some seriously creepy robots.
Robot sculptures… [MORE] |
 46 Devices to Track and Monitor Your Life::Now that we have technology to track and monitor our every move, why would we bother recording our daily rituals manually? The following innovations make it easier to track everything from the pills we… [MORE] |
 Video Games for Boomers - Mamma Mia and SingStar ABBA for PlayStation::The last demographic holdout from gaming, the baby boomers, will finally succumb this Christmas when Mamma Mia will be released for the Playstation. Mamma Mia has been a smash hit in movie theaters, despite… [MORE] |
 Atom Smasher Photography - Large Hadron Collider Art (UPDATE)::Who says scientific instruments have to be black and gray? The Large Hadron Collider is a rainbow of colors that have lured and inspired photographers to catalog the Hadron Collider as a work of art. The… [MORE] |
 34 Ways to Indulge Your Star Wars Addiction::Star Wars first hit the big screen 31 years ago. Since then, Star Wars has inspired thousands of new products, merchandising promotions, lego creations, Star Wars costumes, even a Star Wars guide to the… [MORE] |
 Exclusive Mobile Phone Carriers - The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 Only On T-Mobile::BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 will be carried exclusively by T-Mobile in the United States. Research In Motion unveiled the long anticipated BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220, the first BlackBerry to come in the… [MORE] |
 Flexible Floor Lamps - Fragile by Ira Rozhavsky::"Fragile" is a floor lamp designed by the Israeli designer Ira Rozhavsky. The lamp is made of crushed glass and is coated with silicon. The lamp is decorated with LED light that goes all around the edges.… [MORE] |
 Live-Action Classic Video Games - Pac-Man The Movie::OMG: take the definitive retro arcade game, Pac Man, team it up with Youtube.com, add some over-the-top, way serious acting, highly dramatic music, and you have one viral video. This works because it is… [MORE] |
 Big Bang Breakthroughs - CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC)::A Big Bang simulator by CERN, called the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), cost close to $4 billion, is being heralded as one of the greatest experiments of our time… although it’s evoked doomsday fears in… [MORE] |
 Subterranean Photography - 10 Underground Lakes and Rivers::The sheer power and beauty of nature are baffling, as these images of underwater lakes and rivers show. The third and sixth images in this gallery were only discovered after their massive cave domes collapsed.… [MORE] |
 Reinventing Viral Technologies - Apple Revamps iPods::Apple presented a line of revised iPods at a San Francisco press event; the revamps included the iPod Shuffle as well as the classic iPod and iPod Touch which received minor design upgrades. The iPod Touch… [MORE] |
 22 Calorie-Counting Weight Loss Gadgets::Tracking your caloric intake is a tedious task, and not one that people want to make the time for, yet they want to enjoy the end result of keeping their bodies toned and tuned.
As our lives get busier… [MORE] |
 Storm Photography from Space - NASA Inspired by Hurricane Ike?::Inspired by beautiful images of Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Gustav, the photographs in this gallery are all from recent years. Perched way up in orbit, NASA literally has the best seat in the house from… [MORE] |
 Simplifying Food Labels - The UK’s Omni-Standard System::Which is better for you? Brown rice or cheesecake? Which is better for people? Beans from the local region or beans from a developing nation? To help unpack some of these everyday questions and inform… [MORE] |
 Calorie-Counting Cell Phones - Barclaycard Health Tech of the Future::As part of a musing about the future of credit cards and the possibilities of contactless technology, the UK credit card company Barclaycard has floated the idea that a credit card chip embedded in a mobile… [MORE] |
 Portable TV Shows - The BBC iPlayer::The BBC iPlayer allows users in the UK to watch and download TV programs from previous weeks. Until recently, the service was only available for computer download, but is now available for the iPhone,… [MORE] |
 Floating Eco Data Centers - Google’s Seafaring IDS Servers::Google’s been spending millions on geothermal technology in an effort to make a smaller carbon footprint, but a recent patent application for floating data centers is purported to be the ultimate solution.… [MORE] |
 100 Graphic Insights into the Future - Don’t Let Hurricane Ike Get You Down::Does Hurricane Ike have you worried about the future? People have been predicting the future since the dawn of civilization, but the impacts of global warming haven’t been taken into consideration until… [MORE] |
 Preserving Memories with Gadgets - The Experience Recorder Glove::What if a device is invented to be implanted to the human mind as an automatic experience recorder? Would you take the chance to edit your recorded experiences and outline unsavory life events? An instant… [MORE] |
 Wet Photography - 10 Beautiful Images in The Rain::While rain and bad weather are usually a cause for grumbling, they can actually provide a rather romantic and dramatic landscape for taking a creative and inspired picture.
Smashing Magazine recently… [MORE] |
 Groundbreaking Magazine Covers - Esquire 75th Anniversary Uses E-Ink::Esquire’s e-inked 75th Anniversary cover is ground-breaking. It’s the first publication to actually use e-ink. Announced in July, Esquire has finally hit the newsstands. It’s pretty much just a flashy… [MORE] |
 10 Photoshop Shadow Illusions::I love the power of Photoshop; it makes even improbable events look real, like these Photoshop illusions that play with shadow. It’s amazing how a simple concept like a shadow can evoke feelings and self-image,… [MORE] |
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