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25 Hot Pot Finds
Reefer Madness, From Spiritual Highs to Hemp Cars
In a salute the Obama Administration’s almost legalizing grass, I have weeded out Trendhunter’s most bodacious hemp trends.
Remember cannabis is good for things like glaucoma and easing the pain of many…
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Legalizing Medical Marijuana
President Obama Supports Pot-Smoking Patients
In a major move forward in recognizing the medical legitimacy of marijuana, new guidelines that will be issued by the Obama administration today will free pot-smoking patients, in states that allow medical…
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iPhone Diss Ads
Verizon Droid Phone Mocks Apple Favorite with iDon’t Ad
Will the Verizon Droid be a serious challenger for the iPhone’s title of World’s Sexiest Gadget? Motorola, Google and Verizon, who teamed up to deliver the Droid, clearly think so. An aggressive ad campaign…
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YouTube Hitler Parodies
Viral Competition to Spoof "Downfall"
Hitler has often been parodied with varying degrees of success. This spoof video uses footage from Downfall, a recent Oscar-nominated movie about Hitler’s last days in his Berlin Bunker.
The idea is…
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Whale Whisperers
Teaching Beluga Babble in Japan
Everybody knows that whales and dolphins can vocalize through echolocation, which they use to communicate with each other. Now a Japanese 'whale whisperer' has taught a beluga whale to recognize and repeat…
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Exotic Flying Pets
UK Goes Sugar Glider Crazy
On the “cute pet” scale, this little gliding possum is off the charts. What can you say about a cuddly, curious, furry little guy with a pink nose, giant brown eyes that flies (OK, glides) around the house?…
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Wireless Power Systems
Intel WiTricity
Wireless power is one the Holy Grails of technology and something that has been searched for since Nikola Tesla fired up his giant coils in the 1890s. Now tech giant Intel has demonstrated WiTricity, a…
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Changing Race
Robert Downey Jr. Becomes Black Man in Tropic Thunder
Pushing the ‘Politically Correct’ envelope, Robert Downey Jr. has transformed himself into a black man in Ben Stiller’s Vietnam war epic parody ‘Tropic Thunder’.
Following up the huge success of Ironman,…
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Monkeys As Children
Monkids
If you can’t get approval for adoption or are an empty nester and still want a kid, there is another option: Get a monkey, dress it up, and treat it like a kid.
"More and more people in Florida and…
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$2.72 Million Camels
Dubai Prince Splurges on a Dry Hump
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktoum, crown prince of the United Arab Emirates of Dubai, purchased the female camel for 10 million dirhams (2.72 million dollars) at a camel beauty pageant in…
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Strange Surveys
Leaders buy more Sneakers
A survey of 7,500 has found that people who buy more than three pairs of sneakers a year are 61 percent more likely to have the qualities of a modern leader. Additionally multi-sneaker buyers were 50 percent…
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Mile-High Tower (UPDATE)
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
The big building competition in the Arabian Peninsula is really heating up with a really ginormous tower just announced for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Although we revealed this project would be under construction,…
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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…
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The New Macarena
Papaya Dance
Good Morning America featured a video of Edu Manzano’s Papaya Dance citing its popularity on several international YouTube postings. The song, which originates in the Philippines, was tipped by Robin…
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Free Photo Editing Programs
Adobe Photoshop Express
Photoshop Express was launched in a "beta" test version is said to be easier to learn than the full blown version of Photoshop that is aimed at professionals. They must have realized that if they don't…
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Historical Site Sites
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Now Online
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall, located on the Mall in Washington, DC can now be viewed online and specific names can be searched for. It’s not the same as being there but for those who can’t make…
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Beads as Pixels
Star Trek Bead Curtains
Bead Me Up, Scotty! Artist Devorah Sperber uses beads as pixels to beam Captain Kirk, Spock and Bones in a fittingly back to the future way. They manage to capture the partially-beamed look, as if they…
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Laser Guided Robotic Assistant
The El-E Robot
The one-armed wonder named El-E (pronounced “Ellie”) because in operation it reminds you of an elephant’s trunk, can retrieve objects that have been pointed to with a laser pointer. Developed at…
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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…
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HangBoarding
Trapeze Bolted to a Snowboard
In 2001, a Canadian named Don Arney used his technical skill and his imagination aided, I’m guessing by some dangerous combination of beer, weed, boredom and fearlessness, to invent the HangBoard.
Basically…
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