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Hot This Week1. Peel & Stick Solar Panels - Lumeta PowerPly (VIDEO)  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…2. Anti-Jetlag Glasses - Re-Set Your Body's Clock on the Fly (GALLERY)  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 …3. Vacuum Backpacks - Fuel Cell BacVac (GALLERY)  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…4. Universal Remotes v2.0 - David Chacon’s Tablet Concept (GALLERY)  We’ve seen a number of fully integrated universal remotes, such as the Logitech Harmony, but they tend to lack style.
David Chacon has a design in mind for a universal remote that would exude design AND function. The flash capable device would display every thing from channel listings to elabora…5. Sign Language Translators - HandTalk Glove (GALLERY)  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…6. Intelligent Whiteboards - Microsoft TouchWall (VIDEO)  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…7. Computer-Manipulated Sneakers - The Verb for Shoes (GALLERY)  The Verb for Shoe footwear was designed by MIT graduate Ronald Demon. The kicks are high tech sneakers that use two air balloons and a computer to automatically the adjust cushioning based on the activity of the wearer.
"The on-shoe computer is constantly monitoring the activities, adjusting the c…8. Non-Dissolving Edible Packaging - Compost or Eat Your Containers  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…9. Floating Restaurant Tables - BBQ-Donut (GALLERY)  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.10. Mutant Guitars- Pikasso  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,…11. Medical Nanotechnology Breakthroughs - Nanohealing Material Stops Bleeding  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…12. 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 provide…13. GPS Handbags - Marilyn Light Bag  Blue jeans handbags are very cute in and of themselves. This, however, is no ordinary denim tote; it’s the Marilyn Light Bag, a prototype which comes with a GPS devise tucked inside the seams.
The embedded GPS system allows its owner to track down the bag in case it is lost or stolen.
The trend…14. Vegetables As Appliances - Antoine Lebrun’s Aion Kitchen (GALLERY)  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 …15. Geek Makeup - The Combo Compact/Mouse  Is this the perfect fusion of technology with cosmetics? Or is it just another tech aberration intent on strengthening the human addiction to electronics? Philosophical analysis aside, the computer mouse/powder puff/compact combination is pretty cute although it is not be an item you will ever find … |
Hot This Month1. Keyboard Pants - Beauty and the Geek Jeans (GALLERY)  Designer Erik De Nijs stitched up this techno-geeky pair of jeans so that wherever he went, he wouldnt be far connecting to technology.
Built in to the knees are speakers for rocking while you run, and an integrated keyboard which when used would make people wonder why you were touching yourself so…2. World of the Future - NVArt: Art Space Competition (GALLERY)  The Complex at the Centre of the Universe won first place in a competition run by CGSociety (Society of Digital Artists) and NVIDIA. The NVArt: Art Space Competition challenged artists from around the world to come up with their own grandiose and awe-inspiring vision of the world.
"The entries are…3. Living Skin Building Facades - The FLARE (VIDEO)  The FLARE is a building facade that allows the exterior of an edifice to "express" itself and interact with its environment, therefore acting as a living skin or membrane. The system consists of a series of tiltable metal flakes supplemented by pneumatic cylinders that can be controlled individually…4. SuperMotorcycles - nUCLEUS: Zero Emissions, Ultra Fast (GALLERY)  NonObject believes that a new breed of alternative fuel vehicles deserves a new level of experience. They pondered, "Why do motorcycles mimic each other's DNA or mirror ferocious animals from the wild?" They wanted a unique motorcycle design that is off the beaten path.
Their concept, currently in …5. Top 63 Gardening Trends - Blossoming Innovations (SUPER GALLERY)  Are flowers the first thing you think of for Mothers Day? Most women love flowers, be it a stunning floral arrangement for the table or an entire garden full of gorgeous blossoms. Flowers make great gifts, but if you could customize them with a personal message or logo, wouldn't that be even greater…6. Sauna Trucks - Russian Banya On Wheels (GALLERY)  A Russian inventor came up with a hot new way to relax on the go; he built a banya, or sauna, on wheels.
The bizarre four wheel drive cabin, built by Igor Chupin, has been spotted cruising around Russia's Altai region this month. Chupin made the mobile sauna out of an old military vehicle, a GAZ-6…7. Top 17 OLEDs - Organic Light Emitting Diodes (SUPER GALLERY)  If you don't know what an OLED is by now, we're here to help, because it's time you informed yourself. It stands for Organic Light-Emitting Diode, and it's one of the biggest up and coming technologies. You may also have heard it refered to as a Light Emitting Polymer (LEP) or Organic Electro-Lumine…8. Interactive Holograms - AirStrike (VIDEO)  Holograms are an increasingly hot innovation in technology and design. Now we bring you the next step, interactive holograms that you can control and communicate with using hand gestures!
Developed by LM3Labs, AirStrike opens the door to exciting applications in interactive advertising and novelty…9. Strap-On Choppers - Personal Libelula Rocket Helicopter (GALLERY)  The Libelula Rocket Helicopter is a type of a strap-on chopper that was conceived by Tecnologia Aeroespacial Mexicana. The concept contraction uses tiny rocket motors at the tips of the rotor blades which are powered by two hydrogen fuel canisters, thereby negating the need for a tail rotor.
It's a…10. Flower Simulators - Instant Blossom from a Card  The Instant Blossom was designed by Ki-Seung Lee to simulate a real flower vase. A perfect gift for those who don't have fingers that are green, these blooms do not require a lot of maintenance. All it takes is to snap the greeting size card into half and give the hydroponic flowers a spray of water…11. Glowing Walls 2 - OLED Wallpaper from GE  We've seen wallpaper that emits lights before, but it wasn't as captivating as the OLED wallpaper by General Electric! This opens up a whole new level of modern design, and by the looks of it, these stick on lights wouldn't be restricted to the walls, but could be applied to any flat surface, like a…12. Customized Clouds - Cloudvertising with Flogos (VIDEO)  Trend Hunter has already introduced you to moonvertising, now get ready for cloudvertising which uses Flogos , or Flying Logos.
Francisco Guerra, the inventor of Flogos describes them as "a revolutionary way to market products, services and events".
Flogos can be created in any shape you desire t…13. 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 Horse Toilet provides health benefits because of its unique construction. The "rider" can expel…14. Amphibious Pod Vehicles - Cerva MC08  The Cerva MC08 is an oval-shaped concept transport vehicle designed to be used as a car, a motorcycle, a jet plane and a submarine. It was designed by a very creative team consisting of designers Michal Cerva, Jiri Bicik, Jana Kunstova, Marketa Schindlerova, and Jan Zof,
As stated, this ambitious …15. Peel & Stick Solar Panels - Lumeta PowerPly (VIDEO) 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… |
Hot This Quarter1. Transparent Apple Displays - MacBook Touch (GALLERY)  In what could be the holy grail of tablet computing, Apple's latest applied patent (see image below, right) showcases using a transparent multi-touch display that can work as a control surface on two sides, both while the device is open and closed.
The patent avoids twisting the notebook/ tablet sc…2. Keyboard Pants - Beauty and the Geek Jeans (GALLERY) Designer Erik De Nijs stitched up this techno-geeky pair of jeans so that wherever he went, he wouldnt be far connecting to technology.
Built in to the knees are speakers for rocking while you run, and an integrated keyboard which when used would make people wonder why you were touching yourself so…3. Washing Machine Toilets - WashUp (GALLERY)  The newest and most innovative washing machine is now here. Sevin Coskun developed the WashUP concept that positioned a washing machine on top of your toilet.
The water that’s used to clean your clothes is preserved where it can be used later to flush the toilet. Now that’s a unique way to con…4. Outdoor Air Conditioning - Intelli Cool  Do you hate going outside on summer days? Is it because you can't bare the heat of the sun? You won't have to stay cooped up indoors with you air conditioning blasted anymore thanks to a remarkable invention!
The Intelli Cool is said to be the first ever outside air conditioning unit that uses a s…5. Girlfriend Simulators - Accessories For Lonely Men (GALLERY)  When she's there, she does little things that irritate the heck out of you, like hogging the blankets on cold nights. But when she's gone, you miss her horribly, quirks and all.
If you can relate, you'll appreciate the Accessories for Lonely Men by Noam Toran, which will solve all that. They inclu…6. Magical Glass Concept - Tablet Tells You About What You See (GALLERY)  I instantly fell in love with this concept. Imagine having a magical glass with you that you can use to obtain information about anything you see.
The thin ultra-connected tablet device by Japanese Mac Funamizu doesn't have a name yet, but it really is like a magical glass, a window to the world. …7. Folding Flat-Pack Footwear - EIN/Tritt Origami Shoes (GALLERY)  Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto one might say when opening the shoe box to find these folding shoes from EIN/Tritt shoe concepts.
Designer Catherine Meuter has shown how shoe manufacturing can turn flat shoe patterns with reinforcements into wearable footwear. It's like the whole flatpack furniture craze…8. Transforming Self-Cleaning Phone - Nokia Morph Concept (VIDEO)  Super cool! The cutting-edge Nokia Morph concept phone uses nanotechnology based flexible materials, transparent electronics and self-cleaning surfaces to produce a mobile device that is “... stretchable and flexible, allowing the user to transform their mobile device into radically different shap…9. Disappearing Nail Polish - Red Nails Look Clear Indoors  Some students at Albion High School in Salford, England invented a "vanishing" nail polish as part of a project with Salford University's school of art and design. In addition, their new invention was inspired by their search for an innovative solution to their school's ban on makeup.
The nail po…10. Phone, Computer & More Under Your Skin - Digital Tattoo Interface  The Greener Gadgets Conference had some really 'interesting' concepts. Take this concept by Jim Mielke for example; a gadget that is 'tattooed' under your skin and runs on blood by turning glucose and oxygen into electricity.
It's an electronic interface embedded under the skin that looks like a t…11. Turn Your iPhone Into a Desktop - Mac Funamizu's Gadget Hacks (GALLERY)  This awesome concept by talented designer Mac Funamizu takes inspiration from Microsoft’s Play Anywhere for a stand system that turns your iPhone into a desktop PC.
The system works by mounting the iPhone on a stand featuring a built-in projector and sensors.
With a full keyboard and trackpad pr…12. Light Up Clothes & Bras II - Phillips Lumalive Fashion (Update) (GALLERY)  Philips showcased its Philips Lumalive line of clothing in San Francisco recently. The show featured LED (light emitting diode) clothing, LED video jackets, coats, boots and even LED bras.
"Philips Lumalive is a new medium to convey emotions and messages," according to the company. "It creates a p…13. Beds on Ceilings - Bedup by Decadrages (GALLERY)  As more people than ever are moving to the cities, they're having to deal with small space living. If you keep your mind open to creativity, you can come up with some really ingenious uses of space.
French company Decadrages has designed the Bedup to use in small, cramped spaces. Your bed goes up …14. World of the Future - NVArt: Art Space Competition (GALLERY) The Complex at the Centre of the Universe won first place in a competition run by CGSociety (Society of Digital Artists) and NVIDIA. The NVArt: Art Space Competition challenged artists from around the world to come up with their own grandiose and awe-inspiring vision of the world.
"The entries are…15. Green Next Gen Notebooks - MacBook Earth, Fire and Water (GALLERY)  What comes after the MacBook Air? This is why ad execs get paid the big bucks. The MacBook Earth is the greenest laptop ever made. It has no cord because it is solar powered notebook. It's 100% biodegradable so you dispose of it when it’s time to upgrade.
The MacBook Fire is so fast the insides … |
