http://www.trendhunter.com/alexcovert alexcovert's Latest Trends en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 08:02:47 GMT http://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/TrendHunterLogo120x30.gif http://www.trendhunter.com/alexcovert 120 30 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/knuckleburger (TrendHunter.com) Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full contact, combat sport that has found itself in mainstream sports discussions. Made popular by the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC), a U.S.-based MMA promotion company,...]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:40:01 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/knuckleburger http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/iphone-apps-supersite (TrendHunter.com) The world, it seems, has gone app-crazy. Blackberry, Android, and the indisputable leader, iPhone, all tout an ever-growing collection of applications. Games, utilities, and time-wasters. There is, quite...]]> Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:20:01 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/iphone-apps-supersite http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/iphone-apps-that-find-you-16apps.com (TrendHunter.com) Don't have time to sift through 60,000+ apps? Me neither. Sure, I spent the first couple evenings perusing through iTunes, but in the end, I had downloaded a mere 16 apps. That's it... just 16! Apple's television...]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:20:01 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/iphone-apps-that-find-you-16apps.com http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/moviestinger.com-hurts-so-good-the-movie-after-the-movie (TrendHunter.com) Stingers are those extra scenes or additional clips after a movie's credits. They offer some satisfaction to those people stuck in the middle of the theater who are waiting for everyone else to exit or...]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:05:31 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/moviestinger.com-hurts-so-good-the-movie-after-the-movie http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/a-lighter-shade-of-eco-u.s.-wants-homeowners-to-paint-roofs-white (TrendHunter.com) We don't have to install CO2 scrubbers or shoot billions of tons of greenhouse gases into geological formations to save the Earth from global warming. All we have to do is paint our world a pale shade...]]> Thu, 28 May 2009 01:29:51 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/a-lighter-shade-of-eco-u.s.-wants-homeowners-to-paint-roofs-white http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/trash-your-camera-deter-potential-thieves (TrendHunter.com) We try so hard to prevent our shiny new possessions from getting scratched, scuffed, or dented - our cars, iPhones, laptops, etc. Heck, my brother just returned a clothes washing machine that was delivered...]]> Mon, 25 May 2009 14:42:47 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/trash-your-camera-deter-potential-thieves http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rollercoaster-meets-movie-theater-motion-activated-seats (TrendHunter.com) In much the same way that video game controllers shake and vibrate when you get blown up, these movie theater seats react to scenes in movies. D-BOX Motion Code technology is the fancy name for motion-activated...]]> Mon, 25 May 2009 10:57:48 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rollercoaster-meets-movie-theater-motion-activated-seats http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ancient-art-is-reborn-angels-demons-ambigrams (TrendHunter.com) It seems there is a renewed interest in ambigrams thanks to Ron Howard's movie, “Angels and Demons.” In the movie, Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) comes across the word ‘Illuminati', presented as an ambigram...]]> Wed, 20 May 2009 19:14:54 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ancient-art-is-reborn-angels-demons-ambigrams http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nissan-gtr-ebay (TrendHunter.com) eBay seller vqmotoring-online has tempted our visual taste buds by auctioning off an orange Nissan GTR. This eBay listing has managed to get blogged about, probably because of its extreme amount of modifications....]]> Wed, 20 May 2009 18:13:56 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nissan-gtr-ebay http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mobile-app-that-warns-of-deadly-encounters-publicizing-swine-flu-victims (TrendHunter.com) A highly invasive, government-funded application that uses GPS technology to monitor sickos has finally been created. No, I’m not talking about something useful like alerting the authorities when a...]]> Wed, 20 May 2009 17:43:56 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mobile-app-that-warns-of-deadly-encounters-publicizing-swine-flu-victims http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mobile-goes-mainstream-alternatives-to-landline-services (TrendHunter.com) I dropped my landline's long-distance calling plan years ago, opting instead to use a cheaper alternative... my mobile phone. I have often wondered why I have the landline at all. Apparently, I'm not alone....]]> Sun, 17 May 2009 18:59:53 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mobile-goes-mainstream-alternatives-to-landline-services http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-big-o-reaches-1-million-twitter-news (TrendHunter.com) It only took Oprah one month to obtain over 1 million followers on Twitter. Since Twitter is currently the greatest thing since sliced bread according to the media, I think I'll start posting the latest...]]> Fri, 15 May 2009 21:44:54 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-big-o-reaches-1-million-twitter-news http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/no-swine-flu-guarantee-ultra-clean-hotels (TrendHunter.com) The Swine flu scare seems to have died down, but it is still a very real concern in Mexico - the country hit the hardest by this strange-acting virus. Specifically, tourism has taken a nosedive and quite...]]> Wed, 13 May 2009 03:29:50 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/no-swine-flu-guarantee-ultra-clean-hotels http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/twice-the-sound-four-hands-guitar (TrendHunter.com) There’s two ways to play a guitar: strumming and picking. You can do both… but not like this. Watch this video as Antoine Dufour and Tommy Gauthier show you what I mean. They play a song together and...]]> Tue, 12 May 2009 15:14:12 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/twice-the-sound-four-hands-guitar http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/twitter-powered-dating-radaroo.com (TrendHunter.com) Do you hear that? Something's atwitter and I'm not talking about a state of nervous excitement... or maybe I am. Twitter is definitely in the air, though, along with the many, many applications powered by...]]> Mon, 11 May 2009 14:59:59 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/twitter-powered-dating-radaroo.com http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/power-plants-that-swim-anaconda-powered-electricity (TrendHunter.com) It's 600-feet long... a massive, serpent slithering through the open ocean. But this snake has good intentions. Really! Developed by the Checkmate Group, the “anaconda” is the latest design that hopes to...]]> Mon, 11 May 2009 12:39:56 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/power-plants-that-swim-anaconda-powered-electricity http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wood-on-wheels-holzweg-wooden-bicycle (TrendHunter.com) A lot of designs that incorporate wood try to totally replace another material such as steel or plastic. This bike design by Arndt Menke, however, uses the organic stuff in only a few key locations. The...]]> Sun, 03 May 2009 18:19:56 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wood-on-wheels-holzweg-wooden-bicycle http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/transparent-vehicle-painting-the-unseen (TrendHunter.com) University of Central Lancashire (Uclan) design student Sara Watson wanted to make something disappear. Not with magic, but with a technique that she was more familiar with—painting. Recycling Lives,...]]> Sun, 03 May 2009 16:59:55 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/transparent-vehicle-painting-the-unseen http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/googles-height-search-hack-how-tall-are-they (TrendHunter.com) After reading a recent article about the prospects of Abraham Lincoln having a rare genetic disorder that explains his tall height, I decided to do a search on Google to see just how tall the Ex-President...]]> Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:19:58 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/googles-height-search-hack-how-tall-are-they http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fleshy-alphabet-art-arjan-bennings-skintastic-photos (TrendHunter.com) I could ramble on about the artistic underpinnings of these photos or ask such questions as “Whose skin is this?” or “How did the idea for this come about?” or “What part of the body is that?” I could....]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:19:50 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fleshy-alphabet-art-arjan-bennings-skintastic-photos http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-lamborghini-of-chairs-the-heimweh-loge (TrendHunter.com) The display of this chair with a Lamborghini in the background sets the tone appropriately, I think. Designer Helmut Schafferhofer obviously sees his Heimweh Loge chair as a luxury item. The Heimweh...]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:59:50 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-lamborghini-of-chairs-the-heimweh-loge http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/luxury-bath-water-10-thousand-bc-glacial-water (TrendHunter.com) Forget about drinking bottled water--now you can bathe in it! Based on the 10 Thousand BC brand of fine imported water, Glacier Bath hails from the Coastal Glacier Range in British Columbia, Canada. It...]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:19:50 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/luxury-bath-water-10-thousand-bc-glacial-water http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/one-desk-office-shopping-desk-space-genie (TrendHunter.com) There's nothing fancy-looking about the site, but then, those are the website that surprise you the most, aren't they? DeskSpaceGenie.co.uk is the UK's (and potentially the world's) first web site for...]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:39:57 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/one-desk-office-shopping-desk-space-genie http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/10-strange-star-wars-songs-from-banjo-to-homemade-tuba (TrendHunter.com) There are thousands of aspiring musicians who post videos of themselves and their music on YouTube in hopes of becoming the next big thing. The people in these 10 videos more than likely won't make it...]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:40:02 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/10-strange-star-wars-songs-from-banjo-to-homemade-tuba http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/virtual-talking-iphone-app-mouth-off (TrendHunter.com) Thanks to "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," 'Mouth Off' is the latest iPhone application to go viral. It works like this: Put the iPhone up to your mouth (not necessary, but kind of defeats the purpose if...]]> Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:19:47 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/virtual-talking-iphone-app-mouth-off http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/japans-naked-fashion-robot-the-hrp-4c (TrendHunter.com) This video shows Japan's Naked Fashion Robot. OK, so she's not really naked, I guess, as her android skin is embedded with armor-like plates. Let's call it “robot-naked." Anyway, the HRP-4C is a walking,...]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:39:53 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/japans-naked-fashion-robot-the-hrp-4c http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/extraordinary-flushing-performance-st-thomas-creations-toilets (TrendHunter.com) We eat. Our bodies get rid of the waste. No trend here, right? Perhaps not. There's a new toilet in town, however. A company called St. Thomas Creations uses Quattro Flushing Technology that simply washes...]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:59:53 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/extraordinary-flushing-performance-st-thomas-creations-toilets http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/segway-with-legs-cajun-crawler (TrendHunter.com) Sometimes... just sometimes, you have to reinvent the wheel, or in this case, the legs. A group of students from the University of Louisiana built this Segway-ish scooter (can it be called that?) with insect-like...]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:39:53 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/segway-with-legs-cajun-crawler http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wrist-computer-zypad-wr1100-update (TrendHunter.com) Trendhunter covered the original, wearable computer (Zypad WL1000 model) back in 2006. The new version (Zypad WR1100) has gotten a bit clunkier, but has gained a few more functions. The Zypad WR1100...]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:35:31 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wrist-computer-zypad-wr1100-update http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/a-new-largest-swimming-pool-in-the-world-citystars-lagoons-in-egypt (TrendHunter.com) The current world's largest pool resides at the San Alfonso del Mar Resort in Chile. It is one kilometer in length and covers an area of 8 hectares. Crystal Lagoons, the group responsible for this Guinness...]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:55:22 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/a-new-largest-swimming-pool-in-the-world-citystars-lagoons-in-egypt