TREND HUNTER TV - When Lack of Talent Becomes Brilliant v2 (VIDEO)

This week, Trend Hunter featured a couple dozen new gadgets from CES 2008 in Las Vegas.  Make sure to check out our list of the top 20 new gadgets, based on our traffic stats.

Trend Hunter was in the media a couple times this week, including the following clip from CityTV Toronto.  In this clip I chat a bit about Trend Hunter as well as some hot new trends.

Hot This Week

1. Wheel Shaped Hotel - Dubai Promenade (GALLERY)

Dubai property developer Nakheel announced the construction of the world’s first wheel-shaped hotel this week.  The Dubai Promenade is a new waterfront community in development, and one of these buildings will be a five-star hotel shaped like a donut. “The hotel’s unprecedented shape and struct…[More]

 
 

2. Fairy Fashion - Sprites For Spring/Summer 2008 (GALLERY)

Stylish women wanting to stay ahead of the fashion game had getter begin getting enchanted by the world of fairies, sprites and nymphs. Taking a look at the most recent runways, it looks like these mythical creatures were the inspiration for several influential designers in their Spring/Summer 2008 …[More]

3. MacBook Air - World’s Thinnest Notebook + Hottest Laptop of 2008 (VIDEO)

The new MacBook Air was announced by Steve Jobs of Apple at MacWorld. The MacBook Air is now the world’s thinnest notebook, and sure the be the hottest laptop of 2008. The laptop features a very smooth design, hidden ports, backlit keyboard (sexy but useless) and it’s small and light weighing in a…[More]

4. Hi-Tech Fashion Has Lungs - Smoking Jacket

This remarkably high-tech jacket is designed for the polite smoker who doesn’t want to fumigate non-smokers in the area.  When exhaling, the wearer of the Smoker Jacket can blow down the side of the collar into a tube. The smoke is then sent through a channel of filters, making the clear fake lungs…[More]

5. Ronaldo Races Bugatti - Nike Mercurial Vapor IV Viral (VIDEO)

This video, which appears to be made by amateurs, features Cristiano Ronaldo racing a Bugatti. It needs to be mentioned right off the bat that the Portuguese soccer stud is wearing blaze orange Nike Mercurial Vapor IV soccer boots. As one of the world’s quickest soccer players, can Ronaldo be any m…[More]

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Bionic Contact Lenses - Real Holographic Displays for the Eye (VIDEO)

Bionic eyes! For the first time, researchers have developed a safe contact lens that can give humans vision like Superman. The lens has an imprinted circuit and lights which would display graphics similar to the Terminator and or the eyes of Bionic Woman.  These characters have “bionic eyes to zoom…[More]

Pay To Play - UBFunkeys

They’re called UBFunkeys and they are little toy creatures that you plug into your computer. There are 24 of them in all (8 tribes of 3 members each). OK, so what do they do? They are actually keys to a digital game world - one of the latest crazes sweeping the land of computers. If you have kids, y…[More]

Adult Rock And Roll Fantasy Camp - Team Building Through Music (VIDEO)

There’s a strong trend with adults who are pulling their guitars out from under their beds and in their closets. They’re dusting off the instruments and going back to playing, jamming and getting into bands. These grown up rockers were there in 1969 when classic rock was invented.  Many of them are…[More]

Music on the Road - Singing Streets Tested in Japan (UPDATE) (VIDEO)

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 environment amongst others, scraped markings along three roads in central and northern Japan …[More]

London Advertisements Targeted By Serial Ad Decapitator (GALLERY)

Londoners are waking up to a disturbing sight of decapitated men and women on advertisements throughout the streets. This is no serial killer, rather the dark and provocative work of street artist and culture jammer aptly named The Decapitator. People featured in billboard and bus stop adverts have …[More]

Construction Gear for Women - Pink Hard Hats and Tomboy Trades (GALLERY)

Who says you can’t look good and feel comfortable while doing physical labor? Tomboy Trades spotted an uncatered to niche in the marketplace. Females seeking something nice to wear in the construction arena had very few to choose from, often forced to wear apparel designed for men. Finally Tomboy…