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Trendopoly is elusive. She's curiously obsessed with pop culture, internet oddities and the bizarre. Unfortunately, she's also obsessed with work, so her (wicked) Trend Hunting sometimes falls to the back-burner... But she reads TH ever day!
Hitachi's Personal Brain Scanner
Hitachi's Personal Brain Scanner
Brain scanners have been a hot topic for quite a while - great advances have been made. And now Hitachi has taken the technology one step further. They've developed a light weight, walkman-styled, personal… MORE
Frikandel
Frikandel
The Horse Meat Hot Dog
It make come as a shock to some, but the Netherlands offers a different kind of hot dog. It's called Frikandel and it's made of a combination of meats including horse. It's seems very disturbing at first… MORE
The Fainting Goat Phenomenon
The Fainting Goat Phenomenon
Have you ever scared a goat and had it topple right over? If you answered 'no' then you've never met a Tennessee Fainting Goat. These are a special breed of goat that will drop into a dead faint when startled… MORE
Veggie Flavored Soda
Veggie Flavored Soda
Pepsi Ice Cucumber
Yesterday, we had veggie-flavored ice cream. Today, we find out that Pepsi is offering a new veggie-flavored soda: Pepsi Ice Cucumber. What are they thinking? This is disgusting! Of course, if you don't… MORE
World's Largest Dog
World's Largest Dog
Gibson the Great Dane Stands 7 Feet Tall
Gibson the Great Dane is the Tallest Dog in the World. He stands a startling 7 feet tall and weight a whopping 170 pounds! Gibson is a Harlequin Dane, known for their unique white and black dappled/spotted… MORE
MySpace Hacked By Terrorists
MySpace Hacked By Terrorists
Is Laura Schlessinger's Son A Victim Or a Bad Guy?
Dr. Laura Schlessinger is a talk show host who tells other people how to raise their kids. Her own son, Deryck Schlessinger is currently on the hot seat since his MySpace page was recently removed due… MORE
Starcraft II Revealed
Starcraft II Revealed
Gamers Are Drooling
Starcraft is a massive multi-player, online game that has followers of all ages. And now, despite predictions saying it would never happen, the makers of Starcraft have taken the whole world and made in… MORE
Slick Leather Mouse For The Discerning Professional
Slick Leather Mouse For The Discerning Professional
Ohhhhhhhhh! This has got to catch the attention of the elitists out there. Nothing but the best! Now, I've caught your attention. So, slick it up with this sweet leather mouse. The perfect accent to any… MORE
Who's A Rat Dot Com Reveals Police Informants
Who's A Rat Dot Com Reveals Police Informants
The Who's a Rat website is a large online database revealing informants and agents who've switched sides to reduce their own sentences. Don't bother looking for it - the site has been shut down (at least… MORE
Extreme Makeover For the Web
Extreme Makeover For the Web
Science Foundation Proposes Overhaul
The National Science Foundation is looking at completely overhauling the Internet. It's proposing a complete transformation - in effect wiping the slate clean and starting fresh. Experts feel that this… MORE
Text Messaging Soars In Popularity Amongst Teens
Text Messaging Soars In Popularity Amongst Teens
Secret, Faceless, Anonymous
Kids grab on to anything new that allows them to keep their private life a secret from their parents. This desire for secrecy is likely feeding the raging popularity of text messaging services among teens.… MORE
Kiddy Pirates Calling It Quits
Kiddy Pirates Calling It Quits
Illegal Downloading Drops Among Youth
There has been a significant drop (24%) in illegal downloads of copyrighted materials by kids in the 8 to 14 ages bracket. And it looks like parental influence has played a large part in curbing this trend.… MORE
The Wowo Dog Pod
The Wowo Dog Pod
The Wowo Dog Pod is the most curvaceous, fluff-lined, bed of style. Any pet would be in the lap of luxury to have such a bed. And it just gets cooler - it turns out the designer made the Wowo Dog Pod attachable… MORE
Feral Children
Feral Children
Kids Brought Up By Animals
Feral Children are kids that for whatever reason became lost from human society and were adopted by animals. There are lots of reports of monkeys and wolves adopting babies and raising them as their own.… MORE
Perfect Petzzz
Perfect Petzzz
Pet Ownership Doesn't Come Any Easier Than This
Perfect Petzzz are just that - they're perfect in all their sleeping glory. Pet their fur and watch them breathe. They are 100% maintenance free - take them anywhere - to work, to study group or just set… MORE
Human Trafficking & Modern-Day Slavery Flourish In North America
Human Trafficking & Modern-Day Slavery Flourish In North America
Human trafficking and modern-day slavery are alive and well... and not just in Third World countries. Experts say that locations in the US are top destinations for human traffickers who bring thousands… MORE
Rogun
Rogun
A Robot That Can Recognize Your Face
A start-up company in Korea (KornTech) has made a breakthrough - they've created a very cool robot that can recognize faces. The robot uses face recognition technology. It has real value as a security… MORE
Playing With Your Food
Playing With Your Food
Cakes That Are Games
Your mother always told you not to play with your food but maybe now she'll make an allowance with these very cool game cakes! In fact, there is an entire website devoted to Game Cakes. Pick and choose… MORE
Weird Events
Weird Events
The Famous Frog-Jumping Contest
Every year, Calaveras County holds a Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee. This bizarre event attracts huge throngs of people eager to break the World Record set in 1986 for the cash prize of $5000. For you animal… MORE
Kids In Business
Kids In Business
CEO of Elementeo Is Only 13 Years Old
Twenty-somethings are not the only ones riding the success wave in big business as seen at this year's TiECON Conference. Silicon Valley is stirring up with talent as the CEO of a gaming start-up called… MORE
Pop Up Books As 3D Sculptures
Pop Up Books As 3D Sculptures
Photographer, Thomas Allen creates 3D art sculptures inspired by pop-up books and Viewmaster slides and they're really cool. This artist brings childhood stories to life with is innovative art form bringing… MORE
Spike Lights
Spike Lights
Cool, Blue Lighting By Designer, Tom Kirk
The International Contemporary Furniture Fair showcases some of the most innovative designs, including the ubercool Spike Lights by designer, Tom Kirk. Spike Lights are a unique approach to lighting --… MORE
Blamestorming, Mouse Potato and Swipeouts
Blamestorming, Mouse Potato and Swipeouts
Technology Inspired Lingo
Technology is changing everything including our very language and the way that we speak. It's responsible for the creation and use of new terms and new words. And if you don't want to appear out of touch,… MORE
Real Life Pirates
Real Life Pirates
Sudden Surge In Attacks In 2007
There has been a rise in the number of real life pirates marauding key travel routes in the deep seas. And they're not just after the rich and famous on their yachts. These bad guys are attacking fishing… MORE
Treasure Hunting Gets Big
Treasure Hunting Gets Big
Black Swan Shipwreck Yields $500 Million Dollar Treasure
Silver coins, worked gold and hundreds of artifacts valued at $500 million were recently discovered at the scene of the Black Swan shipwreck. Experts say that this very well may be the richest shipwreck… MORE
Death As Art
Death As Art
Oil Paintings Using Your Loved One's Cremated Ashes
Ashes to Portraits is a company that will take your family member' (or pet's) cremated ashes and create a timeless portrait to preserve your loved ones likeness for years to come. The process involves… MORE
The ExerSwim Portable Swim Current Machine
The ExerSwim Portable Swim Current Machine
The ExerSwim Portable Swim Current Generato is a current generating device for your swimming pool. It creates waves and resistance to enhance you workout - even in a relatively small amount of space. MORE
Aquaculture
Aquaculture
More People Are Keeping Sea Creatures As Pets
Pet lovers abound the world over. Humans have domesticated all sorts of land animals - lemurs, hedgehogs and all sorts of rodents and reptiles. But it may come as a surprise that there has been a large… MORE
Disabled Or Too-Abled? Prostethic Legs Viewed As Unfair Advantage
Disabled Or Too-Abled? Prostethic Legs Viewed As Unfair Advantage
Oscar Pistorius of South Africa is a runner. He has no legs. They were amputated at the knee. However he has overcome this seemingly insurmountable challenge opting for prostethic limbs. His new legs are… MORE
Take A Deep Breath
Take A Deep Breath
Breath-Powered USB Charger
The Breath Powered USB Charger gives you a reason to keep breathing. Now you can take all that hot air and turn it into power for all your favourite USB gadgets. "Sure breathing keeps us alive but other… MORE
Executive Trends
Executive Trends
Jacked-Up Job Titles
In efforts at retaining employees without forking over hefty raises, some companies are trying to woo their staff by lavishing them with impressive sounding job titles... that in reality mean nothing.… MORE
Click Here To Try Drugs
Click Here To Try Drugs
Online Drug Simulator Shows The Dangers Of Drugs
The Try Drugs website offers an online visual simulator that allows you to experience the impairment of a person on cocaine or marijuana without getting high. The site features very strong anti-drug messages… MORE
The Mommy's Chair
The Mommy's Chair
Real Designer Chairs That Look Like Scribbles
Inspired by kid’s drawings, these chairs don’t look too sturdy but they are real, functional chairs. Called The Mommy’s Chair, these sketchy seats will cost you $564 a pop. They’re designed by… MORE
Extreme Censorship or Bandwidth Issues?
Extreme Censorship or Bandwidth Issues?
MySpace and YouTube Banned
YouTube and MySpace are being banned by the U.S. Defense Depatment and they will not be accessible from any departmental computer systems anywhere in the world. Officials claim that this is not a case… MORE
Treachorous Technology
Treachorous Technology
Laptops Linked to Infertility
Working from home is great - you just load up your laptop and stretch out in your pyjamas! But, working on a laptop may not be all it's cracked up to be. A health study has indicated that men who work… MORE
Amazing Edible Art
Amazing Edible Art
Surreal Sculpted Cakes Will Make Any Birthday Special
The Russians are coming and they're bringing some fantastical cakes that are too gorgeous to be eaten! Every bit is edible but you'd have to be out of your mind to take the first bite! Check out everything… MORE

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Dangerous Online Neighbourhoods
Dangerous Online Neighbourhoods
Did you know that their are bad neighbourhoods even in a virtual world? According to McAfee, certain domains operated out of certain countries are deemed as high-risk. These danger zones include websites… MORE
Robotic Ethics Charter
Robotic Ethics Charter
In Isaac Asimov's short story 'Runaround' (1942), three Laws of Robotics were suggested to govern human/robot relations. Today, in 2007, these fictitious laws may soon impact our lives, as a group of five… MORE
Magic Plastic Bubbles
Magic Plastic Bubbles
Blow 'Em To Your Heart's Content
Magic Plastic Bubbles are super cool! Grab a tube of your favourite colour, squeeze out a dollop of goo and roll it into a ball and pop it on the end of the blow-pipe. Then start blowing a fabulously permanent… MORE
Virtual Pillowfights On Your Phone
Virtual Pillowfights On Your Phone
If the thought of Cheerleaders, French Maids and Sexy Mademoiselles slugging it out in a rip roaring pillowfight gets you hot n' bothered then you've gotta check out Pillowfight - the game, for your mobile… MORE
Donald Trump To Shave His Head
Donald Trump To Shave His Head
Is Britney's Bald Look Catching On?
Britney Spears is still a trendsetter after all. Of course, Donald Trump may not be from the fan base she had in mind. But she's obvously made an impact! In what has been termed the "Battle of the Billionaires",… MORE
Borat As Art
Borat As Art
1000 Piece Art Obsession
Toronto artist, Oli Goldsmith has gotten a little bit carried away with his most recent 1000-piece installment all focused on Sasha Cohen's character, Borat. Likely not much more than a publicity stunt,… MORE
U4Prez.com
U4Prez.com
Run For President of the United States Online
With 2008 just around the corner, people are pulling out all the stops when it comes to the next presidential election. A new website has been launched that allows anyone in the world to post their profile.… MORE
The Sliver House
The Sliver House
When Space Is At A Premium People Find Ways To Improvise
In Tokyo, where space is at a premium, people have become very creative in their use of space. Case in point? This sliver-style home which remains frugal in the front and spreads out a bit in the back.… MORE
Executive Trends
Executive Trends
Jacked-Up Job Titles
In efforts at retaining employees without forking over hefty raises, some companies are trying to woo their staff by lavishing them with impressive sounding job titles... that in reality mean nothing.… MORE
Google Is Developing Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Google Is Developing Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Co-founder Larry Page announced that Google is in the development stages of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and he claims the realization may not be far off. Sci-Fi movies immediately come to mind and initial… MORE
FaceCode
FaceCode
Face-Recognition Software For Your Computer
Want to protect your private computer files and make sure that you and only you have access to your personal information? Then check out FaceCode - face-recognition software that uses your web-cam to ensure… MORE
Harmful Chemicals in Make-Up
Harmful Chemicals in Make-Up
Long-Term Effects More Than Skin Deep
In the past, during the Elizabethan Era, royalty painted their faces with white paint to achieve the 'look' of the day. Unfortunately, this make-up contained high quantities of lead, a likely cause of… MORE
Hobo Soup Is Hot!
Hobo Soup Is Hot!
A real live hobo cooked up a batch of hobo soup, 45 years ago and it's still a hot item today, having sold out on eBay. The bizarre labeling and the fact that the soup actually tastes good and is nutritious… MORE
Faux Fur Actually Real Dog Hair
Faux Fur Actually Real Dog Hair
Your favorite hot pink jacket with that fab faux fur collar might lose some of its appeal- unless you're okay with dog fur trimming! It turns out that many brand name garments sold at major department… MORE