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Interactive Gaming Consoles
Interactive Gaming Consoles
Trend Hunter's Hands-On Microsoft Kinect Review
Trend Hunter was invited to preview the Kinect for the Xbox 360, and we got a chance to test it out. Imagine playing your video games without having a controller. The Kinect for Xbox 360 will watch and… MORE
Spray on Skin
Spray on Skin
A New Treatment for Second Degree Burn Victims
A new technique to make a spray on skin has been developed by Australian surgeon Fiona Wood for treating victims of second degree burns. Before the development of this spray on skin, an extremely painful… MORE
Facial Recognition Phones
Facial Recognition Phones
LG Eve is Taking Social Media on Your Phone to the Next Level
The next generation of Google Android phones have been unveiled, sparking new and innovative methods to keep in touch with friends as can be seen with the slick LG Eve.  What separates LG’s Eve from… MORE
Streaming Music Wars
Streaming Music Wars
Google Partnership with iLike and Lala Will Take on Apple
It looks like Google is getting into the music game: According to TechCrunch, Google will be partnering with iLike and Lala to create a new music service. This is coming after iLike was purchased by MySpace.… MORE
Multi-Touch Projectors
Multi-Touch Projectors
The Funai Eco Scan Projectors Make Any Surface Interactive
Funai was showing off the new Eco Scan projectors at CEATEC in Japan. The pico projector boasts multi touch recognition, making any surface that it is pointed at into a high tech screen. In the demonstration,… MORE
Magical Automatic Art
Magical Automatic Art
Photosketch Takes a Drawing and Makes Composite Photo
A group of students from China has created PhotoSketch—an app that takes a basic sketch and turns it into a realistic photo.  According to the video, PhotoSketch searches the web for images that match… MORE
Take-Home Chefs
Take-Home Chefs
'Media Chef' Brings Cooking Class Right into Your Kitchen
Belling has unveiled it’s new digital cookbook 'Media Chef.'  This new cookbook will be loaded with 48 video recipes from Brian Turner.  You can now cook along with him to make the perfect meal. The 'Media… MORE
Cyborg Insects
Cyborg Insects
UC Berkeley Houses Remote Controlled Live Beetles (UPDATE)
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have managed to control the movement of beetles. They have done this by connecting small radio antenna to electrodes and shocking the beetles nervous… MORE
Clothing That Communicates
Clothing That Communicates
Finnish Company Creates Clothing That Can Send and Receive Messages
The Patria Aviation Oy company has created a patch of clothing that can communicate via satellite. This patch of clothing can do two-way voice and data as well as location via the Iridium and GPS frequencies… MORE
Twitter Banking
Twitter Banking
The Quickest Way to Bank Online or on Your Mobile
The St Louis-based Vantage Credit Union has come out with the first Twitter banking solution.  The product, named “MyVantage,” allows users to do everything from get account balances to clear checks. This… MORE
Four-Screened Laptops
Four-Screened Laptops
The Intel 'Tangent Bay' Lets You Multitask Twice as Well
Intel has revealed a new prototype ‘Tangent Bay’ laptop with four screens. In addition to the main monitor, there are three small cutting-edge OLED touchscreens in the case. The touchscreens allow… MORE
Gene Therapy Breakthroughs
Gene Therapy Breakthroughs
Medical Discovery in Mice Could Lead to Cure for Multiple Sclerosis
A Doctor at McGill University in Montreal believes that he could have the cure for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) after an experimental treatment cured mice of a similar disease.  This is a great discovery if… MORE
Smart Hipster Headphones
Smart Hipster Headphones
Sony Could Make the Play Button a Thing of the Past
Sony has announced a set of smart headphones that detect body contact.  These headphones will play when they are in your ear, pause when one earbud is removed and stops the music when both earbuds are… MORE
Misleading Sexvertisments
Misleading Sexvertisments
Online Game Evony's Ads Deceivingly Imply Sexual Content
The online game Evony (formerly Civony) has slowly changed it’s advertising to blatant sexual misrepresentation.  The images are in the reverse chronological order, degrading to the point that there is… MORE
GPS Hook-Ups
GPS Hook-Ups
Using Location-Based Tech to Give Directions to Your Love Life
GPS can not only help you when you are lost, it can also point you to the next love of your life.  With this emerging technology, anyone can find a match that is compatible with them. It even suggests… MORE
Curing Color Blindness
Curing Color Blindness
Will Hue-Detecting Monkeys Be the New Generation of Purse Pooches?
Recently scientists have discovered a way to cure color blindness in monkeys using gene therapy. According to Wikipedia, red-green color blindness is affecting roughly 7 to 10% of men. With monkeys now… MORE
Bottoms Up Transit
Bottoms Up Transit
Electric Inverted Monorail Could Come to a City Near You
A cheap, fast and clean form of mass transit, the proposed inverted monorail is taking what you know and turning it upside down. The monorail can be built over existing roads and highways and is three… MORE
Man Belly Glorification
Man Belly Glorification
Hipsters Make the Potbelly, or 'Kramden', Stylish
It looks like it is time to abandon the gym and hit the bar to work on the “Kramden" because the potbelly is now “in." With abs as the long running look for men, hipsters looking to be different have moved… MORE