Draw Your Own Henna At Home

Popgadget: If you’re taking part in an Indian celebration, have a kid who wants a tattoo but is waaaaaaay too young, or you’re just a mad crazy fan of henna, then Henna Penna is for you. As the name strongly implies, this product is henna… in a pen. Which is a godsend, as anyone who’s tried to do anything with […]

Flip & Tumble Reusable Bag

Flip & Tumble is an unique and modern reusable bag created by Eva Bauer and friends right out of graduate school. While in graduate school at Stanford’s Product Design Program, they began researching how people use reusable bags because while almost everyone owned reusable bags, most didn’t remember them until they reached the checkout line. Flip & Tumble came out […]

Let’s Play Network

TrendCentral: The newest entry to the world of online communities is weplay, a social network for youth athletes and their parents and coaches. Young athletes can create their own profiles in which they can post news, photos, and videos. Through such, they are able to connect with friends and teammates, manage their practice and game schedules, talk to coaches, view […]

Wooden PC

Fujitsu Ltd. is a natural to adopt the concept of a notebook PC model, which will be held in Milan, Italy Design Exhibition “-JAPAN DESIGN INNOVATION-2008” exhibition. Will be held on April 16 to 20 (local time) for five days. Engadet: That’s Fujitsu’s WoodShell concept PC. It joins an increasingly common trend of so called “natural” products already demonstrated by […]

Instant Fresh Tea Innovation

With a twist of the air-tight cap, 1.4 grams of traditional Kyoto matcha (high-grade green tea) is released into the mineral water below, creating a serving of fresh (yet instant) tea with no added chemicals or preservatives. In the same fashion, CIC Co. also offers Ukon (tumeric) and Aoijiro (kale juice) health drinks. Bottle Innovations: Instant fresh tea [Trends in […]

StickK To Your Word

TrendCentral: Whether your personal goal is to drop 20 pounds, quit smoking, hit the gym, or even stop biting your nails, stickK uses the power of a “commitment contract” to encourage you to “stickK” to your word. Developed by two Yale professors with backgrounds in law and economics, the stickK concept is based on the idea that most people will […]

Scout Music For Cash

Iconoculture: For anyone who has ever said, “If I had a dollar for every time I turned a friend on to a new band … ” — well, now you can cash in, thanks to Surrge. Publicly launched at this year’s South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, Surrge is an iTunes for populists, empowering its listeners, dubbed “scouts,” […]

Dinner in a Bottle

What happens to all the moisture when a juicy hunk of sirloin is transformed into chewy beef jerky? Truth is, we don’t know. But the salty, savory flavor of this vitamin and mineral packed concoction will make you think we collected all that sweet, meaty juice just for you. Flavors: Beef Jerky, Chicken Teriyaki, Texas BBQ, Fish ‘N’ Chips and […]

Cloakscan Tech

Springwise: Who hasn’t checked their coat at a restaurant or other venue and worried about losing the claim ticket? London-based Idscan aims to put those worries to rest with a biometric cloakroom system that it claims is a world’s first. Cloakscan records a customer’s thumbprint via a small scanner, while a digital camera records the transaction. When customers return and […]

Kids-Friendly Web

TrendCentral: For parents, leaving children unsupervised with the Internet is basically as scary as sending them to the playground alone. Created for kids ages 3 to 12, this G-rated browser takes out the fear and intimidation of web surfing for both parents and children. Kids can explore and research any topic as all links offered have been approved as child-friendly […]