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Several years ago the country of Bhutan garnered worldwide attention with their novel decision to measure their country's wealth not by Gross National Product, but by Gross National Happiness, an index that looks beyond money to things that are more closely related to a sense of wellbeing. After all, the best things in life are free. Now a new...
One of the biggest impediments to the widespread adoption of smartwatches and other wearable computers is that they need to be externally recharged. Consumers need to worry about the battery life of yet another gadget like they need another hole in their collective head. That's why the holy grail for smartwatch makers are devices that can...
Beer aficianatos around the world know that we are living in a golden age of brewing that is spoiling us for choice with great beers coming from lesser-known breweries. Now the breweries themselves are becoming more artisian and specialized. What is smaller than a microbrewery, or even the majority of brewpubs? That’s right. A nano-brewery. It'...
The latest in an ever lengthening list of inventions coming out of 3D printers is a kolidescopic Kayak from Jim Smith at Grass Roots Engineering that has to be paddled to be believed. Catching the imaginatiions of Makers everywhere, the Kayak is a shave under 17-feet long and comprised of ABS plastic, brass threaded inserts, and machine screws...
Regular readers of WikiTrend know that 2014 is the tipping point for smartwatches, and now a host of handy new apps are showing their stuff. Finally, a compelling reason for frequent flyers to arm themselves with a smartwatch: the ability to carry both their boarding pass and flight information on their wrist. Designed with Sony's Smartwatch 2...
The trend for better, stronger, faster in street racing shows no signs of well, slowing down. But what makes this different, is that the cars are all electric. Literally. Formula E will launch in September with 300 horsepower electric motor cars racing through the city center in cities such as Los Angeles, Miami and Monte Carlo, long considered...
Suburban tract homes are hallmarks of 1950s America when the dream for many families was to own a house on the outskirts of a city, drive to the shopping mall, shop at a supermarket and sit down to family meals in front of a flickering TV set. These days, the trend is towards living lives that are less plastic and more in touch with nature. We...
Every day now seems to bring yet another "first" object created by a 3D printer. We have seen super cool and colorfully printed shoes, canoes, candies and much more. Now, DUS Architects, a Dutch design firm, is in the process of creating the world's first 3D-printed building – a traditional looking Dutch house overlooking a canal in Amsterdam....
Hard on the heels of an announcement by the designer Karl Lagerfeld that he is lending his name to a new luxury hotel in Macau, the fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger has said that he too is creating a fancy hotel, this one in South Miami Beach. Hilfiger and his partners are said to be putting up to $100 million into the purchase and renovation of...
In this age of plenty, when any commodity you could wish for is readily available to anyone who can afford it, the glitter of "things" is losing its luster. Rich people can no longer be show-offs to their friends by flaunting expensive items, because their friends can easily acquire the same things themselves. In short, the new frontier of...
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