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Taken to its logical extreme, some day it will be normal for humans to have computer chips implanted in their brains that help navigate the outside world. Why should we have to refer to our clunky phones or even to our Google Glasses to navigate our surroundings, communicate with others, and retrieve information on the go? The path to this future...
Going to extremes is the next frontier of tourism. Several companies are competing to bring tourists into space, with Virgin Galactic starting service in 2014. Now the Cyclops submarine plans to go deeper than almost any other before it, taking visitors to depths that were once only visited by highly trained scientists. Starting service in 2016,...
Some people think that graveyards are relaxing and bucolic. That seems to be the ethos behind the trend in German cities to locate cafes in cemeteries. While some customers are there because they are visiting dead relatives, most come for the atmosphere. Café Strauss in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin encourages patrons to fire up their laptops...
There was a time in the United States when cider, and not beer, was the alcohol of choice. The drink was made by countless families with crabapple trees in their backyards, many coming from Johnny Appleseed, the famous 19th-century propagator of apple trees. But then came Prohibition, people chopped down their trees, and the art of cider making...
While the bacon fad is already waning, hastened by bacon vodka and bacon-flavored toothpaste, the world needs a new obsession to fill the void. One strong contender is fried chicken. The down-home specialty is showing up on fancy food menus all around the world, and upscale fried chicken shops are opening in fancy neighborhoods from Brussels to...
To anyone looking at consumer culture, the rise of energy drinks and eCigarettes represent two of the biggest trends of the decade. Energy drinks, the older of the two, has already matured into lots of other markets, from energy shots to energy sprays. eCigarettes are far newer, but also potentially much larger as most major tobacco brands have...
We've seen interactive billboards before, like the ones that feature QR codes that invite passers-by to scan them for more information. Or the ones that recognize when people are walking or driving by and then flash a message to them. But this one if different. British Airways has placed an animated digital billboard in London's...
US-based outdoor clothing retailer Patagonia has been branching out the last few years to put their name on all manner of outdoor adventure equipment. Acknowledging that craft beer is a burgeoning trend, particularly with the upscale weekend camping set, the brand has partnered with New Belgium Brewing to put the Patagonia name on a new organic...
The wearable tech trend continue unabated as companies across the industrial spectrum continue to reinvent their products in ways that allow them to talk back to their owners. We've covered watches, headbands, helmets, gloves and even socks on WikiTrend, so it makes sense that wearable computing would come to this. The Sensoria Fitness Bra...