Hook them young and you will have a customer for life. This, the mantra of many businesses and brands, is now being applied to smartwatches. VTech KidiZoom Smart Watch is one of the first computerized watches made specifically for children. It doesn't connect to the Internet like adult models, but it does have a touchscreen, video camera,...
Regular readers of WikiTrend know that there is a huge trend among mobile hardware developers to create attachments that extend the usefulness of our phones. We have written about smartphone add-ons including breathalyzers, professional light meters, spy lenses, wind-speed meters, virtual reality attachments and much more. And now there's...
In our continuing focus on trends related to the fast changing drinks industry, we are spotlighting yet another new mashup segment: caffeinated juices. While traditional soft drink sales are declining, producers are filling in the gaps with a wide variety of newcomers including low-sugar drinks, sparkling coffees, caffeinated sodas and sports-...
The Promenade plantée in Paris and the Highline in New York are both elevated parks built atop obsolete elevated railway lines. Since their inaugurations they have become focal points of their respective neighborhoods and favorites with visitors and locals alike. So perhaps it's no surprise that city boosters and architects are now looking down...
Hot on the heels of our recent story about the world's first "smart mosques" comes word that the world's first eco-friendly mosque is opening soon in Dubai. Although they are rooted in tradition, ecclesiastical buildings are often on the forefront of modern design. That said, "green" mosques have been absent until now. Built to accommodate over...
The retail world is changing fast. Surf the Internet and you'll find numerous businesses selling cool 3D printed items with otherworldly designs that were not very easy to create before. Eyeglasses are a good example. Hatch frames by michiel cornelissen are printed with an intriguing intricate latticework that's like no eyewear you've ever seen...
In the US and Europe, sweet sugary drinks aren't selling as well as they used to. In response, the big bottlers are scrambling to come up with new formulas that play to more contemporary tastes. In the past few years, sparkling fruit juices became one of the fastest-growing sub-categories within the fizzy drinks market. And last year, sodas...
Men and women are different, to be sure. But the two sexes don't require different products as often as we are told. Shampoo? Soap? Moisturizing lotion? Recently we wrote about Hello Kitty Beer and Pretty in Pink earplugs, both gender-neutral products that are specifically targeted towards women. Now Unilever has debuted Signal brand toothpaste...
Traditionalist Islamic mosques have embraced the 21st century by posting QR coded informational messaging on their walls. With the scan of a mobile device, worshipers at Dubai's Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum mosque can now access information about prayer timings, lectures and courses, as well the text of the Friday Sermon. Meanwhile,...