12th Post - Secret Beer Code Beverages

As part of an advertising campaign Guinness have come up with glasses with hidden QR codes. It appears on the glass when the glass is filled with Guinness or any other dark beer which the drinker can then use their smartphone to scan the QR code. The drinkers gets an updated Facebook status and Tweet and coupons and discounts. They can invite friends to join and send out Guinness Promotions.

11th Post - Schoolbags That Give

Matthew Clough is the founder of a Los Angeles based company called Benson Backpacks. They design denim backpacks and use the profits to help fund education in Tanzania.

10th Post - Smartphone-Controlled Timepieces

The Pebble Watch Features:

1. Tells time
2. Bluetooth
3. Sync's with IPhone or Android Phones
4. Backlight
5. text, email and call alerts

You can download many apps for Pebble, recharged using USB cable and battery last up to seven days.

9th Post - Cosmo Capturing Cameras

The Canon EOS 60Da DSLR has been upgraded and redesigned to allow the user to take pictures of the stars out in space. It has been designed to capture red hues that are created from hydrogen emissions that occur from way outside the earth's surface. It accommodates long-exposure ans shoots in silent mode. This helps to eliminate vibrations from the shutter, which can disrupt the sound quality of the video.The camera can be attached to a telescope using a T-ring adapter to capture images of events happening even further into space.

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/canon-eos-60da-dslr#!/photos/148958/1

The camera can also be attached to a telescope using a T-ring adapter to capture images of events happening even further into space.

8th Post - Austism Specific Communion Apps

Here is a phone app developed to help children with autism. It was developed by a man called Johnathon Izak who original came up with the app to help his younger brother who is autistic. Communication can be extremely difficult for people with autism and the app helps them to communicate through scenes and phrases are comfortable with. Parents and careers can download the relevant content that would help the individual navigate, ask for things they want and to communicate their needs and desires.

7th Post - Sewed CD Cases

This is a CD cover is hand made by stitching pieces of cardboard together and using string as a fastener. I think this is very creative and would be a great gift to give someone.

The guy who made it for his girlfriend as a valentines day present and the cd was of their favourite song.

6th Post - Urban Subterranean Gardens

Urban Subterranean Gardens is a "Lowline Underground Park" project that has been created for the city of New York. How the idea came about was from a project called the "High Line Initiative" where elevated parks were created in unused city infrastructure, the "Lowline Underground Park" focuses on the underground space below the city.

The "Lowline Underground Park" was designed by Dan Barasch and James Ramsey who is a former NASA satellite engineer. The park is just the beginning they want to raise 100,000 dollars to fund the project.

They proposed to build it along and unused subway line at Delancey Street in New York's lower east side. The space is about 13 acres and was built in 1903.They will use fiber optic cables to fill the subway with natural light and real plants. The aim of the Lowline Underground Park is to "...recapture the past in a semi-futuristic way."

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lowline-underground-park#!/photos/144758/2

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