Added 2 March, 2014
Regular readers of WikiTrend know that ever more products and services are being created and marketed to capture the wellness trend that is sweeping the world. We have seen healthier versions of most every food imaginable, even including french fries (from Burger King). Now a new beer brand called Lean Machine Ale is positioning itself as a drink...
Added 2 March, 2014
Organ transplant patients will no longer need donors, as scientists are perfecting their ability to grow biological organs in the lab. This is not fanciful science-fiction. Researchers have succeeded in growing human lungs in the laboratories of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Using stem cell technology, the scientists have...
Added 24 February, 2014
In New York City designers are hard at work creating the Lowline, the world's first underground park. While this novel public space isn't even open yet, London is looking to best it by creating the world's first underground farm. We've written a lot about rooftop urban farming that answers the hyper-local trend with produce and herbs that are...
Added 20 February, 2014
The isle of Eigg in the west of Scotland is home to about 100 permanent residents. By most accounts, it's a pretty nice place. It's people are committed to keeping it that way with sustainable strategies that aim to create all of their electricity from renewable sources. In order to be one of the first in the world to do so, they better hurry,...
Added 16 February, 2014
In many ways, trends are self-fulfilling prophesies. When one large company makes a move in response to consumer demand, others often follow. In the past few months we have seen several major food brands rework their ingredients to make their offerings healthier. Kraft Foods just said they will eliminate preservatives from their American cheese...
Added 11 February, 2014
Anyone who has been to the Caribbean knows it's a beautiful place, but many of the small island states are net importers that have experienced economic challenges over the years. Having to import energy is a huge drain on foreign reserves, which is why it makes sense for the countries of the Caribbean to look for other ways of powering their...
Added 3 February, 2014
Over the past few years, pressure from consumers has given birth to a mainstream trend in the food industry to embrace things that are natural and healthy. Now that same aesthetic is filtering across industries to compel brands to reformulate their offerings to make them better for people and the environment. The past few weeks have seen several...
Added 24 January, 2014
Although it sounds like science fiction, industrial cloning is already happening and clone farms are already up and running. In Shenzhen, China, one farm alone is cloning some 500 pigs this year in a factory outfitted with genetic sequencing processors. At the moment, these cloned animals are being used primarily for medical testing (In China, the...
Added 19 January, 2014
The Internet of Things is the concept that all the things we use around the house will be connected to us, and to each other. You've probably heard about refrigerators that are connected to the Internet, can alert you when you are out of milk, and even place the order itself online. If that is the direction that things are going, then why not have...
Added 16 January, 2014
Cities generate a lot of heat. In New York, for instance you can often see columns of steam rising from the streets, emanating from some netherworld below. In the dead of winter this kind of emission seems like a waste, right? That's what the powers that be in London thought and they are doing something about it in the form a program that captures...