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Added 24 September, 2013
Performers signing lucrative contracts with fashion houses and other consumer brands turned music videos into long form commercials a long time ago. Now the relationship between artist and industry has become even closer and more codified with the advent of the shoppable music video. The first is a collaboration between rap sensation Iggy Azalea...
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Added 24 September, 2013
In the near future, 3D printers will be as ubiquitous as the 2D kind. At the moment there are two main challenges to putting one in every home: the printers still fairly pricy, and they are not as easy to use as the printers we are already familiar with. As technology forges ahead, the question that people will eventually be continuously asking...
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Added 19 September, 2013
LEGO holds a special place in people's hearts and we're seeing the blocks be used by artists, inventors, makers, and others all around the world. The plastic building blocks were the inspiration for a new design that recently won the iF concept design award 2013. What if bottle caps could be upcycled to become toys? They would become collectable,...
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Added 10 September, 2013
If you read WikiTrend regularly, you know that mobile attachments are where it's at when it comes to the Next Big Thing for smartphones. New products just keep on coming. Professional photographers would be nowhere without a light meters. But why have a separate device that could cost hundreds of dollars when you can simply have a small attachment...
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Added 7 September, 2013
Digital art is often seen in contemporary art galleries these days, but it hasn't really made it yet to the walls of most homes we've visited. That may be changing now that Phillips, an eminent auction house, has teamed with Tumblr to create Paddles On!, a global auction of works by artists who are using digital technologies. Recognizing the...
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Added 5 September, 2013
We've written a lot about the rise of mobile attachments lately. And, unless you've been asleep for the last year, you are aware that "selfies" – in both deed and word – have gone mainstream. Now the two meet in one on-trend gadget, the #TheSelfie, a remote shutter release that makes it easy to take selfies or group shots. There's no special...
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Added 4 September, 2013
While we haven't seen many apps lately that are truly game-changing, innovative mobile phone attachments keep coming at us with wicked speed. Photographers can finally take great pictures with their smartphones using the iblazr, the first fully synchronized flash for iPhone, iPad and Android. Launched as a Kickstarter, iblazr connects to the audio...
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Added 3 September, 2013
Will there ever be a time when theme parks decide that enough is enough, thrill rides have gotten as exciting as they can be, and the limits of speed, thrust, torque and gravity have been reached? The First Law of Trends is that, once one gets going, its inertia will continue until a competing force slows it down. With regard to theme park thrill...
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Added 3 September, 2013
Regular readers of WikiTrend will know that, which there hasn't been a whole lot of excitement lately in the smartphone app world, all the action has turned towards physical attachments that let you use your mobile in innovative new ways. Now there is a Kickstarter campaign for an attachment that lets you use your smartphone in completely new ways...
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Added 30 August, 2013
The American clothing chain Urban Outfitters started selling records and turntables recently and is reporting brisk sales. Now the upscale supermarket chain Whole Foods is getting in on the action, stocking vinyl LPs in California stores as a test before a possible nationwide rollout. The stores are also stocking LSTN Headphones which, like TOMS...