2007 was without doubt the year of the locavore and 100 mile diet. So what will emerge in 2008? Without the aid of any kind of real research or expert consultation, I give you my best guess at what will be hot by, um, next week or the next 51…

STRESS relief, diet aid, lucky charm: few can resist the allure of bubble wrap - In Japan, the plastic packaging material is best known by a local brand-name Puti Puti, pronounced "poochy-poochy", and Kawakami Sangyo Co, its biggest manufacturer, has set up the Puti Puti Culture Laboratory dedicated to finding unusual uses for it.