Tag: Attire

Scents and Flavors from Re-Engineered Yeast

Odor-proof underwear, 40 years of Virgin Records and a DIY digital microscope in this week's look at the web

Link — Link About It

Engineers at Amyris are growing the products used to make exotic scents and flavors—like patchouli, saffron and vanilla—from yeast, and at a very large scale. Makers are saying that the new process could help food and cosmetic companies—and ultimately consumers—by reducing crazy fluctuations in pricing, availability and quality that rise from our current dependence on farming. The switch would also ameliorate the impact of over-harvesting …

Via nytimes.com

Posted on

Tucheng Store in Beijing

Partnering with the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, a store in one of China's biggest meccas fosters true creativity

Posted by
Posted on
Read — Style

The Chinese propaganda leviathan is still struggling to find a way to make the country look hip and culturally influential worldwide, and in the eyes of a skeptical foreign audience, any effort will be useless until freedom of expression doesn’t become the top priority. In the last years Western media have found seedlings of democracy in episodes like rural uprisings or upheavals for environmental issues, …