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Retail

MIT Media Lab programmes bacteria to respond to sweat

US – The lab is using genetically modified bacteria to design running shoes that glow as the wearer perspires.

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Technology

Brand New Ethics

Should brands decide on the moral codes of artificial intelligence?

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Food & Drink

Food for thought

North America – Discount retailer Target has launched a Food + Future coLab incubator designed to help improve people's understanding of food and nutrition.

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Technology

Group therapy

Global – Koko is a social media network that crowdsources advice to help users overcome stressful thoughts.

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North America

Living clothing

Boston – MIT Media Lab graduate student Lining Yao has created clothing embedded with living bacteria.

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Technology

DIY DNA

Montreal – Amino is an at-home kit that lets children and adults use their own DNA for synthetic biology experiments.

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Technology

WIRED 2015 Show Review

With more than 50 speakers in just two days, the WIRED 2015 show touched on topics as diverse as start-ups with a social impact to the secret behind the best restaurant in the world, René Redzepi’s Noma.

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Culture & Media

SXSW Interactive 2015: Part 1

In 2015, SXSW Interactive featured exuberant debates about technology, from synthetic biology to retail disruption and emerging media and storytelling practices.

DNA Tinker Studio by Synbiota at SXSW, Austin
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Technology

SXSW: Living circuits

Austin, Texas – Consumer biotechnology company Synbiota has launched DNA Tinker Studio, a kit that enables non-specialists to build working circuits from genetic and biological components.