What does it take to truly make a handmade suit? If you want to do every step of the process on your own, it takes a lot and a lot and a lot of work. Think about the materials that go into a suit: the cotton, the wool, the knitting, the silk and more. You have to pick the cotton, you have to shear the sheep, you have to learn how to knit, you have to raise silkworms and more.
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Strange Designs: 5 Weird Ways Tattoos Affect Your Health
A tattoo convention this past weekend in Quito, Ecuador, brought a dizzying array of colorfully tattooed bodies. Not as prominently featured? Some of the weird ways tattoos can affectyour health.
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This Futuristic Razor Shaves Your Face With Lasers
Two men from Sweden are working to revolutionize the art of shaving by using the power of lasers. The new razor called “Skarp” could literally make the hair fall right out of your face using light.
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The 5 Scariest Cults in Modern History
Some terrifying cults are so well-known they can be described with a single word: Manson, Waco, Jeffs, Jonestown. Others may not be as iconic—at least in America—but still provide plenty of nightmare material.
Egyptian Technology Turns Salt Water Into Drinkable Water
Seventy percent of the earth is covered by water, but 97% of that water is salt water and not drinkable. What if you could turn some of that salt water into drinkable non salty water for developing countries?
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More Than 50 People Shot for the Second Weekend in a Row in Chicago
Four people were killed and 52 wounded during shootings acrossChicago over the weekend. After multiple weekends in a row of increased violence in the city, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is urging a fresh and more proactive approach to gun control. The latest incidents, including the murder of a pregnant mother, come on the heels of two weekends in a row with more than 50 shootings in Chicago.
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This Entrepreneur’s Tech Start-Up Could Disrupt the Entire Wireless Industry
Tens of thousands of music fans flocked to Philadelphia this Labor Day weekend for Budweiser’s patriotic “Made In America” festival, where a star studded line-up of musicians, from Beyoncé to De La Soul, took center stage. The explosion of live music spilling on to the Benjamin Franklin parkway, a mixture of iconic voices, electric beats and a roaring crowd, made for an unforgettable outdoor concert experience– but it was the sounds the audience could not hear, a flurry of tones too low for the human ear to detect, that set this year’s festival apart.
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