[LouEvilSlugger]

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/11...e-peaches/

Quote:

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Two men at a San Francisco biotech startup are on a quest to deliver “personal empowerment” for women in the form of fruity-smelling genitalia.

At a DEMO conference titled “New Tech Solving Big Problems” in San Jose Wednesday, the founders of the biotech startups Cambrian Genomics and Personalized Probiotics outlined how women will be able to change the way their vaginas smell.

Austen Heinz and Gilad Gome said their probiotic supplement called Sweet Peach does more than just prevent yeast infections and other health problems caused by microorganisms.

“The idea is personal empowerment,” Heinz said in his presentation. “All your smells are not human. They’re produced by the creatures that live on you.”

Gome added, “We think it’s a fundamental human right to not only know your code and the code of the things that live on you but also to rewrite that code and personalize it.”

The biohacking duo is raising money for Sweet Peach on Tilt after being banned from Kickstarter, which Heinz told Inc. was because Kickstarter’s being run by “a bunch of hipsters from New York” who “don’t like supporting actual cool science.” Gome clarified saying Kickstarter has a ban on synthetic biology projects because they are seen as too controversial.

Heinz and Gome, who already raised more than $480,000 on Kickstarter for their Glowing Plants product, are also working on a probiotic for dogs and cats that make feces smell like bananas.

[Sombro]

[philosophical_recovery]

This just in: Hillary Clinton has suddenly donated millions to this outfit in hopes of her presidential run.

Backstory: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/11/...l-in-2016/

[Praetor Lupus]

[iop890]

Is anything not a fundamental human right these days?

[Kingsley Davis]

"I'm moving to the country. I'm gonna eat a lot of peaches".

[Handsome Creepy Eel]

Quote:

probiotic for dogs and cats that make feces smell like bananas

Imagine the lawsuit from the first parent whose child eats dog shit in the park because it smelled nice.

[Cr33pin]

They already made one that smells like fish

[Paracelsus]

(11-24-2014 08:50 PM)Kingsley Davis Wrote:  

"I'm moving to the country. I'm gonna eat a lot of peaches".

MILLIONS OF PEACHES
PEACHES FOR ME
MILLIONS OF PEACHES
PEACHES FOR FREE

[spokepoker]

I don't like this.
I trust my nose to tell me if I'm about to split a bad peach.

[Tim in real life]

Amusingly, they even have a neighboring city as their perfect test market.

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/10...on-valley/

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/weird/San...-Jose.html

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11672400?source=rss

http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/...-0531.html

I am well-aware that this may be old news to most of us, but it doesn't hurt to remind people.

[Beyond Borders]

Pussy already smells like peaches to me. My favorite fucking fruit.

[Paracelsus]

What I want to know is why they want to make women's vaginas smell like a dead Geldof.

[la_mode]

Peaches are better than tuna.

[Icarus]

If I remember correctly, a few years ago, some synthetic biology enthusiasts at MIT wanted to genetically engineer the gut flora in order to make human shit smell like roses.

This is not as crazy as it sounds, since the organic molecule skatole, which at high concentrations gives shit its unpleasant odor, at low concentrations does give roses its flowery fragrance. A stark reminder of the timeless saying: "it's not the substance, it's the dosage."

[infowarrior1]

(11-24-2014 08:05 PM)LouEvilSlugger Wrote:  

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/11...e-peaches/

Quote:

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Two men at a San Francisco biotech startup are on a quest to deliver “personal empowerment” for women in the form of fruity-smelling genitalia.

At a DEMO conference titled “New Tech Solving Big Problems” in San Jose Wednesday, the founders of the biotech startups Cambrian Genomics and Personalized Probiotics outlined how women will be able to change the way their vaginas smell.

Austen Heinz and Gilad Gome said their probiotic supplement called Sweet Peach does more than just prevent yeast infections and other health problems caused by microorganisms.

“The idea is personal empowerment,” Heinz said in his presentation. “All your smells are not human. They’re produced by the creatures that live on you.”

Gome added, “We think it’s a fundamental human right to not only know your code and the code of the things that live on you but also to rewrite that code and personalize it.”

The biohacking duo is raising money for Sweet Peach on Tilt after being banned from Kickstarter, which Heinz told Inc. was because Kickstarter’s being run by “a bunch of hipsters from New York” who “don’t like supporting actual cool science.” Gome clarified saying Kickstarter has a ban on synthetic biology projects because they are seen as too controversial.

Heinz and Gome, who already raised more than $480,000 on Kickstarter for their Glowing Plants product, are also working on a probiotic for dogs and cats that make feces smell like bananas.

Aren't they abusing the fundamental human rights thing a bit much?

[Pride male]

Now if they can only make the penis smell like bananas and semen taste like grape juice.

[spokepoker]

(11-25-2014 09:20 AM)Pride male Wrote:  

Now if they can only make the penis smell like croughnuts and semen taste like chocolate.

Fixed!

[chamele0n]

White knight Independent columnist response to the startup idea

Quote:

Vaginas don't need to smell like peaches, and they certainly don't need science to fix them
A new supplement is a slippery slope to a generation of wipe-clean humans devoid of all the flaws and imperfections that make us real
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/vagi...73424.html

What the heck is the author thinking? How dare men require that women do something to improve their stinking p*ssies? They should always be on a pedestal for men to worship, not discussed as a stinking product that they objectify. [/sarcasm]

[Feisbook Control]

This reminds me of a joke I heard many years ago.

A man is out playing golf with his friend, who is a scientist. The scientist tells him that he's working on a genetically engineered fruit that can taste like several fruits at once. Of course, his friend doesn't believe him. So, the scientist lets him try a prototype. At first, the fruit tastes like an apple.

The friend is unimpressed, but the scientist just says, "Try the other side."

So, his friend turns it around, and it tastes like an orange. The scientist tells him to try the other side again, and this time, it tastes like a banana. The friend tells him it's amazing, and then he gets a brilliant idea. He asks the scientist if he can make it taste like anything, and the scientist tells him that there is no reason why, in theory, that should not be possible. So, his friend asks if he can make it taste like a woman's vagina. The scientist tells him to give him some time.

Six months later, they meet again. The scientist excitedly brings out a new fruit and tells his friend to try it. The man takes one bite out of it and then spits the fruit out in disgust.

"Jesus. This is horrible. It tastes like shit!" he says.

The scientist replies, "Oh sorry, try the other side."

[philosophical_recovery]

(11-29-2014 09:23 PM)Feisbook Control Wrote:  

This reminds me of a joke I heard many years ago.

A man is out playing golf with his friend, who is a scientist. The scientist tells him that he's working on a genetically engineered fruit that can taste like several fruits at once. Of course, his friend doesn't believe him. So, the scientist lets him try a prototype. At first, the fruit tastes like an apple.

The friend is unimpressed, but the scientist just says, "Try the other side."

So, his friend turns it around, and it tastes like an orange. The scientist tells him to try the other side again, and this time, it tastes like a banana. The friend tells him it's amazing, and then he gets a brilliant idea. He asks the scientist if he can make it taste like anything, and the scientist tells him that there is no reason why, in theory, that should not be possible. So, his friend asks if he can make it taste like a woman's vagina. The scientist tells him to give him some time.

Six months later, they meet again. The scientist excitedly brings out a new fruit and tells his friend to try it. The man takes one bite out of it and then spits the fruit out in disgust.

"Jesus. This is horrible. It tastes like shit!" he says.

The scientist replies, "Oh sorry, try the other side."

Video, here:

[Feisbook Control]

(11-29-2014 09:38 PM)philosophical_recovery Wrote:  

(11-29-2014 09:23 PM)Feisbook Control Wrote:  

This reminds me of a joke I heard many years ago.

A man is out playing golf with his friend, who is a scientist. The scientist tells him that he's working on a genetically engineered fruit that can taste like several fruits at once. Of course, his friend doesn't believe him. So, the scientist lets him try a prototype. At first, the fruit tastes like an apple.

The friend is unimpressed, but the scientist just says, "Try the other side."

So, his friend turns it around, and it tastes like an orange. The scientist tells him to try the other side again, and this time, it tastes like a banana. The friend tells him it's amazing, and then he gets a brilliant idea. He asks the scientist if he can make it taste like anything, and the scientist tells him that there is no reason why, in theory, that should not be possible. So, his friend asks if he can make it taste like a woman's vagina. The scientist tells him to give him some time.

Six months later, they meet again. The scientist excitedly brings out a new fruit and tells his friend to try it. The man takes one bite out of it and then spits the fruit out in disgust.

"Jesus. This is horrible. It tastes like shit!" he says.

The scientist replies, "Oh sorry, try the other side."

Video, here:

Nice. I first heard the joke circa 1992 from my old judo coach.