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Flying Mullet
10-05-2009, 03:21 PM
Cocoon food grower wins Electrolux Design Contest | DVICE (http://dvice.com/archives/2009/09/cocoon-food-gro.php)

This is pretty crazy. Apparently you put in a pouch of muscle cells and nutrients and the machine uses oxygen and god-knows-what to "grow" meat.
Loony BoB
10-05-2009, 03:41 PM
Technically still a vegetable, isn't it? I wonder if a vegetarian would eat it if they only don't eat meat because of animal welfare reasons... I'd like to see what the meat ends up looking like, because it sounds like quorn to me, which is pretty gross to eat.

And wtf I want to know more about the teleporter. :(
Rantz
10-05-2009, 03:49 PM
I read about that a while ago. Sounds pretty creepy. I'd imagine this kind of technology is what our generation generally will be hesitant to accept when it starts spreading, while the newer generation will think we're stubborn fools who don't understand what's best for us.
Flying Mullet
10-05-2009, 04:05 PM
I wonder if you could mix chicken and beef cells and they would grow a hybrid piece of meat? Maybe we could have a true Turducken?
scrumpleberry
10-05-2009, 04:11 PM
amazing. I'm kind of liking this - I'd like to find out more about it.
rubah
10-05-2009, 04:27 PM
Oh goodness. Does it taste good?
Rodarian
10-05-2009, 05:05 PM
Cool a its a predecessor to the famous replicators of Star Trek and this one actually works! Can it make steak I wonder?!
Breine
10-05-2009, 06:18 PM
I think there was a discussion about something like this in EoEO a couple of years ago.

It's interesting, especially because of the whole "will veggies start eating meat now because of this or not" - like BoB said.
Meat Puppet
10-06-2009, 01:30 AM
ahh finally a cure for my [schoolboy hook]
Lawr
10-06-2009, 01:15 PM
[:twocents:]

From the way I understand how this thing works, if it gets 'big' I don't think it'll be as controversial as people think it will be.

If I'm right, they'd extract muscles cells from a living animal and grow that, so the animal would still be alive. Well, some people are vegetarians because "KILLING ANEMILS!" I think these are the ones that would most likely conform. Others are vegetarians just because it's meat and it's unhealthy etc. These ones won't conform.

[/:twocents:]

But this is the one and only General Chat, so entertain yourself with this picture as I leave for school. (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a318/Sagensyg/image1037.jpg)
jack nimble
10-06-2009, 05:14 PM
I must have a dirty mind...from the thread title I was thinking this was going to be something completely different. :)
Flying Mullet
10-06-2009, 05:25 PM
I must have a dirty mind...from the thread title I was thinking this was going to be something completely different. :)
How else would you title your threads?
Rodarian
10-06-2009, 07:39 PM
Now that's a classic web comic!!
Timekeeper
10-07-2009, 11:59 AM
Maybe we could have a true Turducken?
Turbaconducken (http://bacontoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/all-raw-wrapped-assembled-front.jpg) :colbert:
Flying Mullet
10-07-2009, 01:49 PM
Maybe we could have a true Turducken?
Turbaconducken (http://bacontoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/all-raw-wrapped-assembled-front.jpg) :colbert:
I am always in awe about how bacon makes anything better.
Timekeeper
10-08-2009, 01:10 PM
As far as I can tell you can pretty much get bacon anything.
The Space Pope
10-08-2009, 02:06 PM
I grow mine but it never really stays that way no matter how many times i try
Flying Mullet
10-08-2009, 02:52 PM
Sounds like you're not using enough nutrients.
The Space Pope
10-08-2009, 02:55 PM
yeah i waste alot of my protein but i always make sure to save it for later consumption