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[H3llion]

What are your thoughts? Will it replace current food production, is it good do you think it will be the same taste or just an alternative but they "real" thing will be more "tastyful".

Had a very short discussion about this in my College class (graphics) most said its all BS, not going to be the same as the "real" thing (real thing, ie real cow / chicken etc....).

YOUR thoughts on this?

[Time_Traveller]

How come there are two versions of this anyway i don't think it'll replace food production and it looks nasty as it is.and don't think it will taste nice as seen here as well: - http://www.futuretim...__fromsearch__1

Edited by Time_Traveller, 01 May 2012 - 09:21 AM.

[Craven]

I'm for it. It'll save energy, we'll be able to grow meat near cities, no need for transport, and finally once technology is there it should be way cheaper than regular meat.

[Zeitgeist123]

this meat would be as real as it gets. what can happen is they'll take the tenderest, high-in-protein, better part of a chicken/cow/pig (even better if the animals are organic and free-range). this meat cells are then reproduced in-vitro, in a more convenient shape (say like in the shape of a spam or hotdog). now, if people find that all-protein meat unappetizing, they may add fat (like with bacon), except that they can in-vitro the fat into a good fat like those found in salmon and olives. but it would still be real meat. "synthetic" meat is technically a false term for in-vitro meat..the problem facing today is: 1.) if would it be more expensive to produce it in-vitro than raising a cow in a farm 2.) no technology yet to prove it is a viable/feasible production.

however, if they are succesful, then its gonna open up a lot of new industries, like in-vitro potatoes, carrots, maybe in-vitro cruciferous leaves. and then, maybe in-vitro high-quality wood for furnitures, etc.

[Guyverman1990]

Hi everybody, me yet again.

By the way, we all know how stem-cell research is a immeasurably controversial issue plaguing today's society as we speak. It is because stem cells are taken from unborn embryos of human beings.

I have an idea for a solution to the problem that will be a hell of a lot more ethical. Why not create synthetic stem cells in labs? If we can grow any tissue in the future artificially, it could include stem-cells and thus put an end to the controversy.

[Craven]

Wow. You should start working on nobel acceptance speech bro.

[EVanimations]

why not cut out the middleman and just grow entire tissues in labs instead of stopping at stem cells?

[Alric]

I think it will end up tasting even better than real food, and be better for you. I think eventually everyone will switch over to it as well. There really isn't any reason why it wouldn't be. That said I think that it a more long term look. Short term I think it will creep people out and so it wont catch up right away. Given some time to really let it sink in and people will come around though.

[EVanimations]

There are so many advantages to this. Once the technology improves the meat will be healthier and more properly mimic the texture and taste of original meat. I can see natural meat becoming something only for occasion, like Thanksgiving. Whole animals will be grown on green pastures like they were meant to, and the lab-grown tissue will be industrially produced for things like McDonalds.

[Raklian]

There are so many advantages to this. Once the technology improves the meat will be healthier and more properly mimic the texture and taste of original meat. I can see natural meat becoming something only for occasion, like Thanksgiving. Whole animals will be grown on green pastures like they were meant to, and the lab-grown tissue will be industrially produced for things like McDonalds.

We'll ultimately end up doing an eating imitation with gray goo for the sake of honoring our creators!

[H3llion]

How come there are two versions of this anyway i don't think it'll replace food production and it looks nasty as it is.and don't think it will taste nice as seen here as well: - http://www.futuretim...__fromsearch__1

Hmm odd, must of double posted. Can we have thread merge please?

[Logically Irrational]

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How come there are two versions of this anyway i don't think it'll replace food production and it looks nasty as it is.and don't think it will taste nice as seen here as well: - http://www.futuretim...__fromsearch__1

I imagine that as this technology becomes more mainstream, we'll be seeing a lot of public taste tests and refinements to method in order to create a more appealing product. However, I think that first and foremost the creation of food itself will be the priority. Once things have gotten a bit more secure, then we'll have more energy put into making quality meat products. In any case, I imagine most, if not all, of the bad taste people will have will be psychological.

[H3llion]

*Thread merged*

How come there are two versions of this anyway i don't think it'll replace food production and it looks nasty as it is.and don't think it will taste nice as seen here as well: - http://www.futuretim...__fromsearch__1

I imagine that as this technology becomes more mainstream, we'll be seeing a lot of public taste tests and refinements to method in order to create a more appealing product. However, I think that first and foremost the creation of food itself will be the priority. Once things have gotten a bit more secure, then we'll have more energy put into making quality meat products. In any case, I imagine most, if not all, of the bad taste people will have will be psychological.

Thanks man.

Yep totally agree, at first like with any other new type of breakthroughs it will be bit awkward but most likely overtime it will be smoothed out and then the taste can probably by programmed by the individuals. Maybe we will have our own machines which will grow this meat to our needs, who knows.

But definitively believe this is the future, saves energy and reduces CO2 emissions etc... as others have already pointed out.

Now the question, when will it become more mainstream and enter the shops? By 2020/2023?

[Zeitgeist123]

lab grown burger to be served in 6 months.


A number of laboratories around the world are trying to grow meat in a Petri dish. So far we’ve heard about clumps of cells grown from stem cells with the hope that those cells will one day grow into a full-sized, grill-ready chicken fillet or hamburger. Now one researcher says the time to fire up the propane is fast approaching. Researcher Mark Post announced to his in vitro meat producing colleagues that his lab will have a hamburger fit for consumption sometime this fall.
Did you say you wanted cheese on that?

http://singularityhu...-in-six-months/

[Craven]

that should be new X-prize But perhaps with requirement that this burger tastes like burger - 3 judges to say, it doesn't have to be very tasty, but it has to be burger.