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Ezekiel_W t1_itaby5y wrote

3d printing meat is still a ways off, I would be looking to the 2030s for really good 3d printed meat and a practical price.

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SoylentRox t1_itamd8q wrote

Probably is a distance away at scale but this is one of the first demos I have seen where it's even possible.
The trick here seems to be rather than try to grow a whole steak, where you have to trick biology into getting the signals it got in a cow embryo, you grow the muscle and fat separately in separate vats. And any other components.

Then turn the grown cells into something with the right consistency and adhesiveness to print, I am not sure how they do that.

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ConnorGoFuckYourself t1_itbd9qf wrote

In theory if it's the same cells/physical mass as normal meat, you may be able to use meat glue to adhere it to itself. It's used for things like imitation crab and chicken nuggets.

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SoylentRox t1_itcyamu wrote

Sounds less and less appetizing lol (meat glue: for fake crab and gluing pink slime together!) but yeah it'll work. Plus less cruel than killing animals.

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Shelfrock77 OP t1_ital4q1 wrote

if it’s insanely cheaper, you’ll eat it with your bugs on the side

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Ezekiel_W t1_itasn7x wrote

I will not eat bugs, I'll eat my neighbors before it comes to that.

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gibs t1_itb8yrr wrote

You already do. They catch a ride on your food. Bugs are part of your diet.

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Shelfrock77 OP t1_itasuqr wrote

Tune in to my fdvr server, I’ll be having an annual cannabilsim october fest.

Its a joke reddit, don’t put me on a watch list please

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azriel777 t1_itbl7wu wrote

With the increase in price of everything, we might all go soilent green soon.

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