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Is it possible they'll eventually be able to let people 3D print meat at home? And what about printing parametrized meats with desired form & texture at home?
by themodelplumber 4y ago
Is it possible they'll eventually be able to let people 3D print meat at home?
And what about printing parametrized meats with desired form & texture at home?
And how different would that be from printing cooked or seared meats, in terms of tech? Could the coooking or searing be customized at home or is it cheaper to print as-cooked by design?
Like, this is just my opinion but if this leads to further meat customization, great? What is the downside?
- trompetenaccoun 4y agoIt's not "printed", it's cultured. Not sure about this company's process but the ones I'm familiar with use a method called 'precision fermentation'. It's like regular fermentation but they control exactly what protein is produced by genetically engineering microbes to produce exactly the product that is wanted. You could theoretically do this at home but for now it would be prohibitively expensive. Who knows maybe in the future there will be companies delivering the starter bacteria and then you can feed them your own nutrient solution in your own tank. I doubt that will be a thing any time soon though. No Star Trek type replicator just yet, sadly.
- Teever 4y agoThis is the tip of the iceberg man. Picture an expecting mother putting the finishing touches on her baby-to-be's room with her fiance but instead of the fetus gestating inside the mother it's sitting in a small sleek artificial womb that looks like a futuristic microwave. Or imagine a refrigerator that grew fresh chicken eggs for you daily, and had a spout that produced fresh milk right from some artificial breast tissue deep inside the bowels of the machine. It's kind of frightening but also amazing.