If the project is being developed by a company called Modern Meadow is specified, you may not need humanity to raise animals for food. Indeed, the company has allocated $ 300,000 to combine the technology that enables three-dimensional printing techniques used for tissue culture in what will be a 3D printer capable of printing edible meat. The final product, they say, will be completely digestible and provide the same proteins as the real meat. Will the food of the future?

We've all seen (and want) the "3D printers" devices capable of creating three-dimensional objects. Its operation is relatively simple to explain, and closely resemble a CNC milling machine with the difference that instead of making cuts or holes, have a head which is deposited plastic-material layer by layer, on the basis thereof. Objects to "print" are created on the computer using a CAD program, and sent to the printer in the same way you print a text in a common printer. The cost of these devices is decreasing, and the time it takes to print objects is becoming shorter. But it seems that the best is yet to come: a company called Modern Meadow has combined this technology with the techniques used to grow tissues "in vitro", so that the printer is capable of printing "meat" perfectly edible.



While the idea of ​​building a machine capable of "building" food straight out of some science fiction novel (in fact, it is a topic that has been used repeatedly in these stories), the fact is that Modern Meadow plans possibly come true. So far they have spent more than 250 thousand euros in the development of this "3D printer meat" and while not yet been printed or even a burger, it appears that achieve their goal. The meat created by this technique, although "artificial" in the sense that it comes from an animal raised and slaughtered for the purpose, shall possess the same protein and that meat looks real, and can be digested and used by the body without problems . Behind this initiative is the philanthropist Peter Thiel, who has made the contribution of seed money to start the project. It is clear that initially the cost of each kilogram of meat produced in this way will be astronomically high, but surely over time will lower enough to compete with the meat we consume regularly. This is a project that has the potential to become the food of the future, just have to wait and see if it comes to fruition. The inevitable question is: Would you eat meat created artificially?

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