[Me. I Am Salman]

When you buy some beef at the butcher's, you know it comes from cattle that once mooed and chewed.

But imagine if this cut of meat, just perfect for your Sunday dinner, had been made from scratch - without slaughtering any animal.

US start-up Modern Meadow believes it can do just that - by making artificial raw meat using a 3D bioprinter.

Peter Thiel, one of Silicon Valley's most prominent venture capitalists, Paypal co-founder and early Facebook investor, has just backed the company with $350,000 (£218,000).

Set up by father-son team Gabor and Andras Forgacs, the start-up wants to take 3D printing to a whole new level.

For three-dimensional printing, solid objects are made from a digital model. It's also known as additive manufacturing: to make the structure tiny droplets are "printed" - layer by layer - via a carefully controlled inkjet nozzle.

more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20972018

this sounds amazing but I would never eat it.

[Niamh.]

I don't understand Wouldn't it be made by ink though?

[Me. I Am Salman]

We are printing live material - [the] cells are alive when we are printing them," he says.

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[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Salman!

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Ew, that's so weird

[Patrick]

The future is weird.

[Me. I Am Salman]

How long until they print people?

[Redway]

A little weird but it would be worth a try.

If it's meat, I'm in.

[Apple202]

why not

[Apple202]

that would help me as well - i could eat meat and not feel bad about it

[Jordan.]

I don't get it

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I don't understand Wouldn't it be made by ink though?

Have you not heard of 3-D Printers
its Plastic Liquid used

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing

[MTVN]

I'd try but it'd probably be horrible

[armand.kay]

As long as it tastes nice I don't give a damn

[Jake.]

No thanks, I'll stick to horse

[Petershaw1984]

id deffo try it

[Niall]

Definitely. It sounds pretty damn cool.

[Saph]

no D; i dont like the future..