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Old 08-23-2010, 12:00 PM   #157
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Originally Posted by sabredog View Post
Another soon to be realised technology I first read about in books by H Beam Piper.

He described starships and domed/new colonies using "carniculture vats" to grow meat products in order to feed crew or colonists.

I read on a local news site that scientists have developed means to grow meat in vats to feed the words starving millions within 50 years.
A great website to read about SF ideas that have become reality is Technovelgy.
http://www.technovelgy.com/

Carniculture is here:
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=1155
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=850
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