[pp.int.general] FYI: Artificial meat burger ready on August 5th

[pirate at valio.ch]

The first burger created by lab-grown cells is about to be cooked in  
London on August 5th
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/Scientists-lab-grown-burger-ready-for-public-debut-215142801.html

Of course: this is likely the most expensive burger ever, but I assume  
that - if the technology is improved and adopted to a certain degree -  
the costs will fall below traditional meat production in the longterm.

This is related to a discussion from last year
http://lists.pirateweb.net/pipermail/pp.international.general/2012-February/010939.html

This is just a short FYI; after all AFAIK a majority of pirates are  
interested in novel scientific applications, that may change the world  
as we know it.

-pat