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Authored by: Wol on Tuesday, May 21 2013 @ 07:14 PM EDT |
But WILL the population reach 12 billion?
Bear in mind that about 1980, the absolute unbeleivable MINIMUM expected
population for the millenium was 8 billion. 13 years beyond it we're still not
there.
Current predictions are for a population collapse, 3 billion in 2150. But seeing
as we are still dramatically UNDERshooting predictions, that collapse could
happen a lot sooner ... the European population is already shrinking fast, China
is shrinking, India is about to enter negative growth, etc etc etc.
Oh well, we'll see (or not - us personally probably won't be here). But the rate
of population growth is extremely close to going negative.
Cheers,
Wol[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Gringo_ on Tuesday, May 21 2013 @ 07:26 PM EDT |
That was my first reaction too, but then I considered -
If NASA is willing
to invest in this there must be some
rational beyond what the reporter picked
up on. I can think
of one...
For example, to simulate foods from stock
ingredients
like proteins and fibre into something that has texture like
the
real thing, like meat.
Otherwise, I can't see much point in printing
biscuits
with pretty designs, and somehow save the world from famine
doing
that. It has to be a case of a reporter who has missed
the point, as they often
do with Science news for some
reason.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 21 2013 @ 07:54 PM EDT |
read ... space travel ... if you take basic ingredients - including recycled
sewage - and construct the food you can produce nutritious and appetising food
through a long voyage, simulating food sensations. Of course the fundamental IP
is described in Douglas Adams' books and is owned by the nutramatic division of
Sirius Cybernetics Corp, which, through the use of time travel and Galactic
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Authored by: Gringo_ on Tuesday, May 21 2013 @ 08:13 PM EDT |
from the LA
Times...
"The way we are working on it is, all the
carbs, proteins
and macro and micro nutrients are in powder form,"
... "We
take moisture out, and in that form it will last
maybe 30
years."
Those powders could be made out of any number of materials,
... substances that can be used to create edible meals. Some
of these
materials include algae, duckweed, grass, lupine
seeds, beet leaves and
insects.
Pizza will be one of the first items printed because of its
natural layers of ingredients. First, a layer of dough will
be printed and
baked at the same time using a heated plate
at the bottom of the printer. A
layer of tomato base will
follow -- made of powder, water and oil -- then a
protein
layer will top the pizza.
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Authored by: jesse on Wednesday, May 22 2013 @ 06:14 AM EDT |
organ replacements.
At least the necessary supporting tissues.
Right now, those are created by removing cells from the structure.
Then, before use, they are infused with the target cells that take over the
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