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Jan. 21st, 2012
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Jan. 21st, 2012 11:05 pmCultured meat – also known as in vitro meat or lab-grown meat – draws on the science of stem cell technology used in medicine. Stem cells are extracted from a pig, say, and converted to pig muscle cells. These muscle cells are then cultured on a scaffold with nutrients and essential vitamins and grown to desired quantities.
During the growth process, the muscle cells are also "exercised" using either mechanical stretchers or electric stimulation. The scaffold and the exercise provide the muscle cells with ideal structure, texture and strength, while the growth supplements bestow the cells with optimal nutrition. Ultimately, these cells can be shaped and seasoned into sausages, hamburgers, steaks or mince.http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/22/cultured-meat-environment-diet-nutrition
Soylent Green is a 1973 American science fiction film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTjQO163P2E&feature=related
Plot
In 2022, the population has grown to forty million people in New York City alone. Housing is dilapidated and overcrowded; homeless people fill the streets and line fire escapes and stairways. Food is scarce; most of the population survives on rations produced by the Soylent Corporation, whose newest product is Soylent Green, a small green wafer advertised to contain "high-energy plankton". It is more nutritious and palatable than the other varieties but is in short supply, which leads to food riots. Protagonist Robert Thorn is a New York City Police Department detective living with his aged friend Solomon "Sol" Roth, a former scholar who searches the remnants of written records to help Thorn's investigations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_Green