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Growing A House From Meat

baosol writes "From the boundary-pushing team of archi-visionaries who brought us the fabulous Fab Tree Hab comes a new (and somewhat disgusting) way to grow a structure — using animal flesh! The In Vitro Meat Habitat is a futuristic concept home composed of meat cells grown in a lab. The creator of the concept, Mitchell Joachim, is a futurist with a twist– he says he is actually developing the concept in a lab."

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  1. DO NOT WANT: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    From TFA:

    For fenestration, or openings of windows and doors, he envisions sphincter muscles that can open and close

    Nothing like coming home from work to squeeze your way into a clenched asshole.

    1. Re:DO NOT WANT: by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Isn't that the goal of every man?

  2. Spam Spam Spam by Linker3000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's no place like Hormel

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  3. Re:Prior Art by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Either that or Rot. I find it hard to believe they've synthesized a high-protein cell that can beat cellulose for structural strength and permanence.

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  4. Re:WTF by butterflysrage · · Score: 5, Funny

    then let me just say two words: Beef Curtains.

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  5. Re:I think I get it... by Revotron · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think ideally the structure would have a fur coat exterior or some sort of hide.

    Good thinking! The vegans and fur activists will go around painting houses for free.

  6. Re:What a dumb idea. by maxwell+demon · · Score: 3, Funny

    The need to feed the house would be an ongoing problem.

    Well, the real problems start when the house figures out how to feet itself, and discovers that there are great sources of proteine and fat directly inside it. :-)

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  7. Re:This idea stinks! by maxwell+demon · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If you put a nail in the wall, will it bleed? Will the house feel pain?

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