5 Things 3D Printing Might Give Us By 2020

No. 2: Meat and Leather

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Work is already being made so that one day 3D printers can be used to produce leather products and meat, without having to kill the animals. Modern Meadow, a US startup, is researching how stem-cells can be multiplied and incorporated into a template that could generate the above-mentioned products. The company is currently focusing on developing leather products, but rumor has it that they will be moving on to meat quite soon.