Meat Maker 2000

Science never ceases to amaze me…

Test tube meat could be coming to a counter top near you (no, it’s not what you’re thinking you perv).

ANNE MCILROY of the Globe and Mail writes about advances in cultured or in vitro meat production for human consumption.

Scientists can grow frog and mouse meat in the lab, and are now working on pork, beef and chicken. Their goal is to develop an industrial version of the process in five years.

If they succeed, cultured or in vitro meat could be coming to a supermarket near you. Consumers could buy hamburger patties and chicken nuggets made from meat cultivated from muscle cells in a giant incubator rather than cut from a farm animal.

Home chefs could make meat in a countertop device the size of a coffee maker. Before bed, throw starter cells and a package of growth medium into the meat maker and wake up to harvest fresh sausage for breakfast.

I wonder if this would sway vegans back to eating meat as no animals would need to die.

Good head for your pint of Guinness

www.coolest-gadgets.com found this gadget just in time for St. Patrick’s Day.

Always complaining that your pint of the black stuff is never as good as that black nectar you supped in Ireland? Well, celebrate this St. Patrick’s Day in true Irish tradition with the Guinness Surger Starter Kit.

The Surger Kit is a revolutionary system that uses ultrasonic waves to stimulate the molecules in your pint of stout so your sad can of Guinness is transformed into a cream-brimmed glass of velvet. So, how does it work? Well, refrigerate a can of Guinness for at least three hours. Pour a little water onto the tray at the top of the Surger unit. Next, pour your can of Guinness into a glass at a 45 degree angle. Now, place you glass of freshly-poured Guinness onto the tray of water on the Surger unit. All that’s left is to hit the button on Surger unit. Sit back and witness the miracle ofultrasonic waves. In a matter of minutes, you can enjoy a Guinness just as good as the fresh draught served at The Storehouse in James’ Gate.

The Guinness Surger Starter Kit contains a Guinness-branded pint glass, 2 cans of Guinness Draught Surger and the Surger unit. The kit retails at £16.99 and is available from participating Tesco Extra stores across the UK.

Toronto WiFi HotSpot?

Toronto:One Giant Hotspot Electric utility wants a piece of wireless market

“Toronto Hydro Corp. will announce Tuesday that it plans to turn Canada’s largest city into one giant wireless hotspot, directly challenging the country’s major mobile phone carriers for a chunk of the $8 billion a year wireless market,” reports the Toronto Star. Hydro Corp. is Toronto’s largest municipal electrical utility, and the plan would be the largest of its kind in Canada.

Mayor David Miller will join Toronto Hydro executives on Tuesday to officially announce the initiative, which will be the largest of its kind ever undertaken in Canada and could undermine commercial product offerings from Rogers Wireless, Telus Mobility and Bell Mobility.

“I’ve heard that Ted Rogers is not very happy,” said the source, referring to the founder of Toronto-based Rogers Communications Inc., parent company of Rogers Wireless, the country’s largest mobile phone provider.

 

F-U Ted, you’ve been sticking it to us for far too long!