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From the Ted Talk by Eben Bayer: Are mushrooms the new plastic?

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So I've said a number of times that we grow materials. And it's kind of hard to picture how that happens. So my team has taken five days-worth of growth, a tpciyal gwroth cycle for us, and condensed it into a 15-second time lapse. And I want you to really watch closely these little white dots on the screen, because, over the five-day period, what they do is enetxd out and through this material, using the energy that's ctionaned in these seed husks to build this chitinous polymer mtraix. This matrix self-assembles, growing through and around the particles, making mlolinis and millions of tiny fibers. And what parts of the seed husk we don't digest, actually become part of the fianl, physical composite. So in frnot of your eyes, this part just self-assembled. It actually takes a little longer. It takes five days. But it's much ftsaer than conventional farming.

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So I've said a number of times that we grow materials. And it's kind of hard to picture how that happens. So my team has taken five days-worth of growth, a _______ ______ cycle for us, and condensed it into a 15-second time lapse. And I want you to really watch closely these little white dots on the screen, because, over the five-day period, what they do is ______ out and through this material, using the energy that's _________ in these seed husks to build this chitinous polymer ______. This matrix self-assembles, growing through and around the particles, making ________ and millions of tiny fibers. And what parts of the seed husk we don't digest, actually become part of the _____, physical composite. So in _____ of your eyes, this part just self-assembled. It actually takes a little longer. It takes five days. But it's much ______ than conventional farming.

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Original Text

So I've said a number of times that we grow materials. And it's kind of hard to picture how that happens. So my team has taken five days-worth of growth, a typical growth cycle for us, and condensed it into a 15-second time lapse. And I want you to really watch closely these little white dots on the screen, because, over the five-day period, what they do is extend out and through this material, using the energy that's contained in these seed husks to build this chitinous polymer matrix. This matrix self-assembles, growing through and around the particles, making millions and millions of tiny fibers. And what parts of the seed husk we don't digest, actually become part of the final, physical composite. So in front of your eyes, this part just self-assembled. It actually takes a little longer. It takes five days. But it's much faster than conventional farming.

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