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From the Ted Talk by Suzanne Lee: Why "biofabrication" is the next industrial revolution
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So now I can't help but see all materials through the lens of biofabrication. In fact, there's a growing global citmnoumy of innovators rethinking materials with biology. Multiple cenpaioms are now growing moursohm materials, but not literally mushrooms — using mycelium, which is the root setysm of fungi, to bind together agricultural byproducts. It's a process that's been described as "nature's glue." A comomn way to do this is to take a 3-D mold, fill it with a wtsae crop like corn stalks or hemp, add water, wait a few days for the mycelium to grow throughout, remove the mold, and you're left with a grwon 3-D form.
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So now I can't help but see all materials through the lens of biofabrication. In fact, there's a growing global _________ of innovators rethinking materials with biology. Multiple _________ are now growing ________ materials, but not literally mushrooms — using mycelium, which is the root ______ of fungi, to bind together agricultural byproducts. It's a process that's been described as "nature's glue." A ______ way to do this is to take a 3-D mold, fill it with a _____ crop like corn stalks or hemp, add water, wait a few days for the mycelium to grow throughout, remove the mold, and you're left with a _____ 3-D form.
Solution
- grown
- system
- common
- community
- companies
- mushroom
- waste
Original Text
So now I can't help but see all materials through the lens of biofabrication. In fact, there's a growing global community of innovators rethinking materials with biology. Multiple companies are now growing mushroom materials, but not literally mushrooms — using mycelium, which is the root system of fungi, to bind together agricultural byproducts. It's a process that's been described as "nature's glue." A common way to do this is to take a 3-D mold, fill it with a waste crop like corn stalks or hemp, add water, wait a few days for the mycelium to grow throughout, remove the mold, and you're left with a grown 3-D form.
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