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Why "biofabrication" is the next industrial revolution

Suzanne Lee · TED

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What if we could "grow" clothes from microbes, furniture from living organisms and buildings with exteriors like tree bark? TED Fellow Suzanne Lee shares exciting developments from the field of biofabrication and shows how it could help us replace major sources of waste, like plastic and cement, with sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives.

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDSummit 2019
Speaker
Suzanne Lee
Year
2019
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Engineering, Earth and environment
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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