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From the Ted Talk by Suzanne Lee: Why "biofabrication" is the next industrial revolution

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So these prototypes indicated a filed offering significant resource efficiencies. From reducing the water, energy and chemistry needed in the production of a material, through to generating zero waste, we grew fabrics to finished form — if you like, "biological additive manufacture."

Through biofabrication, I had replaced many intensive man-made setps with one bgioaoclil step. And as I engaged with this living system, it transformed my design tknniihg. Here was biology, with no intervention from me other than dngsnieig initial conditions for gwroth, efficiently producing a useful, sustainable material.

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So these prototypes indicated a _____ offering significant resource efficiencies. From reducing the water, energy and chemistry needed in the production of a material, through to generating zero waste, we grew fabrics to finished form — if you like, "biological additive manufacture."

Through biofabrication, I had replaced many intensive man-made _____ with one __________ step. And as I engaged with this living system, it transformed my design ________. Here was biology, with no intervention from me other than _________ initial conditions for ______, efficiently producing a useful, sustainable material.

Solution


  1. field
  2. designing
  3. growth
  4. steps
  5. biological
  6. thinking

Original Text


So these prototypes indicated a field offering significant resource efficiencies. From reducing the water, energy and chemistry needed in the production of a material, through to generating zero waste, we grew fabrics to finished form — if you like, "biological additive manufacture."

Through biofabrication, I had replaced many intensive man-made steps with one biological step. And as I engaged with this living system, it transformed my design thinking. Here was biology, with no intervention from me other than designing initial conditions for growth, efficiently producing a useful, sustainable material.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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living organisms 2
replace plastics 2
naturally composted 2
growing materials 2
material world 2


Important Words


  1. additive
  2. biofabrication
  3. biological
  4. biology
  5. chemistry
  6. conditions
  7. design
  8. designing
  9. efficiencies
  10. efficiently
  11. energy
  12. engaged
  13. fabrics
  14. field
  15. finished
  16. form
  17. generating
  18. grew
  19. growth
  20. initial
  21. intensive
  22. intervention
  23. living
  24. manufacture
  25. material
  26. needed
  27. offering
  28. producing
  29. production
  30. prototypes
  31. reducing
  32. replaced
  33. resource
  34. significant
  35. step
  36. steps
  37. sustainable
  38. system
  39. thinking
  40. transformed
  41. waste
  42. water