The Future of Fruit
March 21 2008 / by memebox
Category: Biotechnology Year: 2015 Rating: 14 Hot
In a recent piece on the genetic modification of fruit, Future Blogger Venessa Posavec reported that “scientists have identified a gene in tomatoes, dubbed SUN, which is responsible for determining their shape,” and that “this is only a small step, but might one day make the farmer’s market a lot more interesting.”
Inspired by Venessa’s post, MemeBox designer extraordinaire, Karl Alverson, whipped up this elegant vision of some designer fruit products that may become available at your local grocery store circa 2015:
Now that scientists have isolated the appropriate genes they will work hard to manipulate them and bring concepts like these to life, literally. Such fruit forms (certainly cruder versions) may well hit store bins by the estimated 2015 target.
Comment Thread (2 Responses)
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I love it! Where can I pre-order that apple massage device?
Posted by: Alvis Brigis March 21, 2008
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I want my pineapples to have faces on them – they already have such awesome hair ‘dos!
Posted by: Marisa Vitols March 21, 2008
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