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Amazing visions of the future in 2013

News imageProfessor Mark Post with the world’s first lab-grown beef burger, made from around 20,000 strands of protein cultured from cattle stem cells. It cost £250,000 to make. (Reuters)
Professor Mark Post with the world’s first lab-grown beef burger, made from around 20,000 strands of protein cultured from cattle stem cells. It cost £250,000 to make. (Reuters)

Some of the most impressive glimpses of what the future may hold unveiled in 2013, from a lab-grown burger to a balloon that can bring wi-fi to the world’s remotest spots.

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