following president tsai ing wen s trip to the united states. now it s time for click. this week we ve got plenty to whet your appetite. we re in singapore to test the future with a starter of pink gold, followed by your main course. this is my first ever taste of cultivated chicken. there is a special 50th birthday treat as we chat to the man who made the first mobile phone call. and for desert, an internet legend tells us what it was like to be part of the twitter takeover. i really did get to see what was happening right in the thick of it. it s hot, it s bustling, it s intense. welcome to singapore. i ve come to a citystate that is home to more than 5 million people and atjust 50 kilometres wide and less than 140k from the equator, this place feels like it in the centre of everything. east meets west here, nature meets future. this is a thriving financial hub that seems to be doing pretty well for itself. when you think of singapore you might think of the tropical climate
cultivated meat to grow we need to introduce a catalyst, most traditionally up to today, a serum thatis traditionally up to today, a serum that is extracted from the foetuses of cows. , ., ., , that is extracted from the foetuses ofcows. , ., that is extracted from the foetuses of cows. , ., .,, ., of cows. this unpalatable fact not onl calls of cows. this unpalatable fact not only calls into of cows. this unpalatable fact not only calls into question of cows. this unpalatable fact not only calls into question the - of cows. this unpalatable fact not only calls into question the ethics of cultivated meat, but it also makes it very expensive to produce. however, good meat has received approvalfor a different however, good meat has received approval for a different type of catalyst, one that uses plant based material instead of that from unborn cows. it is not the only alternative approach, at the nearby national university of singapore, they are using magnets to produce these so ca
back to make the muscle grow in a dish. ifi back to make the muscle grow in a dish. if i am able to produce for you a hamburger but you have to pay six times more for comme probably run you will probably opt for an animal based products. so we have taken a large part of the cost out of actually producing cell based meat. we have taken it out. wearers this serum, comes at a good price so we can reduce it into a range that most people can probably afford. but making cultivated meat as affordable as normal meat doesn t guarantee that people will accept it. ii rare that people will accept it. if we look across that people will accept it. if we look across history that people will accept it. if we look across history for - that people will accept it. if he look across history for example, humanity has embraced many foods that were natural to begin with. think yoghurt, it really took off in 1900 because of the introduction of bacteria and now we know yoghurt is seen every corner of