Watch the ‘Googleburger’ Taste Test

The first lab-made burger has been dubbed by some the Frankenburger. It has also been dubbed the 'Googleburger,' since Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google, funded the $330,000 experiment as a potentially transformative project for the benefit of humanity.

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August 5, 2013

The first lab-made burger has been dubbed by some the Frankenburger. It has also been dubbed the ‘Googleburger,’ since Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google, funded the $330,000 experiment as as little as 10 years, as some experts believe,

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