Scientists are working on perfecting the perfect, sustainable sushi platter

Following in the footsteps of faux-meat startups to produce "lab-grown fish"

Lab-made sushi.

Each week, we spotlight a cool innovation recommended by some of the industry's top tech writers. This week's pick is lab-grown fish.

Overfishing and sky-rocketing demand for seafood have scientists working on the next dinner alternative: lab-grown sushi, said Lydia Mulvany and Josh Petri at Bloomberg. San Francisco-based Wild Type is following in the footsteps of successful faux-meat companies such as Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat. However, unlike those companies, which make plant-based meat alternatives, Wild Type intends to produce "lab-grown fish."

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