Gallery: You Can Hold This Ice Cream of the Future in Your Bare Hands

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    A WikiPearl is a ball of ice cream surrounded by a flavored, edible skin. *Image: Phase One Photography*
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    They come in three flavors so far: mango with a coconut skin, chocolate with a hazelnut skin and vanilla with a peanut skin. *Image: Phase One Photography*
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    The WikiCell technology will eventually be applied to yogurt and cheese. *Image: Phase One Photography*
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    The WikiBar is sort of like an experimental lab where you can eat ice cream. *Image: Raphael CEI*
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    Another WikiBar will be opening in Cambridge, Mass., next year. *Image: Raphael CEI*
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