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3d food printing is here, would you eat it

  • 09-11-2014 12:43am
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/06/tech/innovation/foodini-machine-print-food/index.html?hpt=hp_c3
    Dublin (CNN) -- As further proof that you can now 3D-print anything, a company called Natural Machines has introduced a 3D printer for food.
    The "Foodini," as it's called, isn't too different from a regular 3D printer, but instead of printing with plastics, it deploys edible ingredients squeezed out of stainless steel capsules: "It's the same technology," says Lynette Kucsma, co-founder of Natural Machines, "but with plastics there's just one melting point, whereas with food it's different temperatures, consistencies and textures. Also, gravity works a little bit against us, as food doesn't hold the shape as well as plastic."
    OK I know that a lot of the highly processed food you see in the supermarkets is already almost 3D printed, except it is just served as a lump or a sliced lump!

    Would you want a machine that extrudes or prints your meals in the kitchen.

    The only real problem I see (apart from the taste of the food) is the fact that it would need constant cleaning.

    Personally, I would prefer my food to be real, rather than printed.


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  • #2
    Birneybau
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    It is real though.


  • #3
    Mint Aero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    Yeah i'd ate it. Ate anything me, even me.


  • #4
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Probably taste better than [insert hated food here]


  • #5
    mikeyjames9
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 700 ✭✭✭mikeyjames9


    Could you print nuggets and curry chips and stuff


  • #6
    ceadaoin.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,454 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    Sounds like the first step towards that thing in Star Trek that materialized any food you wanted.

    Can't imagine edible liquid formed into a shape tastes nice though


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
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    mikeyjames9 wrote: »
    Could you print nuggets and curry chips and stuff
    Easily. Just may not look or taste as good as usual, unless you're drunk! ;)


  • #8
    KungPao
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    I would fear turning into some grotesque Brundlefly type creature if I ate that ****!


  • #9
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    May work for cakes


  • #10
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Everything tastes good when drunk!


  • #11
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Enough talking, db. Print me off a cheese toastie!


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  • #12
    hfallada
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    I imagine the food lacks texture, which is so important for some foods eg Salads have to be crunchy to be nice


  • #13
    [Deleted User]
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    Ruu wrote: »
    Enough talking, db. Print me off a cheese toastie!
    I have a toaster that has a 500 kg spring in it, which direction shall I point it! ;)


  • #14
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,403 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Will I be able to download pizzas from Dominoes and print it soon?

    Can't wait to torrent that.. :pac:


  • #15
    masculinist
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    when they can print something fresh and healthy like an Apple with all it's nutrients then I'll be impressed.


  • #16
    KKkitty
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    Nimr wrote: »
    Will I be able to download pizzas from Domnioes and print it soon?

    Can't wait to torrent that.. :pac:

    Cash strapped people will be illegally downloading food. Wonder how many megabytes it will take to eat it :pac:


  • #17
    masculinist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭masculinist


    KKkitty wrote: »
    Cash strapped people will be illegally downloading food. Wonder how many megabytes it will take to eat it :pac:

    I am now wondering how much bandwidth the perfect woman will take up ;)


  • #18
    KKkitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    masculinist wrote: »
    I am now wondering how much bandwidth the perfect woman will take up ;)

    Since the perfect woman is a fallacy I'd say the answer is 0.


  • #19
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    masculinist wrote: »
    I am now wondering how much bandwidth the perfect woman will take up ;)
    Probably more than your broad band could provide, but you have to have the ingredients locally in your printer.


  • #20
    Frank O. Pinion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭Frank O. Pinion


    In Finland they tried 3D printing 3D printed food (a clone of a clone) and those guys haven't been able to see or taste yellow for a week.


  • #21
    Chunners
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    I don't see the problem, have chefs, confectioneries, Cadburys not been 3D printing our food for years? the only difference is they call it a craft. The machine only shapes the food but it still has to be cooked "Currently, the device only prints the food, which must be then cooked as usual." is that not the definition of the same machines that make microwave meals? would it not be the deffinition of the guy who makes your pizza?


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  • #22
    the_syco
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    Mint Aero wrote: »
    Yeah i'd ate it. Ate anything me, even me.
    You'd have to remove a few ribs first...


  • #23
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,734 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    Calling it 'printed' food is a bit silly.

    How is it different from many other processed foods are produced in a factory?

    Mix up the ingredients, store them until needed, sqirt them out into a shape to be cooked.


  • #24
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    Would be nice to come home in the evening and print a cup of tea


  • #25
    [Deleted User]
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    Getting real tired of everything being called "3D printing" lately.


  • #26
    Esel
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    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Will it print Soylent Green? If so, count me in.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #27
    masculinist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭masculinist


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Probably more than your broad band could provide, but you have to have the ingredients locally in your printer.

    a visit to the local graveyard and bloodbank and its good to go ? The creation of life is a creepy thing - so much power to be unethical. I can see a day when these printers will be able to construct DNA and new lifeforms. But I guess the home made Nuke is also way off but thats only because some of the materials are restricted...


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