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22-05-2013, 03:32 PM
Takeovers

Print a pizza

NASA has granted 125.000$ to a company that is developing food printers. They use powders for carbohydrates and proteins, mix water and oil in to produce a variety of foods. Because everything is dry the powdershave a shelf life of 30 years. That is why NASA is interested. Dry food with long shelf life will enable long duration flights and low food weight with recycled water.

Among the easiest to print would be pizza, they claim, using among others powdered tomato.

3ders.org - NASA grant $125K to fund 3D food printer | 3D Printer & 3D Printing News

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3D Printing: now printing food too - YouTube

Will this find its way into 5 star restaurants?
22-05-2013, 03:42 PM
kmart

Might lighten the surfeit of endless facking cooking programs on telly, mibbe..
22-05-2013, 10:32 PM
waradmiral

worst pizzas ever
23-05-2013, 12:09 AM
Takeovers

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Originally Posted by waradmiral

worst pizzas ever

If you read the article you will see they hope this catches on with the average consumer. Instead of buying food, they just buy containers with powder, attach them to the printer and call up some food program.

Each meal tailored to the needs of the elderly, pregnant women, sportsman ... whatever.

If not 5 star restaurants, maybe the average US household?
23-05-2013, 04:32 AM
WilliamBlake

Meh... McD's have been doing this for years.
23-05-2013, 07:03 AM
Goodwill

It would be nice to have a chocolate bar printer.
23-05-2013, 11:27 PM
Hareeba

great
23-05-2013, 11:28 PM
Hareeba

Quote:

Originally Posted by Takeovers

Quote:

Originally Posted by waradmiral

worst pizzas ever

If you read the article you will see they hope this catches on with the average consumer. Instead of buying food, they just buy containers with powder, attach them to the printer and call up some food program.

Each meal tailored to the needs of the elderly, pregnant women, sportsman ... whatever.

If not 5 star restaurants, maybe the average US household?

Powdered food won't catch on. More people are heading towards fresh food.
24-05-2013, 06:32 PM
dirk diggler

Print me off a chicken and avocado salad would you dear?

Not gonna happen.

Programming the dinner on your CNC* 5-axis Food Fabrication 950 and Drink Mixer Pro 200 Machine combo will be man business.

* Computerised Numerical Control
24-05-2013, 07:31 PM
Takeovers

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goodwill

It would be nice to have a chocolate bar printer.

Actually if you go through the linked data there is the statement that the pizza printer is a slightly modified chocolate bar printer.
:)
25-05-2013, 03:16 AM
patsycat

Imagine staggering home from a boozy night out and trying to figure out how to use one of those to make a manwitch.