Food replicator next?

mapuc · 11-02-11, 09:46 PM

Early this evening, I saw on the danish news about a new kind of a 3D-printer from USA.

In this feature you saw this printer, printing out models to this architect.

Then I thought food replikator!?

Even thou we today have up-to-date 3D printers, that can perform very well, I doubt that we one day have such a thing as a food replicator, as seen in Star Trek TNG

Or do you disagree?

Markus

August · 11-02-11, 10:40 PM

I also doubt it. Doesn't seem possible one could materialize edible food from nothing. And even if they could I bet it'd give you bad gas!

1480 · 11-02-11, 10:43 PM

Tastes just like chicken

Buddahaid · 11-02-11, 11:01 PM

Oh I think we already have them. What else can explain McDonald's?

Morts · 11-02-11, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Oh I think we already have them. What else can explain McDonald's?

you cant call that food

JU_88 · 11-03-11, 04:36 AM

Heh, the 3d printer has been around for the past decade or more, i belive it works by building up an object in layers from some kind of glue or some similar material. It not such an amazing technological accomplishment really - but it has its uses.
As August said, you cannot make something of out of nothing, so a food printer would first need to be loaded with food before it could 'print' food

Kongo Otto · 11-03-11, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mapuc

Early this evening, I saw on the danish news about a new kind of a 3D-printer from USA.

In this feature you saw this printer, printing out models to this architect.

Then I thought food replikator!?

Even thou we today have up-to-date 3D printers, that can perform very well, I doubt that we one day have such a thing as a food replicator, as seen in Star Trek TNG

Or do you disagree?

Markus

11-02-11, 09:46 PM	#1
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,541 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Food replicator next? Early this evening, I saw on the danish news about a new kind of a 3D-printer from USA. In this feature you saw this printer, printing out models to this architect. Then I thought food replikator!? Even thou we today have up-to-date 3D printers, that can perform very well, I doubt that we one day have such a thing as a food replicator, as seen in Star Trek TNG Or do you disagree? Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

11-02-11, 10:40 PM	#2
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,213 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I also doubt it. Doesn't seem possible one could materialize edible food from nothing. And even if they could I bet it'd give you bad gas! __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

11-02-11, 10:43 PM	#3
1480 Lead Slinger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chitcago, Illinoise Posts: 1,442 Downloads: 74 Uploads: 0	Tastes just like chicken __________________

11-02-11, 11:01 PM	#4
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,326 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Oh I think we already have them. What else can explain McDonald's? __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

11-03-11, 04:36 AM	#6
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,803 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Heh, the 3d printer has been around for the past decade or more, i belive it works by building up an object in layers from some kind of glue or some similar material. It not such an amazing technological accomplishment really - but it has its uses. As August said, you cannot make something of out of nothing, so a food printer would first need to be loaded with food before it could 'print' food