Food replicator next?

Jimbuna · 11-03-11, 08:03 AM

It must be possible...they've been doing it for years on Star Trek etc.

Skybird · 11-03-11, 08:07 AM

In principle, as I understand it, matter can be transformed into energy, and energy into matter.

It seems to me the tricky question is not the "if", but the "how".

mapuc · 11-03-11, 03:29 PM

I guess that you were thinking Star Trek-where you just press some button and a few minutes later you have a delicious plate of your choice

That's not what I was thinking of.

I was thinking of making something that have to be cooked of fried after it have been made in the food replicator.

I know that in some university they had succes with a 3D printer-If I'm not wrong, it was human skin this 3D printer was printing.

Right now I'm wondering if a T-bone steak made by a 3D printer, would tast like a real one? Even if we use the same ingredients.

Markus

ajrimmer42 · 11-03-11, 03:41 PM

I'm still waiting for them to invent that machine in Hitchhiker's Guide which detects what you're craving and makes it for you

August · 11-03-11, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

I know that in some university they had succes with a 3D printer-If I'm not wrong, it was human skin this 3D printer was printing.

I once took a photocopy of my butt. You mean printing something like that?

Jimbuna · 11-03-11, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by August

I once took a photocopy of my butt. You mean printing something like that?

LOL

JU_88 · 11-03-11, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

I know that in some university they had succes with a 3D printer-If I'm not wrong, it was human skin this 3D printer was printing.

Maybe it simply ate one of the staff when his tie got caught in the mechanism.

joea · 11-04-11, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

It must be possible...they've been doing it for years on Star Trek etc.

Ummm I had a Star Trek Next Gen technical manual years ago.

It explained that food replicators used tanks of raw organic material which was reassembled into whatever you asked to be replicated. Kind of like a transporter.

Jimbuna · 11-04-11, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by joea

Ummm I had a Star Trek Next Gen technical manual years ago.

It explained that food replicators used tanks of raw organic material which was reassembled into whatever you asked to be replicated. Kind of like a transporter.

So you had to ensure you were safely positioned in front of the replicator and not near anything you may stub your toe on or trip over for fear of calling out "Oh crap"

joea · 11-04-11, 09:32 AM

Darnit Jim I'm still at work!

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,698 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	In principle, as I understand it, matter can be transformed into energy, and energy into matter. It seems to me the tricky question is not the "if", but the "how". __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,548 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	I guess that you were thinking Star Trek-where you just press some button and a few minutes later you have a delicious plate of your choice That's not what I was thinking of. I was thinking of making something that have to be cooked of fried after it have been made in the food replicator. I know that in some university they had succes with a 3D printer-If I'm not wrong, it was human skin this 3D printer was printing. Right now I'm wondering if a T-bone steak made by a 3D printer, would tast like a real one? Even if we use the same ingredients. Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

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ajrimmer42 Royal Kinotropist Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 987 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	I'm still waiting for them to invent that machine in Hitchhiker's Guide which detects what you're craving and makes it for you __________________ Alex Don't judge a ship by the number of it's guns, but by the skill of it's crew.

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joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Darnit Jim I'm still at work!