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

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?

Kongo Otto · 11-03-11, 06:27 PM

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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

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.

Buddahaid · 11-03-11, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by JU_88

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

What they are used for is prototyping parts for manufacture in plastic from CAD 3D drawings and they do build them up in layers something like an inkjet printer builds an image. My experience with 3D prints comes from prop building where the 3D print is then used to make a silicon mold to cast resin parts from. In some cases the prints are used when the part is delicate or difficult to cast.

11-02-11, 09:46 PM	#1
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,537 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

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 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.

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1480 Lead Slinger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chitcago, Illinoise Posts: 1,442 Downloads: 74 Uploads: 0	Tastes just like chicken __________________

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Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,319 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

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	It must be possible...they've been doing it for years on Star Trek etc. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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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

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,612 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: 20,537 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.