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Sounds Delish

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/nasa-awards-grant-3d-food-printer-could-end-194050661.htm

Could I print edible minis? That could be pretty cool.

"Stop killing my Banshees"!

"But they are so good"!

Contractor says one of his primary motivations is a belief that food will become exponentially more expensive in the near future.

He's probably right. Give me a printer that can throw together proteins into something that looks like hamburger and tastes close enough and I'll slap some BBQ on it and eat it.

Those things are awesome.

I remember like years ago people where making sugar 3d printers that used a heat gun to melt and make things.

mmmmm blue berry tau tarts.

what would nurgle marines taste like???

I'm thinking licorice.

"I know I should be shooting at his Tanks, but I just can't stop shooting at his guardsmen. Ever since he found out I have a weakness for raspberry centers.....well I just can't win a game."

WOuldn't a 3d food printer just print food made out of food? I don't see how this helps NASA.

You might not think this so hot when you realize what they're using for "ink"

Some alternative food source options that may be used with the printer include algae, duckweed, grass, lupine seeds, beet leaves and even insects, according to TNO Research, which is working with Contractor on the project.

And check out the picture's caption

Some 3-D printer food made from meal worms

 Grey Templar wrote:
You might not think this so hot when you realize what they're using for "ink"

Some alternative food source options that may be used with the printer include algae, duckweed, grass, lupine seeds, beet leaves and even insects, according to TNO Research, which is working with Contractor on the project.

And check out the picture's caption

Some 3-D printer food made from meal worms

Meal worms aren't terrible... I'm sure they're better when ground up and made to look and taste like pizza... instead of fried in some butter >_>

That's the point. Making the disgusting but nutritious, edible.

No one would buy a pound of algae or locust now... but a lot of people would buy a "Protein Cylinder".

I think this would really, really do well as a truck stop vending machine or in theme parks. No one's expecting quality, and convenience and selection would desensitize people to the contents before they brought it into their homes.

 Frazzled wrote:
WOuldn't a 3d food printer just print food made out of food? I don't see how this helps NASA.

Its all dehydrated so it will last forever. Gets dehydrated in production so they will still need water.

No one would buy a pound of algae or locust now... but a lot of people would buy a "Protein Cylinder".

You said "Protein Cylinder" Heh, heh, heh. Eh, I have one of those.

 Andrew1975 wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
WOuldn't a 3d food printer just print food made out of food? I don't see how this helps NASA.

Its all dehydrated so it will last forever. Gets dehydrated in production so they will still need water.

No one would buy a pound of algae or locust now... but a lot of people would buy a "Protein Cylinder".

You said "Protein Cylinder" Heh, heh, heh. Eh, I have one of those.

OH my...

Touche.

Man, we are really getting closer to becoming a hive world. Processed fake food for the poor because only the rich can afford the good stuff? What's next?

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Man, we are really getting closer to becoming a hive world. Processed fake food for the poor because only the rich can afford the good stuff? What's next?

Corpse Starch.

 Grey Templar wrote:

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Man, we are really getting closer to becoming a hive world. Processed fake food for the poor because only the rich can afford the good stuff? What's next?

Corpse Starch.

Soylent green.

 Andrew1975 wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Man, we are really getting closer to becoming a hive world. Processed fake food for the poor because only the rich can afford the good stuff? What's next?

Corpse Starch.

Soylent green.

I dunno about soylent green, I've heard that the taste is a bit hit-and-miss, although that seems to vary from person to person *ba-dum-tish*

So what this is saying is that we are one step closer to having actual Star Trek replicators. The future is looking great!

 Grey Templar wrote:
You might not think this so hot when you realize what they're using for "ink"

Some alternative food source options that may be used with the printer include algae, duckweed, grass, lupine seeds, beet leaves and even insects, according to TNO Research, which is working with Contractor on the project.

And check out the picture's caption

Some 3-D printer food made from meal worms

And? I've eaten insects. It's purely a western thing to assume it's disgusting. Fried Locust taste better then McNuggets.

Matter of personal taste. I've also eaten locust, and fried ants, both were disgusting.

You might have just miffed it.

I just had them breaded and deep fried.

Most people eat bugs anyway. They get ground up in grain when its collected from the field and baked into bread.

Meal worms actually look quite appetising.

Really, if the food doesn't resemble what it started out as, I'm happy. I'd even eat spider if it didn't resemble the fething thing.

 Frazzled wrote:
WOuldn't a 3d food printer just print food made out of food? I don't see how this helps NASA.

All it does is process shapes of existing materials. Gicven a sufficiently large library of flavourings it could be useful, but only as the junk food of the 21st century.