Food For Thought

By Author: James Holly
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Once in a while a technology is released that appears simply unbelievable. Right now, such a development is taking place, and it all commenced with humble printers, the likes of which you would acquire at home office furniture sellers such as Ryman.

The development in question is the amazing three dimensional printer. Three dimensional printing is an idea that involves employing printers to build vertically in place of only in thin layers. Thus far the primary application has been in manufacturing, helping designers to print their ideas in complete 3D.

Admittedly this is revolutionary in itself, it appears that designing your own iPhone holder was just the start of things to come.

One application that is currently being worked on is the utilisation of three dimensional printers for medicine. Bioprinting prints human tissue instead of ink to create skin grafts, cartilage, and even – one day – complete organs.

A further, just as bizarre and incredibly futuristic approach is being refined by a team of US scientists who are attempting to print food. Food printing is based on feeding certain ...
... already fabricated gels into 3D printers, the printer then prints the gels together into any shape, and with a short period cooking, you can enjoy a genuinely original meal.

The inventors behind the business have ambitious plans. They're working on a range of fundamental food gels which can be printed, the long term aim is that popular chefs will create kits for people who would like to print food, and in the long run, that social networks will share food printing packages, so that meals like your mother's apple pie can be also cooked simply by people all around the world.

Furthermore, an additional benefit of this idea is that it may save massively on packaging, which is particularly important at the moment, and as all you would need to do is buy the fundamental 'inks' yourself, it might lead to much healthier food. Finally, if you think it's only an oddity at present, there are already sushi chefs out there who have printed food using redeveloped inkjet printers! This really is food technology at it's best.

Laszlo Fisher is a self confessed geek with an all consuming passion for gadgets.He recommends Ryman if you're in the market for printers or indeed home office furniture.