3D-printing your lunch
There were several 3D printers at CES that could 3D-print food, including one device from XYZprinting. The $2,000 food printer uses syringes of edible material, visible in the lower panel, that feed nozzle heads of up to 8 mm on the printer. An XYZprinting spokesperson says any food that can be constituted into a dough-like consistency can be fair game for 3D printing. XYZprinting worked with a food specialist to create a proprietary recipe for its printable food. An on-screen display lets users select a pre-determined recipe, import one from the Web or use a USB drive to upload a shape of the chef’s choosing. Once the printing is complete, the 3D-printed item goes into an oven for cooking. Users can upload their own recipes and have them reviewed by a foodie guru, then have materials converted into a printable format before going live in a public cloud database containing thousands of 3D models for downloading.
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