Posted on 12/31/2014 2:39:55 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Food researchers in the US Army are looking into ways to 3D print food for soldiers. According to a press release, Army food technologists say that 3D printed food could produce meals on demand for soldiers in the battlefield.
With 3D technology, food can be tailored to a soldier’s nutritional needs. Because the Army’s Meal Ready-to-Eat (MRE) standard for food has a shelf life of three years, 3D printing creates new options that could make meals have longer and more stable shelf lives according to Lauren Oleksyk, Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC).
Earlier this month in December 2014, the pasta company Barilla announced a project and contest to 3D print its pasta. More than 530 national and international product designers submitted entries for new 3D printed pasta that would challenge the concept of the pasta – and make it 3D printable.
“Printing of food is definitely a burgeoning science,” Oleksyk said....
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
When do they start manufacturing soldiers the same way?
It’s about time. For years, I’ve been wanting to fax fruitcake to friends for Christmas.
I bet that will be tasty.
What? What is this, a joke? Why in the hell would you ever “print” food? If the ingredients are already there, then how about using the “cooking” concept or “preparation” concept?
That’s **maybe** 15 years away. Seriously.
Definitely a concept inspired by the Jetsons...
Maybe they could print tassty school lunches too. Ones like the obama girls get.
These people truly do not understand food or digestion.
Back in the good old days, they imagined that people would eventually live on a diet of “food pills”, that were concentrated protein, carbohydrates, fat, vitamins and minerals. Today they would probably add Metamucil, as well.
But it would not work.
They have 20% of the essential food groups already covered!
http://www.3ders.org/articles/20131009-nasa-funded-3d-food-printer-displayed-at-sxsw-eco.html
.
I understand the manufacturers of this is a company called “The Soylent Corporation.”
Tea....Earl Grey.....hot
“Honey, a computer glitch burned the meatloaf.”
I ordered a 3-D pizza but it only came out 2-D. Tasted kind of flat.
Daughter Judy, Janey? Hmmm.....kinda hot, whudaya say Laz?
Star Trek
“If you are lacking in a nutrient, you could add that nutrient. If you were lacking protein, you could add meat to a pizza (with 3D-printing),” Oleksyk added.
So nobody in the Pentagon has ever figured out how to just toss some pepperoni on the pizza, directly? (Guess there wouldn’t be any multi-billion dinero contracts for fancy new technological equipment...that way....)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.