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Hershey's to make 3-D chocolate printer
CNN.com ^
| 16 Jan 2014
| Steve Hargreaves
Posted on 01/17/2014 6:57:22 AM PST by shove_it
Because apparently Americans don't have easy enough access to junk food, soon getting a candy bar could be as easy as hitting "print." 3D Systems (DDD) announced a deal with Hershey's (HSY, Fortune 500) Thursday to collaborate on developing a 3-D printer that makes chocolate and other edible products.
In a statement, 3D Systems said making printers that print chocolate is a good way to help the relatively new technology go mainstream. Hershey sees it as a great delivery system for its products.
"Whether it's creating a whole new form of candy or developing a new way to produce it, we embrace new technologies such as 3-D printing as a way to keep moving our timeless confectionery treats into the future," said William Papa, head of research and development at Hershey, in a statement...
(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 3dpeinter; 3dprinter; chocolate; hershey; hersheyschocolate
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To: 4Liberty
Didn’t Willy Wonka already do this?
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posted on
01/17/2014 7:14:18 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: null and void
Yup, too bad. The zot beat my #15.
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01/17/2014 7:17:40 AM PST
by
shove_it
(long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of ObamaÂ’s America)
To: FReepers
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posted on
01/17/2014 7:18:02 AM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: shove_it
How about a 3-D printer for a SNICKERS BAR!...............................
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posted on
01/17/2014 7:18:40 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
To: null and void
I see what you did there............
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posted on
01/17/2014 7:19:22 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
To: shove_it
Would you lick, uh like a link?
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posted on
01/17/2014 7:22:23 AM PST
by
null and void
(We need to shake this snowglobe up.)
To: shove_it
Just think what this machine would do. it could put custom candy makers (and I’d bet at some point the cake makers) out of business..
we are getting closer to the star trek replicator every day.
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posted on
01/17/2014 7:22:37 AM PST
by
cableguymn
(It's time for a second political party.)
To: shove_it
Maybe they should concentrate on making decent-tasting chocolate using real sugar, instead.
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01/17/2014 7:24:37 AM PST
by
Mr. Jeeves
(CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
To: cableguymn
Better the Star Trek TNG Replicators than the Stargate SG-1 Replicators.
To: null and void
I would lick that very much. Post the link, maybe that will pass the censor.
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posted on
01/17/2014 7:28:36 AM PST
by
shove_it
(long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of ObamaÂ’s America)
To: shove_it
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posted on
01/17/2014 7:37:36 AM PST
by
null and void
(We need to shake this snowglobe up.)
To: shove_it
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posted on
01/17/2014 7:38:05 AM PST
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: Mr. Jeeves
All you have to do is buy chocolate that was made in a country that doesn’t keep the price of sugar artificially high...
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01/17/2014 7:39:13 AM PST
by
null and void
(We need to shake this snowglobe up.)
To: Conspiracy Guy
Im going to print a chocolate gun. If we had guns that shot chocolate, not only would our
country be safer, it would be happier. People love chocolate.
--Democrat Vice President Joe Biden
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posted on
01/17/2014 7:39:15 AM PST
by
laotzu
To: null and void
Darn, I missed it. Must’ve been good.
To: cableguymn
Just think what this machine would do. it could put custom candy makers (and Id bet at some point the cake makers) out of business.. we are getting closer to the star trek replicator every day.
Forget the replicator. I want the holodeck
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posted on
01/17/2014 7:54:36 AM PST
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: laotzu
If we had guns that shot chocolate, not only would our country be safer, it would be happier. People love chocolate. Say that again after being hit by 165 grains of pure chocolate going 2800 feet per second.
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01/17/2014 7:55:16 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
To: null and void; shove_it
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01/17/2014 8:00:30 AM PST
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: Pearls Before Swine
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01/17/2014 8:15:40 AM PST
by
shove_it
(long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of ObamaÂ’s America)
To: Mr. Jeeves
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posted on
01/17/2014 8:17:21 AM PST
by
thesearethetimes...
("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." Dorothy Bernard)
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