Astonishing Technology! ( Archived) (107)

The purpose of this thread is to post about technology that can be amazing, useful, or just interesting... or even foolish.

Any ideas of what needs to be invented?





Thanks in advance!

Hi Lifeisadream
I think the internal combustion engine opened up the world in more ways than one.

The Foodini 3D Food Printer Hits Kickstarter!

3D food printing can be a hard concept to wrap your head around. Questions arise, like: what is it exactly that’s being made into 3D dimensions? Does it cook the food? And, most frequently, what’s the point? To begin with, most 3D printed foods are made from a paste. And so far, most 3D food printing experiments don’t cook the food, but extrude it into fun shapes that are subsequently cooked. And the point is still being determined, but the ultimate goal is the ability to tailor foods specifically to your dietary needs. Eventually, it may be possible to feed your daily biostats to an app that determines what amount of which vitamins and minerals you need to treat or prevent certain health conditions. This data would be sent to a 3D food printer that could prepare your meals with the right ratio of ingredients and, in a severely futuristic world, even alter the taste so that you think you’re getting steak, but really you’re getting steak-like food paste.


That future may not be too far off as entrepreneurs like Natural Machines take to Kickstarter to launch their, now famous, Foodini 3D food printer. This is exciting stuff! Though people have been experimenting with 3D food printing for at least a couple of years – most notably in space – this may be the first commercially available 3D printer for printing savoury foods (the ChefJet sweets 3D printer from 3D Systems is also due to be released this year). And the early bird prices for the Kickstarter aren’t looking so bad for the Foodini.....


This 3D food printer is not for me -I love to cook- but it is an intresting concept.

This is a picture thread but this image will not show, I have not idea why. ?? anyway here is the link in case any one is interested to see it.

Definitively Reb
Internet has made a big change in our “way of living” yet there is still a real world out there.

Thanks for the flowers!

It looks like the artifact is not touching the soil. ?

Thanks Guzman.

One thing that needs to be invented is an exercise –pill, so people just take the pill and their body gets all the exercise they need.






Great time to all!
I am going for a walk.

For those who drink coffee or hot chocolate.