Recipe design & software to be grocer’s new secret sauce? 3D printing might bring tech world business model elements to grocery stores, such as software-as-a-service or SaaS. SaaS sells or licenses and delivers software to the user on demand rather than as a product in a box. In the future, grocery stores might compete on how their chefs, or store’s ‘food designers’, produce the best meal programs available only on that store’s website for single downloads and only using that store’s supplies. Continue reading “Recipe design & software to be grocer’s new secret sauce?”
What is the true future of 3D printed food?
Of all the 3D printing applications, a difficult one for people to stomach is one that affects the stomach. I am talking about 3D printed food. Why the controversy? In the past decades there’s been a growing awareness of the health limitations of industrial food production. Not only has fast food received a bad rap, due to popular documentaries like Morgan Spurlock’s “Super Size Me,” but the “slow food movement” challenges how we relate to food preparation. Author Michael Pollan’s books — The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food, and Food Rules — have had a big influence on people’s food behaviors. He tells us to slow down, eat mostly plants, and my personal favorite: “Don’t eat anything your great grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.”
If you take this rule to heart, what is the true future of 3D printed food? Continue reading “What is the true future of 3D printed food?”
Ever wonder what people will be eating 35 years from now?
Ever wonder what people will be eating 35 years from now? Experts say the diet of 2050 will revolve less around meat and more around bugs. What’s more? NASA -inspired superfood bars, 3D printed custom-designed menus and plenty of kale. Continue reading “Ever wonder what people will be eating 35 years from now?”
First 3D Printed Meal: Presentation at Final PERFORMANCE Conference
After three years of intense work in the €3 million EU funded project PERFORMANCE, all 14 partners present their final results.
Final PERFORMANCE Conference
16 October 2015, Brussels
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Is 4D Printed Food Soon Going To Become A Reality?
The concept of creating food from a printer will still seem alien to many people and will certainly divide opinion, with some prospective buyers keen to experiment and others wishing to stick to “real” food sources; however, 3D printed food is becoming more “real” at an impressive rate … Continue reading “Is 4D Printed Food Soon Going To Become A Reality?”