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Monday, February 14, 2005

The Future of Food

The New Scientist reports on print-out [that's right] print-out food.

"You can make an ink-jet printer do just about anything," says Cantu, who is head chef at the Moto restaurant in Chicago, US, and a keen advocate of the high-tech kitchen. The printer's cartridges are loaded with fruit and vegetable concoctions instead of ink, and the paper tray contains edible sheets of soybean and potato starch. Cantu then prints out tasty versions of images he has downloaded from the web.


Bet you tech-heads never saw that coming.

The article also posts links to lab-grown steaks, and tank grown fish filets. No mention of Soylent Green... yet.

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