Episode Timeline
View all episodesUSA Today’s run, before and after March 21, 2023
0:58Now PlayingStar Trek replicator? No, a 3D printer that can laser-cook desserts! | USA TODAY
1.8K views
March 21, 2023
1,804
12
0.67%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
0:58Now PlayingResearchers at Columbia University have created a 3D printer that can make food, including complicated multilayered desserts.
RELATEDWorld's first 3Dprinted rocket, Terran 1, set to launch in Florida
Mechanical engineers in the university's Creative Machines Lab have been experimenting with 3D-printed food ("food printers") and laser cooking of food since 2005.
The Department of Defense has been working to develop 3D-printed MREs (Meals Ready-to Eat) that in the future could be paired with wearable sensors to meet soldiers' nutritional needs that day. NASA has also been experimenting with 3D-printed food for astronauts on long missions.
Until now, most 3D-printed foods have been made with uncooked ingredients, the researchers say. But the engineers describe their 3D printer made a cheesecake from seven ingredients: graham cracker, peanut butter, Nutella, banana puree, strawberry jam, cherry drizzle, and frosting.
» Subscribe to USA TODAY
» Watch more on this and other topics from USA TODAY
» USA TODAY delivers current local and national news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, videos and VR.
#3Dprinting #Food #Tech
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
