In his article “Dinner is printed” . JACOBS describe his experience with 3D printing. He decided to investigate the hype over 3D printing, which intensities by the day, however, even after his investigation, it remains unclear whether only a silent background revolution will take place or if this technology will actually change the world;.
The author's plan was to immerse himself in the world of 3D printing and live for a week using nothing but 3-D-printed objects in order to judge the technology's potential and pitfalls. He conduct a research and found out that living in this manner, even for a week is too expensive, so he settled on the idea of creating only a 3-D-printed meal
Jacobs had decided to design a high - tech dinner using special software that controls the printer components and
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The first part of making his meal achievable was buying a 3D printer and a cartridge of plastic, which cost him a fair amount of money.
the second part was making the dinner dishes and cutlery such as plates, forks and cups .
As the author finds out, the process of modeling, even the “simplest” objects to print is not easy at all and time consuming because many things can go wrong along the way
After unsuccessfully trying to produce all the objects on his own, Jacobs eventually decided to ask for help from professionals in order to complete his task. Those professionals, lead by doctor Lipson created all the models needed for the dinner in an italian style, at their company named “Shapeways”.
When the dinner day has arrived, the writer once again calls his tech team because his printer can only print plastic and not food.
The team had some limitations as not every type of food can be printed. The food had to be something processed because of scientific constraints.
The final decision for the dinner menu was pizza in the shape of Italy, pasta and panna
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Create-a-meal, no my friend, instead you are given the tools to create-a-setting. You are presented with brilliant horses and jubilant music, bright colors and beautiful scenery, a blissful introduction, indeed. Shockingly enough, in the second paragraph it is quickly taken away from you. A dagger penetrates your balloon image. You are told that the smiles and happiness of the city are not genuine. Ursula K.
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A common theme in entertainment today is the question “Just because I can, should I do it?” Usually this is applied to moral issues or controversial scientific breakthroughs. Yet, very little of the American public even bother to ask this about food science and production. As long as the food tastes good and is convenient, most people don’t really care. Melanie Warner, overall, was just like most Americans. In her book she documents how a former business journalist became infatuated with the longevity of cheese, guacamole, and other normal American cuisine. It’s a dark hole. Most readers will be horrified and confused with such production methods. While Warner’s book isn’t a scientific study, her neutral style and intriguing investigation
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Money—in the form of gold bars or paper faces, currency has been a system used in almost every modern society to regulate exchange and to represent wealth. While it is an effective bureaucratic system, money creates inevitable social divides. In the vein of philosopher and sociologist Karl Marx in his famous work, The Communist Manifesto, the haves and have-nots are in a constant struggle between oppressor and oppressed. The Dinner, a novel by Herman Koch, chronicles a brief encounter between the narrator and main character, Paul, Claire, Serge, and Babette, his wife, brother, and his sister-in-law, respectively. his wife, his brother, Serge, and his sister-in-law, Babette. The four must meet to discuss the fate of their children after they
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4D printing offers the ability to make things that literally pull themselves together. The technology could also create objects that last longer than their 3D-printed counterparts and adapt to specific conditions on command. 4D printing is relay about using a 3d printer to print self requfingering programmable material. For example you have a non-living object that can change his shape and behavior over time kind like a robot but no microprocessors, in fact something that looks like a plastic. Skylar Tibet’s, the man who came up with whole idea has gone even fodder; he created a programmable sheet material. It look like a plastic, that in combination with the water it could change the shape in the cube. And the cube is just a beginning. It will be a million of shapes. It could be so useful, not just on the Earth but in the orbit as well. This idea could change the world, and living on it. Imagine you could just print your furniture. An...
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I enter an exquisite room welcomed by a benevolent host. I glance around and see dining tables strategically set as if the queen were to be expected. White flowers with silver sparkles adorn the tables to add a final touch. The lights are dimmed low and classical music plays in the background to create a placid atmosphere. A savory aroma fills the room making me crave the chef’s fine platter. The host leads my party to a table and offers us drinks. As we wait for dinner to begin, murmurs fill the room with general conversation.
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