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naaman fletcher

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8. I hope they go light on the carbs. nt

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Wed May 22, 2013, 11:05 AM

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NASA awards grant for 3-D food printer; could it end world hunger? [View all] cynatnite May 2013 OP

Why use a printer to take duckweed and shape it into a leg of lamb? Buzz Clik May 2013 #1

aahh the replicator warrior1 May 2013 #2

That did cross my mind when I read this. n/t cynatnite May 2013 #3

While I thought of C-H-O-N food, kentauros May 2013 #10

But will the Monsanto chemicals be there newfie11 May 2013 #4

Does someone think that a multi-thousand dollar machine Bay Boy May 2013 #5

And who could possibly believe this expensive machine will be used to make food for poor Nay May 2013 #17

I believe Contractor is looking toward the future siligut May 2013 #20

And when those "tons of food" start disappearing and the price starts going up SomethingFishy May 2013 #24

Out of thin air? No. Out of Carbohydrates and proteins.. SomethingFishy May 2013 #23

Or, maybe, stop destroying the land? (nt) scarletwoman May 2013 #36

Maybe they could concoct some Soylent Green? gordianot May 2013 #6

Not very energy efficient. We already have devices for kestrel91316 May 2013 #7

Livestock is a chore is space. Bluenorthwest May 2013 #11

Lol newfie11 May 2013 #12

I hope they go light on the carbs. nt naaman fletcher May 2013 #8

Sure, just insert this $30,000 food cartridge and you can print 100 loaves of bread! denverbill May 2013 #9

can we lace the food with a sterilizing agent? galileoreloaded May 2013 #13

tea, earl gray, hot n/t yodermon May 2013 #14

You'll get a substance that's almost, but not quite entirely, unlike tea. n/t backscatter712 May 2013 #25

/thread... SidDithers May 2013 #28

We'll make this planet uninhabitable long before we hit 12 billion. kestrel91316 May 2013 #15

Yes, that too. Let's stop asking this question: "How can we feed 12 (14, 18, 200) billion people" Nay May 2013 #18

Who is "we"? Warren DeMontague May 2013 #27

I didn't know you could eat plastic ... Bake May 2013 #16

Call me an outlier, but I prefer the soylent blue. lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #19

Wow. Reminded of Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age Matariki May 2013 #21

Lots of kneejerk responses to this technology Orrex May 2013 #22

And this is surprising why? Warren DeMontague May 2013 #26

I can think of a brazilian reasons it might work, but first, can you tell madinmaryland May 2013 #32

To quote Lewis Black: Initech May 2013 #29

I'll have two slices with extra protein layer, please KamaAina May 2013 #30

Hate to be a Debbie Downer and all that... derby378 May 2013 #31

Yep. The war for water is going to kill us all before that. cliffordu May 2013 #33

End world hunger? In a word... nnnnnnnnope. cherokeeprogressive May 2013 #34

Would you eat that shit? I sure wouldn't eat that shit. scarletwoman May 2013 #35

I suppose it would depend on how hungry you were... cynatnite May 2013 #37