Atomic kitchen: printing food and more
In the future, we were all supposed to live off of a never ending supply of nutritional pills. Which, from looking at the pill-based ‘natural’ supplements in my medicine cabinet – purchased in the pill section of the ‘natural’ food store – we’re not too far off.
From Wallpaper: Here’s three future of food videos by the Philips Food Design Probes project. Press release here. Gallery here.
The Nutrition Monitor
‘The Nutrition Monitor scanning wand consists of a sensor which is swallowed, and a scanning wand which can measure the nutritional value of food. It can determine exactly what sort of food you need, when you need it, and how much of it you actually need to eat to match your requirements and achieve optimum health.’
The Food Printer
‘The Food Printer provides molecular gastronomy at the touch of a button by using the principles of rapid prototyping. Simply pop in a couple of cartridges of, say, carrot and onion, and ‘print’ them into whatever shape and consistency you fancy.’
The Biosphere Home Farm
‘The Biosphere Home Farm contains fish, plants and other mini ecosystems, and allows different life forms to live in harmony with each other. It looks like a 21st century aquarium crossed with stylish shelving unit.’
