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[–] MouldyC@slrpnk.net 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Grow carrots. Make goop. Print carrots from goop. Makes perfect sense.

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 14 points 1 year ago

This is like the failed Juicero machine. You buy overpriced, proprietary bags of juice and then install them in an overpriced, proprietary machine which squeezes the bag into your cup.

[–] 7heo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] Shialac@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Monsanto no longer exists, it got bought out by the guys that delivered the Zyclon B for the gas chambers in the third Reich

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

... why though? It's not like you're not having to grow the same amount of cells, etc, so you might as well just grow them in aero-/hydro-ponic systems...

[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's combining two technologies. One for vat grown nutritional plant cells, and one for turning that vat grown cell into palatable shapes and textures.

It's an interesting tech and the more of these we try out, the more likely we'll find something that succeeds.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But why 3D printing instead of, say, injection molding? Seems overly complicated for making such a mundane shape.

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How else are hobbiests supposed to create Dwayne Johnson's head on a hybrid penis/dinosaur body out of carrots?

[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 4 points 1 year ago

I'm not the researcher, so it could just be that this was the most convenient option for their lab. Or it could be that injection molding creates too dense of an object to have the right texture.

Unclear based on this article, but my best guess would be that the portability of a resin based printer and the detail that it allows for is a good compromise for on-site food printing.

[–] nooneescapesthelaw@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Its resin printed not sure if you can injection mold it

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Franks dream is finally becoming a reality!!!

[–] nooneescapesthelaw@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whats the point of 3d printing it? Why not just give the goop

[–] histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

because they are growing the goop in a lab from actual carrots

[–] DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Oh that's what that is. I kept seeing that image and thinking it was a shitpost.