DIGITAL DONUTS!

Get this. In only a few short years I will be sending you another kind of digital donut - the kind that you can actually eat. Impossible you say? Read on...
 
This is a hot topic so I have to get this blog out right away. 3D food printers are on the way! This is not science fiction - you are looking at one right now! Regular 3D printers have been around for quite some time - in fact I have seen them at work on Base Gagetown. They have a system that prints out actual 3D scale models of soldiers, vehicles and buildings for strategic planning of battle scenes etc. It was only a small leap of logic before the minds behind this sort of technology discovered that they could add the element of edible textures and flavours. And now the flood gates are open...

Even as you read this, there are food printers being developed that can be loaded with cartridges containing the ingredients required to print out 3D replicas of almost any food you can imagine. Chocolate cake, lasagna, seafood, chicken - anything that can be liquefied, melted and squeezed out of a nozzle. Even donuts - especially donuts!
These food printers are being tested in manufacturing plants and research facilities now and it is estimated that they will be in your home within 5 years.

And once this revolution is in full swing who knows where it will lead? Imagine downloading a recipe, loading the correct cartridges of ingredients, press a button and dinner is served. Sounds a little "Star Trekkie" but it is a reality today.

So just remember you read it here first (or second if you already read it somewhere else first) and get in line for some digital donuts - coming soon to a printer near you. Would you like yours printed with Justin Bieber's face on it? No problem....