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3D Printed Sugar
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#12Whoever made your site. Don't fire them, shoot them.
What's wrong with this site?
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#13Is there any advantage in printing food? Apart from making the meal better looking and more expensive, I don't see any.
It sells better. People like good-looking food. There are whole businesses built around just that, like Edible Arrangements or GoGoCake.
You can also shape it into something that hasn't been possible before.
http://mocoloco.com/fresh2/assets_c/2013/04/3d_printed_food_...
http://cdn.wonderfulengineering.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/...
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#14Whoever made your site. Don't fire them, shoot them.
Besides some text readability issues, I thought the site was perfect for what it's for.
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#15The style of archetecture, food, decore, etc. used to be hand made with complex ornate patterns.
Then "modern" (I'm sure there's a more specific term here) came and things that were flat, "same-y", 90 degrees, and facuets that look like this: [1]. Mass production. A reflection of the industrial processes that were developed.
I am curious to see if 3d printing can bring back some of the ornate patterns of old. This time without the hand work.
[1] http://www.homedesignbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mini...
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#16What's really interesting is that their printer can, apparently, do full-color prints like these: http://the-sugar-lab.com/gallery/color-floral-single-surface... http://the-sugar-lab.com/gallery/3d-printed-sugar-i-love-my-... http://the-sugar-lab.com/gallery/blue-floral-single-surface-... http://the-sugar-lab.com/gallery/3d-printed-colorful-sour-ca...
Not sure if they print the whole thing with colors or if the printed piece is colored later on.
That art looks next to impossible to paint onto the printed piece. Seems plausible that it could be done during printing. Some of these are really beautiful...
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#17OMG! This is awesome! http://the-sugar-lab.com/gallery
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#18Not yet available apparently, but they mention[1] the printers are capable of printing chocolate, sour apple, etc.
The fact that they can get such vibrant and detailed printing makes this even more interesting. I can see a market for high-end restaurants, cake shops and confectionery shop to propose custom-made pieces.
What I wonder is how long it takes to print various pieces. The Pro version of the printer has a large printing volume of 10x14x8”. I imagine printing in full colour must add a significant amount of time as well.
Now the question is: how much are people ready to pay for a lump of sugar, however beautifully crafted it is?
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#19I think 3D printed food might be the first step to the new age.
Driver-less cars could be it. But the food industry employees millions as well.
Food that's consistent, cheaper and better(impossible) than what a human can create won't be a small thing, plus it's easier than cars to integrate in current society.
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#20Whoever made your site. Don't fire them, shoot them.
Besides some text readability issues, I thought the site was perfect for what it's for.
Yep.
I mean, on mobile(in particular), it is indeed awful, but I don't think it's expected or needed to be responsive(or otherwise optimized-for-mobile) at this point in the products life-cycle.
Yes there's a lot of room for improvement(as there is on every site, keep in mind web design is largely based on personal preference) the parent-poster's kind of response though is not productive.