2026-10-30T16:55:04Z https://nostr.now Nicole Lieger https://nostr.now/npub1zmw6slmd84wgkrm2jp52kam2jyx2vs3waqhqeqf672e2fesjpjtsnp56ed https://literatur.social/system/accounts/avatars/115/564/384/266/425/547/original/86e4ff2351ebcdb3.png https://literatur.social/system/accounts/avatars/115/564/384/266/425/547/original/86e4ff2351ebcdb3.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspda676h9qu4ryasw5hxs3fklfc79cgrmey7swj3py933d4pnmxsgzyqtdm2rld574ezc0d2gx32mhd2gsefjz9m5zuryp8tet9f8xzgxfweppsac In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8m3lhc8vv2wh8wrrql6lzlulpp0mv0v56ayayx5feg38qvt4gzusa738vm'>nevent1q…38vm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, people often do present 3D printing as if it could &#34;create&#34; food. e.g. science fiction featuring people who live by getting their food out of a machine. How the food got into the machine in the first place... never gets explained. The machine &#34;made it.&#34;<br/><br/>And the excitement about 3D-printed food often feels as if that could be a solution to humanities big problems, the environmental crises etc. But perhaps in reality it is more like a specialty food decoration method. 2025-11-29T12:05:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9sjqhfcc7kg9pghww7cfa7nhs3kpmml8npg453trn3c3xly27szczyqtdm2rld574ezc0d2gx32mhd2gsefjz9m5zuryp8tet9f8xzgxfw283ws7 WHY FOOD CAN&#39;T BE 3D-PRINTED<br/><br/>A 3D printer can print out the amount of material that has been fed into it – never more.<br/>A 3D printer might make noodles out of flour. It will never make flour out of nothing.<br/><br/>Extent to which 3D printers might replace agriculture: <br/> Zero %<br/><br/>#solarpunk #eco #3Dprint<br/> <img src="https://literatur.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/632/762/720/898/949/original/667c7bcd3b32ae24.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-29T11:35:39Z