Most people outgrow the days of carving rivulets in mashed potato mountains or castles out of seasoned squash---but scientists aren't "most people." One ragtag team of researchers and culinary experts are harnessing the power of 3-D food printers to bring the science of playing-with-your-food to new levels, such as outer space. In a project called fab@home, Cornell's Computational Synthesis Laboratory and the French Culinary Institute have made a giant leap for mankind by fashioning a miniature space shuttle made of pureed scallops and cheese. So what does it take to create such intricate food sculptures? Cornell graduate research student Jeffrey Lipton told CBC News:
"The process is pretty simple ... Just as ... your 2D printer puts droplets of ink onto a page to create an image, this draws lines of material on top of each other to create a 3D object."
It's the same technology as rapid prototyping machines, ...
