Finally: Replicators!
Ever since seeing my first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, I’ve desperately wanted a replicator. I can eat anything I want, whenever I want? Sign me the fuck up! Thankfully, the Electroluxe people ran a design contest and got entries for not one, but two!
The first one, the winner of the contest, makes meat out of individual animal cells: “Swedish industrial design student Rickard Hederstierna, 27, said it could tackle food shortages as the world’s population spirals. And the glass cooker, which would heat pre-mixed food packets containing muscle cells, oxygen and nutrients, would put an end to messy and time-consuming preparation.”
And the second one prints food: “Meanwhile, a food ‘printer’ could pipe food molecules from a computer-programmed blister pack to create intricate starters, cake and sweets.”
Yeah. You heard me: REPLICATORS, BITCHES!
Posted: September 29th, 2009 under science.