2y ago

3D-printed carrot does not rely on large areas of land or maintenance costs, can be cheaper

www.aljazeera.com

A new kind of 3D-printed carrot, in the words of its Qatar-based inventors

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cyu @sh.itjust.works

2y ago

3D-printed carrot does not rely on large areas of land or maintenance costs, can be cheaper

www.aljazeera.com /news/2023/10/3/a-new-kind-of-3d-printed-carrot-in-the-words-of-its-watar-based-inventors

26 comments

Grow carrots. Make goop. Print carrots from goop. Makes perfect sense.
- This is like the failed Juicero machine. You buy overpriced, proprietary bags of juice and then install them in an overpriced, proprietary machine which squeezes the bag into your cup.
- expired
  
  Monsanto no longer exists, it got bought out by the guys that delivered the Zyclon B for the gas chambers in the third Reich
... why though? It's not like you're not having to grow the same amount of cells, etc, so you might as well just grow them in aero-/hydro-ponic systems...
- It's combining two technologies. One for vat grown nutritional plant cells, and one for turning that vat grown cell into palatable shapes and textures.
  It's an interesting tech and the more of these we try out, the more likely we'll find something that succeeds.
  
  But why 3D printing instead of, say, injection molding? Seems overly complicated for making such a mundane shape.
Franks dream is finally becoming a reality!!!
Whats the point of 3d printing it? Why not just give the goop
- I think if you have the goop, then you can add filler ingredients to sell at a lower cost. So one carrot may make two 50% concentrate carrots with some harmless filler ingredients.
- because they are growing the goop in a lab from actual carrots
Oh that's what that is. I kept seeing that image and thinking it was a shitpost.
How about controlling the amount of people and thus not being in a constant state of threat?
Would help the climate too. We make the absolute dumbest civilization ever
- Ah yes, the Thanos solution
- I shudder to think what the answer to this will be, but... How do you propose this should be done?
  
  Eugenics. The crowd beating this drum always reinvents eugenics with a new mask.
  
  Free access to contraceptives, proper sex education, and protecting abortion rights would go a long way to reducing the birth rate.
- You're a kid aren't you? Holy shit. I wish I had half your confidence when dishing out an opinion.
  
  You’re right. Overpopulation is not an issue because your feelings tell you so.
  Also, I didn’t mean to make you so upset that you’re going through my comment history.

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