To continue on the food thread. A double-decker bus cake may be easier to print. An engineering group from Cornell and a French culinary institute have combined forces to print food in 3D. We have a 3D printer in our lab, but it works with light polymerization and I would not eat anything out of the printing chamber, the slimy yellow liquid polymer is gross. The printer they use is different though, it adds layers and they gel or harden on their own (thermally or due to mixing), more like glue or jello. Maybe we can get them to print something for Christmas!
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They are working through an organization trying to make 3D fabrication more accessible, I think this is a good use of their printers.
http://www.fabathome.org/ We could have jelly bellies shaped however we want, maybe they would look like their flavor...buttered popcorn shaped jelly bellies anyone?
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