Food 'printer' saves time
食物'打印机'省时又省力

Scientists at Cornell University are building a 3-D food printer as part of the bigger Fab@home project, which they hope one day will be as commonplace as the microwave oven, BBC reported. Just pop the raw food "inks" in the top, load the recipe - and the machine will do the rest. The goal is to blow the lid off cooking as we know it and change the future of food production. People lacking even basic culinary skills could download recipe files from master chefs or print out nutrition-packed dishes recommended by their doctors.(See photo)

据英国广播公司报道，美国康奈尔大学的研究人员正在研制一种3D食物"打印机"，只需将食材跟打印机墨汁似的放在上面，然后输入菜谱，接下来的一切就不用你操心啦。食物"打印机"只是康奈尔大学Fab@home研发项目的一部分，研究人员希望有朝一日它能跟微波炉一样在日常生活中得到普及。该机器的出现将使烹饪不再神秘，并为食物制作带来崭新的未来。即使连基本厨艺都不过关的人也可以下载大厨的食谱，或者"打印"出医生所推荐的营养美食。(见图)

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