Cornucopia Concept Food Printer From MIT

Tired of having to cook your own food everyday? Why not print your own food? Yeah, print. Let’s hope the folks over at MIT’s Fluid Interfaces Group manage to turn their concept design into a reality. If this would become a reality, we’d probably be able to ditch our messy and greasy stove in favor of this. In their own words:

Cornucopia is a concept design for a personal food factory that brings the versatility of the digital world to the realm of cooking. In essence, it is a three dimensional printer for food, which works by storing, precisely mixing, depositing and cooking layers of ingredients.

Cornucopia’s cooking process starts with an array of food canisters, which refrigerate and store a user’s favorite ingredients. These are piped into a mixer and extruder head that can accurately deposit elaborate combinations of food. While the deposition takes place, the food is heated or cooled by Cornucopia’s chamber or the heating and cooling tubes located on the printing head. This fabrication process not only allows for the creation of flavors and textures that would be completely unimaginable through other cooking techniques, but it also allows the user to have ultimate control over the origin, quality, nutritional value and taste of every meal.