Printer Rentals Get Tasty – 3D Food Printer Panders to Pastries

Trekkies and Foodies, rejoice -- there is an exciting new trend in printer options that might appeal to your futuristic senses.

And this is one product that should be sampled prior to purchase

A 3D food printer has been developed by Cornell University and tested out on scrumptious applications, such as cake decoration.

This deliciously decadent technology uses a computer as its brain, and syringes filled with icing and mousse as its arms. It is capable of crafting unique designs, precision graphics and other delicate feats.

The 3D food printer seems like a passing novelty, but its creators expect its reach to go far.

Jeff Lipton, a grad student from Cornell involved with the printer’s design, said that "It's really going to be the next phase of the digital revolution."

And the French Culinary Institute of Manhattan seems to agree with Lipton. David Arnold, director of culinary technology at the Institute, has been testing out the printer since 2009).

Arnold claims that the printer allows for exciting new textures that chefs could not have produced before. And he sees the applications for household use. Arnold said, "This would be a slam dunk for cookies at holiday time," he says. "Anything that requires a high level of precision that people don't usually have with their hands, in terms of making icing or decorations, this thing can perform amazingly well."

Entrepreneurs can see the vision as well. According to CNN, Jamil Yosefzai hopes to commercialize the 3D food printers in to the affordable, household options envisioned by Lipton and Arnold. Essential Dynamics, Yosefzai’s start-up, plans to work with the free blueprints provided by Cornell, in an effort to make a fully-functional model for around $1,000.

The goal is to make these devices accessible to both households and professional establishments.

While Vernon Computer Source doesn’t offer these tasty products among its host of printer rentals (yet), this technology needs to be further refined before it is released to the public.

But rest assured – when it’s available, we’ll probably have it. To see the 3D food printer in action, please watch below: