Spinach Dinosaurs To Sugar Diamonds: 3-D Printers Hit The Kitchen



From cool casts for a broken arm to impressive replicas of Michelangelo's David, 3-D printing has come a long way in the past few years.

In fact, the technology is moving so fast that 3-D printers might be coming to your kitchen this year — or at least, to a bakery or bistro down the street.

A company from South Carolina unveiled the first restaurant-grade certified 3-D printer at the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas last week.

The countertop device, called the ChefJet, is about the size of a microwave and can churn out chocolate and sugar candies in any geometric shape imaginable. Think hollow honeycombs, rainbow dodecahedrons, interlocking Buckyballs and stitched up globes — all made with sugar infused with mint, sour cherry or vanilla.

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