Now we cook with laser

Imagine having your own digital personal chef; cook whatever you want; be able to tailor the shape, texture and taste of the product for you; just press a button

Under the guidance of Hod Lipson, professor of mechanical engineering, his "Digital Food" team in the Innovative Machine Lab has established a fully autonomous digital personal chef

"We noticed that although the printer can produce materials with millimeter accuracy, there is no heating method that can achieve the same resolution," said Jonathan Blutinger, Ph.

In a new study published by "npj Food Science" on September 1, 2021, the team explored various cooking methods.

Blutinger said: "In fact, our two blind test subjects prefer laser-cooked meat to traditionally cooked meat, which shows the promise of this emerging technology

Although Lipson and Blutinger are excited about the possibility of this new technology with relatively low technical content of hardware and software components, they point out that there is currently no sustainable ecosystem to support it

Despite this, Blutinger said, “Food is something we interact with and personalize every day-it seems natural to inject software into cooking to make food more customizable.

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