14 DAY TRIAL // 3D printing technology was adapted for food processing pretty quickly, so it stands to reason that applications related to human nourishment would continue. The world can't survive on just pizza after all.
To get right to the point, the new open-source 3D printer created by Miguel Valenzuela can make various shapes from pancake batter.
It's a pretty simple contraption too, which is more than understandable seeing as how Valenzuela based it on a model he built from a Lego set back in 2010.
On that note, one might argue that this is not actually a 3D printer at all, since the extruder doesn't move up and down, and neither does the print bed.
Still, the batter isn't super-thin and flat like ink, so the process does qualify as 3D printing, if just barely. Also, you'll still need to cook the pancakes once you've printed them.
All in all, it's debatable whether or not the PancakeBot would succeed as a commercial product if it ever went on sale. For now, no plans exist to do that, though the transparent acrylic body does have enough charm to at least make people stop and consider the option of purchasing it. Too bad no hints exist as to a possible price.
