미군 전투 식량, '3D 프린터'로 제작한다 US military developing Star Trek-like 3D food printer

 

 

 

Current military rations are not all that exciting.

 

 

 

미군이 가까운 시일내에 초음파응집법을 이용한 3D프린터로 출력한 전투 식량을 제공할 예정이라고 '더 타임지'가 보도했다.   3D출력 식품 분야 개발은 이미 미 국방부 식량안보처(CFD)에서 연구개발중이다.   분격적인 연구 개발과 설계 작업은 회계년도인 2015년부터 2016 사이에 착수할 예정이다. 현재 3D 프린팅 기술로는 초콜릿을 비롯한 과자류 등을 개발하는 것이 대부분이었다.   지금까지 3D 프린팅 기술은 초콜릿과 다른 제과 제품으로 만든 개체 만 생성 할 수 있습니다. 그러나, 소프트웨어 군대 음식 프린터는 레이어 및 요리에서 인쇄되는에 따라, 특정 메뉴가 배치 될 것으로 예상된다.   또한 3D프린팅 방식으로 만든 음식은 맛 뿐만 아니라, 비타민을 비롯해 단백빌, 지방, 탄수화물, 산화방지제 및 소금, 미네럴 등 필요한 영양소를 공급하는 등 매우 유용하게 사용될 것으로 전망된다. 또 군인들이 개별적 요구에 부합하는 맞춤형 음식 제공도 가능할 것으로 보인다. [출처: 러시아의 소리]: http://korean.ruvr.ru/news/2014_08_20/276147492/

 

US military developing Star Trek-like 3D food printer

to improve awful MRE rations

There are a lot of considerations that go into designing the rations that US soldiers take into the field. The foods need to be non-perishable, compact, nutritious, and lightweight. For the last few decades, food scientists have been striving to combine those qualities as best they can in the Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) packages. They’ll keep you fed, but making them actually taste good is of secondary importance. 3D printing might soon be able to rescue soldiers from the unappetizing nightmare that is the traditional MRE, while also conserving resources.   Consumer 3D printers like the MakerBot and food-centric ChefJet lay down layers of material to build a three-dimensional object. In the case of the ChefJet, it’s using a sugary slurry to make tiny candies, but the MakerBot can use a variety of plastics to build whatever you want (even a human heart). The main technology being investigated by US Army researchers is different — it’s called ultrasonic agglomeration. This is a new approach to both 3D printing and food production.   In ultrasonic agglomeration, high-frequency sound waves are projected at target particles, causing them to clump together. Careful modulation of the sound can be used to control how the fragmented food constituents bind together. So why go to all that trouble? 3D printing could allow scientists to create additional menu options that are sufficiently compact and stable to be packaged in MREs. That’s a big deal considering how hard it can be to adapt simple foods to MREs — the army only figured out how to make pizza workable last year (pictured top). The technology is still in the early stages right now. The Army is focusing on printing small, compact snack foods with ultrasonic agglomeration. That application makes the most sense with current technology, but researchers think it can be augmented with traditional 3D printing techniques to create more complicated and stable foods like pasta.   As the technology advances, meals could be custom generated for each soldier. For example, if your levels of vitamin D are low, your 3D-printed MRE might contain extra vitamin supplements. Right now ultrasonic 3D printers are experimental and confined to the lab. However, the day might come when a unit in the field could be outfitted with a 3D printer to create meals from bulk ingredients as needed with the tastes of the soldiers in mind. One person could print up some pasta and another has pizza. Giving the people what they want would probably result in much less waste as well. [Read: What is 3D printing?]   Researchers envision a future version of 3D food printing that might make it possible for soldiers to essentially forage for raw materials to feed into the printer. If that ever comes to pass, it could make combat units more flexible. Military technology often finds its way into the consumer space eventually, so perhaps one day you’ll have an ultrasonic food printer in your kitchen that churns out ravioli one minute and burgers the next — almost like a Star Trek-style replicator. extremetech

 

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/187561-us-military-developing-star-trek-like-3d-food-printer-to-improve-awful-mre-rations

 

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