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Machine Makes Dishes on Demand

When Barbara Wheaton, culinary historian and honorary curator at Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library, told Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers that she longed for durable dishes that didn’t need to be washed and could be thrown away after a meal, she was surprised when they took her seriously.

MIT Media Lab’s Counter Intelligence Group, which develops innovative kitchen designs, has created a machine that makes dishes on demand and recycles them after diners have finished a meal. The dishes are made from food-grade, nontoxic acrylic wafers, which are shaped into cups, bowls and plates when heated, then resume their original wafer shape when they are reheated and pressed.

By Kim Zetter

Full Story: http://wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69113,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1

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Thanks to David Nelson for lending me an excellent book: "FAB" by Neil Gershenfeld. If you have an interest in the possibilities in this area, I strongly encourage getting the book. Russ

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