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5 ways technology improves our eating experience
Throughout our lives, innovations in food-related technology always seem to be something a little bit difficult.
Communication, storage, vehicles, construction and many other areas always seem to have big breakthroughs, new gadgets and gismos that people are flocking to, and they seem to be after.
In the following, we will look at some of the ideas that are truly new in food technology.
They seem to focus on reducing calories, cutting time, knowing what's in our food and how I can use it with my phone.
So, without further ado, let's get started.
3D printed food
Lynne Kucsma, co-founder of Natural Machines, maker of Foodini, the 3D printer mentioned later explained the key positives of 3D printed food “You might ask, why would you want to print it?
The advantage of technology is to help lower the hidden ingredients of food;
The idea of 3D printed food inaccurately makes you salivate but in the end it will be an important tool in many culinary fields including space travel!
Foodini is a perfect example of everyday possibilities for a home kitchen.
Users blend ingredients and printers can print out desired shapes including burgers, pizzas and desserts even though it currently takes no labor to create a meal plan.
Even large organizations are seeing potential;
The printers even help to reduce carbon emissions and save animals by producing meat without meat essentially, which of course could be a significant application for the technology, Modern Meadow is using Italy.
NASA is experimenting with using 3D printers to make meals for astronauts in space, including a pizza.
Food Scents & Mobile Plug-in
When you combine scent with food and experience food, it becomes an interesting concept.
As for food, about 80% of so-called taste is actually smell, so from there we can clearly see that odor reproduction will have great benefits for flavor reproduction without consuming the product.
This idea will be crucial when it comes to dieting, spraying scents or making sounds while eating low-calorie or bland foods that have been shown to improve taste and quality, of course.
Oscar Mayer has even tapped the potential, a campaign to "wake up and smell bacon" combining a plant protection device plugged into the iPhone's headphone jack and an app that emits the smell of bacon when it rings.
Robot staff in the restaurant
Waiting for your meal can ruin an entire evening, even waiting for the dish to be done can be a bad thing, especially when they're busy, so the chance of wiping this out sounds
Robotic waiters are being used around the world as an alternative to conventional human counterparts.
At a restaurant in China's Harbin province, dishes are prepared by robot chefs and delivered to the table by robot waiters.
While the actual robot sounds like a great idea, even something as simple as a tablet is being used to produce great effect.
Apple'sbee restaurant chain has rolled out 100,000 Presto tablets, powered by Intel, across their restaurants to dramatically reduce the time it takes to order, deliver and pay their bills.
Application and Infrared (IR)
Whether it's to order food online, learn recipes or find out what's really in our food, there's no denying the apps are influencing the way we eat.
As a result, many of the major restaurants have apps that let you order take-out and delivery without calling, including Domino's and apps like Grab & Uber.
More in-depth applications are capturing daily food consumption.
Some apps are using image recognition software so users can take a snapshot of their meal and then the app identifies the food, weight, and heat.
It is clear that this technology is limited to shapes and colors only and less calorie or vegetarian alternatives might not be detected.
Companies like Consumer Physics are working on a way to identify more tech foods.
They have created a food scanner called SCiO that uses near-infrared spectroscopy.
SCiOs direct a close infrared beam at the food that will be reflected back, then analyzed to find the ingredients of the food and display nutritional details on an app.
Each group of food molecules (such as water and sugar) absorbs different fractions, with different degrees, of the near IR spectrum, which is the way food determines the content of the food.
Virtual reality combined with food science
Virtual reality seems to be creeping into every aspect of life, from gaming to entertainment, the nurtured Project is taking advantage of the opportunity to dominate the culinary market.
With the slogan "What if you could eat anything you want without regret", they have a completely unique way of eating, allowing you to experience it like never before.
All the visuals, smells and sensations that you associate with your favorite, most addictive and forbidden foods, without any harm in heat or health.
It works by combining a virtual reality headset, an aroma diffuser, and a bone conduction probe;
It even uses a gyroscope, 3D printer;
Technology has improved every area of our lives up to now;
3D printing, especially for families, will be a huge step forward to shortening meal times and simplifying the process.
Scents, apps, and virtual reality will all be incredibly effective for those who are trying to diet.
Restaurants try to bypass the use of technology as a way to "enhance the dining experience" but never say how many of the more than 2.3 million employees wait in the US and the public.
The appeal of paying bills is of course yes, it's a business and diners prefer to deal with employees as little as possible, something I have even admitted to before, but not.
On the whole, technology is of course surprisingly useful, but we must evaluate the problems that may arise from it.
Must say… having any food at the push of a button sounds breathtaking!
