Mom, I Want To Become A Chocolate Printer

3D printing is a fascinating technology - you press CTRL+P on your keyboard and you obtain, layer by layer, a three-dimensional object. Of course the process is more complicated and this probably is the fascination of who does not have to work with it every day.

Yet, what is universally cool is the idea of using chocolate as a mould.

Being inexpensive and easily malleable, it also yields no waste (the excess can be molten down again or eaten), making chocolate a perfect raw material.

This is happening at the University of Exeter, where researchers of EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) are developing their own chocolate revolution. The idea is that of providing to online customers the possibility of customising their chocolate orders by uploading their own designs. It is a whole new chocolate experience.

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