Forget your favorite ice cream and make way for a high tech one this summer!
Kyle Hounsell, Kristine Bunker, and David Donghyun Kim, students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a machine that is sure to delight your inner child and tempt your sweet tooth — a 3D printer for ice cream.
The three hacked a Solidoodle 3D printer and hooked it up to a Cuisinart ice cream maker and to create a contraption that offers on-demand soft serve, according to a report from 3ders.org.
They were able to successfully print some fun shapes out of the ice cream!
“We were inspired to design this printer because we wanted to make something fun with this up and coming technology in a way that we could grab the attention of kids,” Bunker told 3ders.org. “We felt that it was just as important to come up with a new technology as it was to interest the younger generation in pursuing science and technology so we can continue pushing the limits of what is possible.”
Read more at PCMag.com