February 10, 2014
Insight newsletter is now available to view online
In this week’s Insight newsletter, available to view online; Mark Eltringham on why architects are not the only people entitled to have an opinion on buildings [pictured]; the Carbon Trust warns future environmental constraints will actually go way beyond carbon; the total cost to the European economy of corruption is some €120 billion; and (GCHQ) advises that all public sector staff who are still using Windows XP at home should be denied access to networks. News of the introduction of the first working 3D pizza printer; how the influx of tech firms is leading to an unprecedented rise in London office rents and the construction industry records its best month for almost six-and-a-half years. To automatically receive our weekly newsletter, simply add your email address to the box on the home page.
February 3, 2014
3D printed pizzas – the future of fast food for (very) remote workers
by Mark Eltringham • Comment, Flexible working
The printed word may be on its way out, but how about the printed lunch? Last year, an Indian engineer called Anjan Contractor was commissioned by NASA to develop a working 3D pizza printer and has now announced his first prototype. The machine prints each pizza in layers with dried ingredients from cartridges that Anjan Contractor claims can last up to 30 years and cook in just over a minute. If NASA pushes ahead with the idea, it will mean that astronauts will be able to enjoy at least some semblance of fast food in space, while the rest of us can speculate at the implications for the UK’s growing army of homeworkers and road warriors currently subsisting on biscuits, coffee and Ginsters’ pasties. Video (if you must) below.
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