For several decades, I've been quite the fan of the Star Trek franchise,
both the TV programs as well as the plethora of novels which continue to
be written. What is interesting to me is how many technologies from that
series, which seemed like science fiction at the time, are now real
products or at least things which might be more of a reality than we
might realize. One example is being able to give voice commands to a
computer, something which was science fiction in 1966 but which is now
something we do all of the time with our phones and, to a large extent,
with our desktops and laptops as well. One of the items seen on Trek
(not on the original series) is a food replicator. Essentially, you tell
it what type of food or drink you want in the form of a voice command,
such as "computer, one cheesesteak, extra fried onions" and, within
about five seconds, you'd have a cheesesteak. While we don't have a true
food replicator as such, we do have a new product which gives us
something sorta kinda like it. From startrek.com ...
Trek-like Replicator Now a Reality
By StarTrek.com Staff - May 15, 2015
And the latest example of Star Trek tech becoming reality is the Genie,
a device that echoes Trek's food replicators. Created by a pair of
Israeli entrepreneurs, Ayelet Carasso and Doron Marco, it relies on
pods—akin to the inner workings of espresso machines—to turn natural
baking ingredients and freeze-dried fruits and vegetables into
personalize meals... in just 30 seconds.
Eventually, Marco told the news service Reuters, Genie will know a
person's microbiome and will prepare the pod specifically for that
person. "You will eat better, even tastier and healthier," he said.
Marco also shared his desire for the Genie to be put to use in countries
without enough food to feed their populations.
"In our world, we are getting fat and we are throwing away a lot of
food, (and) in their world, they don't have any food," he said. "So if
you use Genie, you can distribute the food better, you can have the
shelf life much longer without the preservatives, give the people better
food for them. We can even the food distribution in the world. That's a
very, very important goal for us."
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