While the West has been quick to 3D print food items like cheeseburgers and chocolates, this technology is only now entering the East with China and India dabbling in it.
Students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States recently gained fame for building a 3D ice cream printer. Now students of Manipal Institute of Technology are launching India's first 3D chocolate printer.
Named Chocobot, the 3D chocolate printer makes custom-shaped chocolates and icing. It will be sold commercially in the second half of August. "This could be the next big thing. We love 3D printing and everybody loves food," said Gopal Krishna, director of Global3dlabs, the startup launched by the students of MIT.
Chocobot, is like a regular 3D printer, with the same design software but produces chocolates in different shapes and sizes. It takes about 40 minutes to print a plate of chocolates. "It's a cost-cutting measure and it's new technology. Both serve well for a bakery startup like ours. Of Course there is the time constraint, but that does not bother us too much," said Prajwal Kumar, who heads marketing at Fiona's bakery in Manipal, highlighting the financial strains of shelling out employees' salaries that could be solved by buying the printer that will produce the same quantity.
Opportunity:
3D Priniting ยังคงเป็นเทคโนโลยีที่น่าจับตา เนื่องจากมีหลายบริษัทและองค์กรที่นำเทคโนโลยี 3D Printing ไปแต่ยอด
Threats:
แต่ก็เป็นประเด็นที่น่าสนใจต่อไปอีกว่า ในอนาคตหากมีหลายๆ บริษัทนำเทคโนโลย 3D Printing ไปใช้ในภาตอุตสาหกรรมที่ขนาดย่อม กลาง ใหญ่แล้วละก็ คงทำให้เกิดการว่างงานในวงกว้างและในหลายปะเทศ
Impact: องค์กร และ global
