Think you know sushi? You know nothing, says Sushi Singularity.
The applications of 3D printing technology are far and wide, from creating mechanical lungs to help fight COVID-19 to advancing the automaking industry. In the food and beverage category, it can also be applied to making sushi.
Consider Sushi Singularity, which not only employs cutting edge machinery for 3D-printing sushi, but also tailors it according to a guest’s nutritional needs. Talk about food meets tech.
Set to launch this year in Tokyo by revolutionary Japanese company Open Meals, Sushi Singularity isn’t your run-off-the-mill walk-in restaurant. Before paying a visit, you’ll be required to send samples of your DNA, urine and other bodily fluids first.
How so? Upon making a reservation, the restaurant will send you a sample collection kit to your doorstep. The data obtained will make up what the restaurant calls your unique “Health ID”, which is used to evaluate your nutritional requirements.
The Health ID will be uploaded onto a food fabrication machine to create bespoke sushi made with nutrients that the particular individual requires. According to the website, the machine incorporates food ingredient cartridges, nutrient cylinders, and artificial light farm, a laser-sinted 3D printer and a giant robotic arm.
Of course, you can’t expect the resulting “sushi” to look anything like what you may be accustomed to. Instead, the eight “conceptualized models” currently existing on their menu feature curious shapes, textures and colours. Take a closer look in the gallery below:
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For more information, visit Open Meals at the official website here.
Photos: Open Meals