Sanna: the food printer of 2020

Students from the Creative Machines lab at Columbia University's School of Engineering in NYC have created a concept of a futuristic kitchen appliance that explores the potential of 3D printing in your kitchen. Under supervision of Hod Lipson, a pioneer in the field of robotics and digital manufacturing, the students created a 3D food printer called Sanna, a kitchen appliance that 3D prints and cooks the food in one process. The printer uses unprocessed raw, frozen food purees as input and with the help of an integrated infrared cooking element, these ingredients will be converted into tasty, cooked and texturized dishes. In collaboration with the International Culinary Center in New York City, the potential of Sanna was tested, resulting in a variety of delicious foods.
“I really find this whole idea of food printing very exciting because it touches since it is touching on something that is very basic to our lives. We’ve been cooking forever, but if you think about it ... while technology and software wormed it’s way into almost every aspect of our lives, cooking is still very primitive. It’s one area where technology has not yet permeated. It’s very interesting to think what would happen if you bring software and robotics into something as basic as cooking. The moment you unleash this computer controlled, programmable way of cooking, we will have access to a new food space. When this technology will become ubiquitous, people can download and share recipes, we’ll see this explosion of innovation in food like we’ve never seen before” - Hod Lipson
Design and Engineering: Drim Stokhuijzen & Jerson Mezquita
Movie credits
Script: Drim Stokhuizen
Filming and editing: Wiersma Brothers
Acting: Hani Andary
Make-up: Patty Beekwilder
Set design: Drim Stokhuijzen & Michiel Stokhuijzen