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打印 (dǎ yìn) Print

To print 打印 (dǎ yìn), or to cook - Which one do you prefer? Does this question sound weird? No kidding, the dream of printing food onto paper has become true. Scientists at Cornell University are building a 3-D food printer as part of the Fab@home project, a device which they hope will one day be as commonplace as the microwave oven, the BBC has reported. Just pop the raw food "inks" in the top, load the recipe - and the machine will do the rest. The goal is to blow the lid off cooking as we know it and change the future of food production. People lacking even basic culinary skills could download recipe files from master chefs or print out nutrition-packed dishes recommended by their doctors.