Can you eat it when ur done?

Posted at 10:39 am on May 29th, 2009 by epicelite

I don’t see why not. as long as the plate the sugar was layered on is clean, nothing touches it. I guess you could get something from the mirror assembly when it passes over the sugar. It could be made food safe fairly easily.

Posted at 10:59 am on May 29th, 2009 by barry99705

Laser shaped candy only $1!

Posted at 11:03 am on May 29th, 2009 by epicelite

Since the sugar never comes into physical contact with anything else, it should be save to eat. I couldn’t resist and tried a bit of the last test, and it tasted exactly like caramelized sugar, no big surprise.

Posted at 11:11 am on May 29th, 2009 by Jeremy

if the wirks with some other sugar aswell and colors and stuff.. this is going to be quite cool :D

Posted at 11:26 am on May 29th, 2009 by hence

this is pretty neat. i wonder if you could achieve the same effect with multiple low wattage IR or visible lasers focussed on the same spot?

would be neat, i have done ultrafine engraving with a modified Bluray write diode (sub 0.05mm focus) so it could work.

-A

Posted at 11:40 am on May 29th, 2009 by andre

This is pretty dope, I could definitely see this being a commercial product, same with the candy fab.

I could see a bakery using one of these (think Ace of Cakes)

Posted at 1:03 pm on May 29th, 2009 by 36Chambers

damn, this is actually really cool.
if a laser cutter and a 3d fabber could be easily combined, the machine would be more useful than either one on its own and may not cost much more!
-Taylor

Posted at 2:53 pm on May 29th, 2009 by Taylor Alexander

I’d like to try this with sugar in liquid form, like the type used for making cotton candy. That would be rad.

Posted at 8:28 pm on May 29th, 2009 by aMediumPace

nice :D

Posted at 3:46 am on May 30th, 2009 by n1Ls

Lol, I’m apparently the only guy living under a rock who didn’t know lasers were capable of this o_o

Posted at 4:31 am on May 30th, 2009 by rizumus

I wonder what would happen if they tried it with a finer sugar.

Posted at 7:54 am on May 30th, 2009 by Mio

what is the resolution of your sugar printer ? ;>)

Posted at 6:24 pm on Jun 1st, 2009 by rapid prototype

:) if the wirks with some other sugar aswell and colors and stuff.. this is going to be quite cool :D

Posted at 12:53 am on Aug 20th, 2009 by toner dolumu

How about liquifying first, and using an inkjet head to deposit the layers?

Posted at 12:42 pm on Sep 28th, 2009 by Cdnrod