Julio Verne said in one of his books, and I quote it from memory, that everything that a man imagines another man can make it happen.Science fiction is born, but the possibility is born that those imagined realities become Some time in concrete things.Do you remember one of the parents of cosmonautics, Konstantin Tsiolkovski, who imagined colonies and space stations?
Well, we talked about all this to present you a new project, to call it somehow, in which some have imagined how we will eat in the not-so-distant future.Are you with us?
5 possible forms of food
1.Photosynthesis?
No, we are not talking about the famous autotrophs, those people who say they live without eating or drinking.We are talking about a study that advances the marine biologist Chuck Fisher , where he analyzes the symbiotic relationship between corals and algae and its possible application to the world of humans, as an alternative to alleviate the hunger on Earth.
His proposal is quite original and certainly places us in science fiction: it aims to reproduce the process of photosynthesis integrating algae into the skin of human beings, to so you can get the nutrients from sunlight .
Interesting, although a lot, a lot of research is missing.
2.Inhale vapors
In 2012 David Edwards, a professor at Harvard, presented a unique device-called Le Whif -with which you could breathe steam with chocolate flavor.
Norman Aitken, a Canadian chef, inspired in Le Whif, I think Le Whaf , a glass that emits ultrasound to stir liquids and turn them into nub is that they can be aspirated with a straw...
3.Patches
Another way of feeding would be through transdermal patches, with the same functioning of the patches used to administer medications or that are used to quit smoking.
In the case of food, they would be strips containing nutrients that would go directly to the body.
In fact, the US military works in this line thinking especially about the logistics of having soldiers in remote areas, although it also opens the possibility of using them in certain professional activities, such as mining , where a great physical effort is required and where carrying food sometimes becomes difficult.
4.MELiSSA Project
The European Space Agency seriously considers the possibility that We human beings will be able to inhabit other planets, and for this reason it has promoted the MELiSSA project, whose objective is
“to recover edible biomass from waste, carbon dioxide and minerals , with light as a source of energy to favor biological photosynthesis ”.
That is, use spoiled food and remains to make them edible and nutritious again.Curious...
5.The famous pill
The Food Research Institute of the United Kingdom is using nanotechnology to make the astronaut pill a reality, or the famous Willy Wonka gum.
Just aromas would be enclosed in small structures that, upon contact with saliva, would release the flavors, at the “first bite.” And in a single capsule would be the entrance, the main course and the dessert, what do you think?
The truth is that, apparently, the direction we are going in terms of food refers to the tablets, to the synthesized, to the extract , where the organism will take out the nutrients.We may not see it, but with certainty both the storage space and the demand for food are shaping these new ways of eating.And if you are interested in this topic, read about insectivism, another future possibility.
Images: Bertalan Szuros , Sandia Labs , nerissa's ring , skywalker ++ , Pranjal Mahna
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