3D Printers: the hype, the reality, and if they're even worth your cash

Alright, let's get one thing straight: I'm so over this. Mosquito nozzles? 3D-printed "food"? What fresh hell is this?

Mosquitoes: Nature's Tiny 3D Printers?

So, some eggheads at McGill University are using dead mosquito proboscises as nozzles for, get this, high-resolution 3D printers. Necroprinting, they're calling it. Real original. Apparently, these little suckers (pun intended) have nozzles that are finer than anything we can make, and cost less. $80 a pop for a man-made tip? Give me a break.

The female mosquito's proboscis is supposedly 100% finer than the best man-made tips. Okay, that's... actually kind of impressive. They say it's biodegradable, straight, stable, and can withstand pressure. But the real question is: are we seriously scraping the bottom of the barrel for 3D printing materials now? Are we going to start raiding ant colonies for circuit boards next? I mean, where does it end?

And what happens when PETA finds out? Are we going to have mosquito rights activists chaining themselves to 3D printers? Just picturing that scene makes my head hurt.

3D-Printed Soup? I Don't Think So

Then, BAM! Campbell's is suddenly denying they use 3D-printed chicken in their soup. Apparently, some IT dude got canned after allegedly saying they do. Martin Bally, VP of IT, gone on November 25th, 2025. Ouch.

Campbell's claims the comments are "inaccurate" and "absurd." Of course they do. What else are they gonna say? "Yeah, we're feeding you lab-grown protein goo, bon appétit!"?

But let's be real. This whole thing stinks. Why even issue a statement unless there's something to hide? And if they're not using 3D-printed chicken now, what about next year? Or the year after that? KFC was already messing around with lab-grown chicken nuggets back in 2020. It’s a slippery slope, people. A slimy, bioengineered slope.

Look, I'm not saying Campbell's is evil, but I'm not not saying it either.

And what about other companies? Are they experimenting with this stuff behind closed doors? We know that 3d printing is being used with bioscaffolds to compensate for the low mechanical strength of necroprinting nozzles. Are we really going to be eating food that started as dead bugs and some kind of science experiment?

The Future Is Now, and It's Disgusting

So, where does this leave us? Dead mosquito parts in our technology, and the looming threat of 3D-printed… everything in our food. It's like a dystopian sci-fi movie come to life. The best 3d printer might soon be one that uses dead bugs. Dead mosquito proboscis used for high-resolution 3D printing nozzle — scientists boast of the extremely fine output from ‘necroprinting’ - Tom's Hardware

Honestly, I miss the good old days when the biggest threat to our food supply was just pink slime and high fructose corn syrup. Now we have to worry about whether our soup is made from ethically sourced chickens or a cartridge of lab-grown...stuff. And offcourse, there's always the question of whether the filament 3d printer will be spitting out something edible or just another plastic trinket.

Am I Overreacting? Probably Not.

This is where we're at, folks. Mosquito nozzles and 3D-printed chicken denials. It's only going to get weirder from here. Mark my words.