Miguel Valenzuela had a dream in which any man, woman, or child can simply print pancakes in any two-dimensional shape they can think of. He turned to Kickstarter in the hope of turning that dream into reality. PancakeBot came about when Valenzuela read about another pancake pioneer's quest to make a pancake-stamping machine. PancakeBot is not a 3D printer as such but you can still get pretty creative and print out shapes. It includes an SD card with example pancake shapes, and is also bundled with Mac and PC-compatible tracing software that enables you to design your own. You copy your design onto the SD card, then insert that card into the PancakeBot to get started. The device uses a combination of compressed air and a vacuum to print out batter to a maximum pancake size of roughly 43 x 21 cm, and features controls to alter the rate. You'll need to be a tad careful with your choice of batter, as lumpy mixed with chocolate or berries might clog the device. PancakeBot also won't flip the pancake for you, so it's not a completely hands-off process. As of now, the cheapest remaining pledge point to hopefully secure yourself a PancakeBot is $179. Valenzuela aims to ship the completed product in July 2015.
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