Social Change and Food

Eat, Swipe and Leave -- The New Smartphone Apps for Diners The SPREAD of the Smartphone apps for diners has REVOLUTIONIZED eating out all over the world. Through COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH and OBSERVATION, apps such as Qkr!, Velocity, Cake, MyCheck, Orderella, Uncover, Flypay and Zapper, aim to reduce customer waiting time at restaurants. For example, through one popular app, customers are given a four-digit code which is then given to the restaurant. This code provides the customer a table number as well as the bill.

PARTICIPANTS can simply make their payment, or, if dining in a group they can split the bill equally. The app allows diners to choose to each pay for exactly what they have eaten, minimizing the social awkwardness as well as the time devoted to evenly splitting a check. This new dining CULTURE has produced a SOCIAL CHANGE as the INVENTION has made the dining experience more pleasant for everyone.

Still, despite this convenience and simplicity, there is a lack of PRO-INNOVATION BIAS for the app as many individuals prefer being more TRADITIONIONAL and do not feel SECURE having their card information on an app. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/jan/16/smartphone-apps-pay-restaurant-bill #alhih149 #App #Dining #SocialChange #Restaurant #Food Commercial Kitchens Getting a Taste of 3-D-Printed Food 3-D printing of food is a new DATA-driven trend of the future which allows users to customize meals and snacks.

Despite being in only its early stages, this INVENTION will foster greater efficiency in the production of food and limit waste. RESEARCH shows that food can be created with precise nutritional formulations for people with specific dietary requirements. Furthermore, SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION proves that the 3-D food printer will remove the need for additives.