Indian Pizza Machine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uphIwHFz0no
Printing 3D Food:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6WzyUgbT5A
Making Cake: Dessert in 3-D Food Printer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQni3wb0tyM
Indian-origin engineer creates 3D printer that makes pizzas fit for astronauts
ANI Washington, January 27, 2014 | UPDATED 08:35 IST
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-origin-engineer-creates-3d-printer-that-makes-pizzas-fit-for-astronauts/1/340147.html
A Indian-origin mechanical engineer has developed a 3D printer that makes pizza fit for astronauts.
Mechanical engineer Anjan Contractor had won a 125,000-dollar-grant last year to build a prototype 3D printer designed to print food for astronauts on long missions, the Verge reported.
In the video from late last year, the 3D printer takes food "building blocks" to make the crust, cheese, and so-called "protein layer" for the dish, all cooked while being printed out.
Contractor had promised last spring that the cartridges the printer uses would be able to last for 30 years.
Watch video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uphIwHFz0no
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55NvbBJzDpU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOwHEuU6LLk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_uDm0yjnN8
Search You Tube:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=3d+pizza+printer
http://www.space.com/21254-3d-printed-food-development-funded-by-nasa-video.html
NASA Funds 3D Pizza Printer
by Denise Chow, SPACE.com Staff Writer | May 21, 2013 05:03pm ET
http://www.space.com/21250-nasa-3d-food-printer-pizza.html
NASA has doled out a research grant to develop a prototype 3D printer for food, so astronauts may one day enjoy 3D-printed pizza on Mars.
Anjan Contractor, a senior mechanical engineer at Systems and Materials Research Corporation (SMRC), based in Austin, Texas, received a $125,000 grant from the space agency to build a prototype of his food synthesizer, as was first reported by Quartz.
NASA hopes the technology may one day be used to feed astronauts on longer space missions, such as the roughly 520 days required for a manned flight to Mars. Manned missions to destinations deeper in the solar system would require food that can last an even longer amount of time.
"Long distance space travel requires 15-plus years of shelf life," Contractor told Quartz. "The way we are working on it is, all the carbs, proteins and macro and micro nutrients are in powder form. We take moisture out, and in that form it will last maybe 30 years."
Dividing the various components of food in powder cartridges would theoretically enable users to mix them together, like the ingredients in normal recipes, to create a diverse array of nutritious meals.
To prove his idea works, Contractor printed chocolate. Now, he's aiming to build a more advanced prototype to print a pizza, according to Quartz.
The system will start by "printing" a sheet of dough, followed by a layer of tomato "sauce," which will consist of the powder mixed with water and oil. Instead of traditional toppings, the 3D-printed pizza will be finished off with a layer of protein, which can be derived from animals, milk or plants, Contractor told Quartz.
While NASA sees applications for 3D printers on future manned space missions, Contractor said his food synthesizer could also be an effective way of addressing the problem of food shortages from rapid population growth.
"I think, and many economists think, that current food systems can't supply 12 billion people sufficiently," Contractor told Quartz. "So we eventually have to change our perception of what we see as food."
Follow Denise Chow on Twitter @denisechow. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook or Google+. Originally published on SPACE.com.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uphIwHFz0no
Printing 3D Food:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6WzyUgbT5A
Making Cake: Dessert in 3-D Food Printer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQni3wb0tyM
Indian-origin engineer creates 3D printer that makes pizzas fit for astronauts
ANI Washington, January 27, 2014 | UPDATED 08:35 IST
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-origin-engineer-creates-3d-printer-that-makes-pizzas-fit-for-astronauts/1/340147.html
A Indian-origin mechanical engineer has developed a 3D printer that makes pizza fit for astronauts.
Mechanical engineer Anjan Contractor had won a 125,000-dollar-grant last year to build a prototype 3D printer designed to print food for astronauts on long missions, the Verge reported.
In the video from late last year, the 3D printer takes food "building blocks" to make the crust, cheese, and so-called "protein layer" for the dish, all cooked while being printed out.
Contractor had promised last spring that the cartridges the printer uses would be able to last for 30 years.
Watch video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uphIwHFz0no
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55NvbBJzDpU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOwHEuU6LLk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_uDm0yjnN8
Search You Tube:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=3d+pizza+printer
http://www.space.com/21254-3d-printed-food-development-funded-by-nasa-video.html
NASA Funds 3D Pizza Printer
by Denise Chow, SPACE.com Staff Writer | May 21, 2013 05:03pm ET
http://www.space.com/21250-nasa-3d-food-printer-pizza.html
NASA has doled out a research grant to develop a prototype 3D printer for food, so astronauts may one day enjoy 3D-printed pizza on Mars.
Anjan Contractor, a senior mechanical engineer at Systems and Materials Research Corporation (SMRC), based in Austin, Texas, received a $125,000 grant from the space agency to build a prototype of his food synthesizer, as was first reported by Quartz.
NASA hopes the technology may one day be used to feed astronauts on longer space missions, such as the roughly 520 days required for a manned flight to Mars. Manned missions to destinations deeper in the solar system would require food that can last an even longer amount of time.
"Long distance space travel requires 15-plus years of shelf life," Contractor told Quartz. "The way we are working on it is, all the carbs, proteins and macro and micro nutrients are in powder form. We take moisture out, and in that form it will last maybe 30 years."
Dividing the various components of food in powder cartridges would theoretically enable users to mix them together, like the ingredients in normal recipes, to create a diverse array of nutritious meals.
To prove his idea works, Contractor printed chocolate. Now, he's aiming to build a more advanced prototype to print a pizza, according to Quartz.
The system will start by "printing" a sheet of dough, followed by a layer of tomato "sauce," which will consist of the powder mixed with water and oil. Instead of traditional toppings, the 3D-printed pizza will be finished off with a layer of protein, which can be derived from animals, milk or plants, Contractor told Quartz.
While NASA sees applications for 3D printers on future manned space missions, Contractor said his food synthesizer could also be an effective way of addressing the problem of food shortages from rapid population growth.
"I think, and many economists think, that current food systems can't supply 12 billion people sufficiently," Contractor told Quartz. "So we eventually have to change our perception of what we see as food."
Follow Denise Chow on Twitter @denisechow. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook or Google+. Originally published on SPACE.com.
