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NASA to build 'universal food synthesizer' 3D printer to boldly make pizza from insects and algae!
Daily Mail ^
| | UPDATED: 02:24 EST, 22 May 2013
| David Mccormack
Posted on 05/22/2013 9:32:10 PM PDT by Red Steel
When Star Trek becomes reality: NASA to build 'universal food synthesizer' 3D printer to boldly make pizza from insects and algae!
NASA is investing in a 3D printer which can create food The company behind it believe it could solve the earth's looming food shortage Meals would be made from cartridges containing carbohydrates and protein powders Insects, grass and algae could replace meat and vegetables as the main sources of our protein
The kitchen of the future could see all our fancy devices even refrigerators and ovens - replaced by a 3D printer which will create meals from cartridges full of carbohydrates, protein powders and oils.
The concept might sound rather far-fetched today, but NASA has just given 3D printer firm Systems & Materials Research Corporation (SMRC) a six month, $125,000 grant to focus on developing a universal food synthesizer.
The device is similar to the replicator used in several of the Star Trek TV series which enabled crew members to create their favorite foods.
NASA is investing in the project because it wants to make it easier to transport nutrients in bulk through space, but SMRCs founder Anjan Contractor believes the device will ultimately help solve the earths looming food crisis.
With the earths population one day predicted to reach 12 billion people, the strain on our food sources will become immense.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 3dprinting; food; foodprinting; nasa; soylentgreen; syntheticfood
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posted on
05/22/2013 9:32:10 PM PDT
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Red Steel
To: Red Steel; AFPhys; AD from SpringBay; ADemocratNoMore; aimhigh; AnalogReigns; archy; ...
3-D Printer Ping!
Political power grows out of the nozzle of a 3-D Printer.
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posted on
05/22/2013 9:33:45 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Republicans create the tools of opression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
To: Red Steel
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posted on
05/22/2013 9:34:41 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: Red Steel
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posted on
05/22/2013 9:35:24 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Red Steel
Will NASA also create a barf bag for that pizza?
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posted on
05/22/2013 9:36:35 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(The red face of shame is proof that the conscience is still operational.)
To: null and void
here comes the beginnings of the replicator
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posted on
05/22/2013 9:38:52 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: mylife
To: Red Steel
This is 3D printed sugar
To: Beowulf9
Years ago I read a thread at DU about growing meat in labs, for human consumption.
I was shocked to see that all Vegans agreed they craved meat, and would happily eat the Frankenflesh.
What disturbed them was a chicken getting its neck wrung.
Weird.
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posted on
05/22/2013 9:43:19 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: mylife
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posted on
05/22/2013 9:44:10 PM PDT
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GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Vince Ferrer
will make interestingly shaped cookies I guess
think it will print cookie dough?
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posted on
05/22/2013 9:45:09 PM PDT
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GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: Jet Jaguar
Oddly, the Simpsons is ahead of the curve on all issues that ail mankind. LOL
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posted on
05/22/2013 9:45:37 PM PDT
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mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: GeronL
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posted on
05/22/2013 9:46:17 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: Red Steel
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posted on
05/22/2013 9:46:33 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
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To: Red Steel
"With the earths population one day predicted to reach 12 billion people, the strain on our food sources will become immense."
Funny. Some geniuses in a Japanese lab made synthetic meat from human feces not long ago. I reckon that they already won the attention prostitution contest.
As for us becoming extinct for lack of food, that already happened decades ago, according to obsessing eggheads of the past. Big agriculture is very inefficient, requiring too many acres, and big agriculture is also known for trying to outlaw small competition.
Potatoes grow pretty good up in our lofty and cold heights, Red Steel. I'll be finding out through some of our own little experiments what else will grow in this Mars-like climate (near 9,200 feet, just on the right side of the Divide).
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posted on
05/22/2013 9:50:39 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
To: Red Steel
Let James Hansen eat it first.
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05/22/2013 9:52:42 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: Red Steel
Don’t ask don’t tell food.
To: Red Steel
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05/22/2013 10:09:25 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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