Tag: 3D printed meat

• Friday, June 14th 2013 - 00:05 UTC

  NASA investing in 3D ‘pizza printer’ for astronauts long space missions

  

  With concerns about our ability to feed 12 billion people by the end of the century, one engineer is looking to replace conventional food with something produced by a 3D printer, and he’s getting a grant from NASA to create a prototype.

• Friday, August 17th 2012 - 06:31 UTC

  US company wants to make 3D bio-ink printed meat for human consumption

  

  A US start-up company has a solution for people who want to eat meat, but don't want to harm animals either: 3D printed meat. The 3D printing technique is already being used to create things from bike parts to chocolate to dental crowns and bridges. And scientists are working towards using 3D printing to make organs for transplant.