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Indian-origin engineer makes 3D device that prints food for astronautsa
Astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer, is shown in this handout photo provided by NASA as he participates in the second of two spacewalks which took place on December 24, 2013. Reuters.
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.
Indian-origin engineer makes 3D device that prints food for astronauts - Business Today
Astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer, is shown in this handout photo provided by NASA as he participates in the second of two spacewalks which took place on December 24, 2013. Reuters.
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.
Indian-origin engineer makes 3D device that prints food for astronauts - Business Today