NASA funds attempt at 3D food printer for pizza

In all honesty, when I read this article, I was a bit mystified. I can't believe were in the future where future could potentially be printed for human consumption! Granted it’s just a 125k grant to a mechanical engineer named Anjan Contractor. Granted the whole concept behind it is that it would allow astronauts to print food that would have a shelf life of 30 years. But the creator behind it is thinking long term. The commercial use of this product has no bounds! Granted at its current state you wouldn't be able to print real food in the since that we categorize real food, it would be like cubes or tubes of hard stuff that doesn't look like food, but has all the nutrients that your body needs to survive. That's another amazing thing about it! You could program the machine whether you were sick or fat, or whatever, and with the right calculations, you could make the food contain enough nutrients necessary for your survival. That is amazing. Too bad I hate math with a conviction stronger then newton’s laws of motion. Regardless, I can’t wait for the future!

Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57585502-1/nasa-funds-attempt-at-3d-food-printer-for-pizza/