NASA has selected 12
proposals, including two from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena (of
California), for the study of the first phase of the Subsidiary Innovative
Concepts (NIAC). The program focuses on a detailed study and elaboration of
existing concepts without specific algorithm they use to humans. Thus, through
this process, it is planned to make a series of scientific fantasies into
reality.
The selected 12
applications, a rather controversial concept, including 3-D printing of
biomaterials, such as cells.