3D house printed in 24 hours for $10,000 (1 Viewer)

[gianmarco]

Pretty cool

 

[otb_lifer]

can they build hot chix yet?

 

[Reaper]

Not up to date on all this but, I don't get why they call it Printing....

Does that make it more incredible?

It's 3D Building..... To me Printing is Ink on paper.... when a machine Builds a Structure it's no longer really printing :shrugs:

Still totally cool!!

 

[Ignoramus]

can they build hot chix yet?

I'm sure they can.  She'll just be made of concrete though. 

 

[timschochet]

It's cool in one sense. But in another, if this technology every really takes off, that would destroy the construction industry as we know it, right?

 

[RUSF18]

Questions:

1) How do I invest?

2) Who kills this first...construction or the banks/mortgage industry?

 

[otb_lifer]

I'm sure they can.  She'll just be made of concrete though. 

meh, i have faith in these tech kids ... we will see it come to fruition in my lifetime  ??

 

[NCCommish]

It's cool in one sense. But in another, if this technology every really takes off, that would destroy the construction industry as we know it, right?

Technology is only a few decades at most from fundamentally destroying the economy as we know it. In it's place will stand something dramatically different. We can see it coming and we aren't dealing with it. Our current system has no answers.

 

[glvsav37]

[House Hunters] "But i don't like the flooring and the backspalsh" [/House Hunters]

 

[E-Z Glider]

Not up to date on all this but, I don't get why they call it Printing....

Does that make it more incredible?

It's 3D Building..... To me Printing is Ink on paper.... when a machine Builds a Structure it's no longer really printing :shrugs:

Still totally cool!!

 Not really sure what's 3D about it either. Aren't all buildings 3D? How about "automated building" or something instead of "3D printing"?

We should have a thread where we discuss phrases/terms that need to be retired.

 

[Sinn Fein]

It's cool in one sense. But in another, if this technology every really takes off, that would destroy the construction industry as we know it, right?

Is this really any different, in concept, to free trade?

 

[El Floppo]

Not up to date on all this but, I don't get why they call it Printing....

Does that make it more incredible?

It's 3D Building..... To me Printing is Ink on paper.... when a machine Builds a Structure it's no longer really printing :shrugs:

Still totally cool!!

 Not really sure what's 3D about it either. Aren't all buildings 3D? How about "automated building" or something instead of "3D printing"?

We should have a thread where we discuss phrases/terms that need to be retired.

regular printing with ink is 2d- it's the same concept, but with a 3d material instead of ink.. vwalaw- 3d printing. I don't know why I even had to type that out. 

I do have questions about this:

- roughing MEP? when/how is that done- during the printing or after? 

- coordination with foundations? 

- does this thing do the floor slabs? what about rebar?

- the fiberglass rebar.. don't think that's printed... so the printer prints a certain height of material and then actual humans come in and lay down the horizontal rebar? like with the roofing/waterproofing?

- I wonder what kind of tolerances this thing has for items like windows, doors, cabinets etc. I'd be interested in seeing how those things get installed.

- cost didn't include any of the cabinets, appliances, fixtures or interior finishes.

 

[Eephus]

It would cost $1,510,000 in San Francisco

 

[El Floppo]

It would cost $1,510,000 in San Francisco

And that doesn't even include parking

 

[RokNRole]

It's cool in one sense. But in another, if this technology every really takes off, that would destroy the construction industry as we know it, right?

No. The laborers could just go to school for autocad

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Yes, because people being able to print materials that they can readily purchase is going to destroy the construction industry. 

 

[Jobber]

No. The laborers could just go to school for autocad

Except computers will learn autocad, and be better at design than any human (at least straight humans).

 

[TwinTurbo]

How do they integrate electrical and plumbing into the 24 hour 3D printing process with concrete walls?

 

[RokNRole]

Except computers will learn autocad, and be better at design than any human (at least straight humans).

According to what aesthetic?

 

[NutterButter]

It's cool in one sense. But in another, if this technology every really takes off, that would destroy the construction industry as we know it, right?

That's the plan.   Once this and autonomous vehicles take off, things get really interesting.