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This company 3D-printed an adorable house in 24 hours

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This company 3D-printed an adorable house in 24 hours

A 3D-printing company managed to build a star-shaped house on-site in just one day.
The cheery yellow dwelling is tiny — just 400 square feet — and circular in layout. The company — San Francisco-based Apis Cor — built the house from a concrete mixture which it says lasts around 175 years.
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Who needs whole construction crews anymore? And the tech for 3D Printers is only going to get more and more advanced. If this isn't a great example of our world going fully automated for anything that requires manual labor I don't know what is.
 
Kal'Stang said:
This company 3D-printed an adorable house in 24 hours





Who needs whole construction crews anymore? And the tech for 3D Printers is only going to get more and more advanced. If this isn't a great example of our world going fully automated for anything that requires manual labor I don't know what is.
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Evidently, you don't know what is. :rolleyes: I saw workmen setting up the shelter to house the "printer", painting, installing windows, etc. I'm not sure how much demand there is for 400 sq ft circular concrete houses.
 
Whilst it might reduce the need for bricklayers I don't see any other trades being threatened by this.

Good idea though. They are the most cantancerous gits in the world.
 
countryboy said:
Evidently, you don't know what is. :rolleyes: I saw workmen setting up the shelter to house the "printer", painting, installing windows, etc. I'm not sure how much demand there is for 400 sq ft circular concrete houses.
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How many workmen would it have taken to build the shell without the 3D Printer? How long would it have taken to build that same house without the 3D Printer and how does that translate into dollars lost due to the loss of hours?

You should also realize that the more advanced these printers get the more that will be able to be done with them. Just a few short years ago people scoffed at the idea of a workable metal gun being made. Then it was done. A year ago I'd bet that it was scoffed at that a building could be made with a 3D Printer. Advances are being made all the time in 3D technology. It'd be a serious mistake to underestimate where this is going.
 
Tim the plumber said:
Whilst it might reduce the need for bricklayers I don't see any other trades being threatened by this.

Good idea though. They are the most cantancerous gits in the world.
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At least until such time that a 3D Printer can make windows while building the rest of the shell. Along with putting down insulation, wiring etc etc.
 
Kal'Stang said:
This company 3D-printed an adorable house in 24 hours





Who needs whole construction crews anymore? And the tech for 3D Printers is only going to get more and more advanced. If this isn't a great example of our world going fully automated for anything that requires manual labor I don't know what is.
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I don't particularly like the "three tooth gear" shape, but I can see great potential for a salt box design and solar applications to have a completely "off the grid" home. A small co-gen unit would make it completely independent. A disconnect from Centralized Distribution of Energy that is the current status quo. It is more correctly described as Centralized Collection of Monies and is a source of many future problems. The status quo will resist this, like Global Warming, because it hurts their pocketbooks.
 
Kal'Stang said:
How many workmen would it have taken to build the shell without the 3D Printer? How long would it have taken to build that same house without the 3D Printer and how does that translate into dollars lost due to the loss of hours?

You should also realize that the more advanced these printers get the more that will be able to be done with them. Just a few short years ago people scoffed at the idea of a workable metal gun being made. Then it was done. A year ago I'd bet that it was scoffed at that a building could be made with a 3D Printer. Advances are being made all the time in 3D technology. It'd be a serious mistake to underestimate where this is going.
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Advances in technology have been made since the dawn of civilization. I'm not worried. You'd be surprised how small crews are when building houses already. There are certain tasks that will never be cost effective to have automated contraptions perform. At least, not in our or our grandkid's lifetimes.
 
Connect three or four of those together and you have a real house.



Yeah it is probably going to be the norm within another 10-20 years.
 
Kal'Stang said:
How many workmen would it have taken to build the shell without the 3D Printer? How long would it have taken to build that same house without the 3D Printer and how does that translate into dollars lost due to the loss of hours?

You should also realize that the more advanced these printers get the more that will be able to be done with them. Just a few short years ago people scoffed at the idea of a workable metal gun being made. Then it was done. A year ago I'd bet that it was scoffed at that a building could be made with a 3D Printer. Advances are being made all the time in 3D technology. It'd be a serious mistake to underestimate where this is going.
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Its an interesting dichotomy at play with stuff like this. What your saying about it driving demand down for certain sectors of our labor force and the downward trend will continue to spread into other labor forces.

The flip side to it is that it will also make better housing more affordable and accessible for more people.



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Double the operating radius and I'll take one!
 
Kal'Stang said:
This company 3D-printed an adorable house in 24 hours





Who needs whole construction crews anymore? And the tech for 3D Printers is only going to get more and more advanced. If this isn't a great example of our world going fully automated for anything that requires manual labor I don't know what is.
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Very nice. 3d printing is becoming a thing. I have a file to print a gun. It's called the Liberator. I haven't done it yet, mainly because I don't have the printer. They are still pretty damn expensive. There is a catch with this though. If I print a gun, I will be required to print it with a metal slug in the grip, so that it can be scanned. If I do that, it's legal. Otherwise, it would be illegal as hell. Also, doctors at Methodist Hospital here in Houston are attempting to print hearts, so that people on transplant lists won't have to wait. It's going to be a few more years, but it looks like that's going to happen. Once that's done, they will be able to print all the other organs except the brain. Exciting times ahead.
 
danarhea said:
Very nice. 3d printing is becoming a thing. I have a file to print a gun. It's called the Liberator. I haven't done it yet, mainly because I don't have the printer. They are still pretty damn expensive. There is a catch with this though. If I print a gun, I will be required to print it with a metal slug in the grip, so that it can be scanned. If I do that, it's legal. Otherwise, it would be illegal as hell. Also, doctors at Methodist Hospital here in Houston are attempting to print hearts, so that people on transplant lists won't have to wait. It's going to be a few more years, but it looks like that's going to happen. Once that's done, they will be able to print all the other organs except the brain. Exciting times ahead.
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Agreed. Our local library had someone in that was teaching how to use a 3d printer about 6 months ago or so. I SOOO wanted to attend but never got the chance. If tech like that is coming to THIS town then you know its becoming more mainstream.
 
countryboy said:
Advances in technology have been made since the dawn of civilization. I'm not worried. You'd be surprised how small crews are when building houses already. There are certain tasks that will never be cost effective to have automated contraptions perform. At least, not in our or our grandkid's lifetimes.
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They said the same thing when Boeing was just a minor corporation. And now how many people are they laying off due to streamlining and automation? Pretty sure that making a jumbo airplane is a weee bit more complicated than a house. And I know how small work crews can be when building a house. I helped one other guy build a 2 story house several years back. Took us a few months but we did it. Of course that other guy and I didn't do it as a business. I did it for a bit of money and a pick up. He did it for a place to live.
 
Use it on the Moon - you don't need to include windows, and afterwards you could probably pile some lunar soil on top of it for further shielding purposes. Some way to make cement out of lunar soil would be required though.
 
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