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A start-up based in Austin, Texas will be mass producing small homes using 3D printing technology to find a solution to the problem of affordable housing around the world.
That is cute, but it isn't actually a house. It is a shell with no plumbing and no wiring. As stands, it is a nice looking tool shed.
The technology is amazing, though.
Yeah I thought about that, the video does show a bathroom, I guess it's so cheap you can run wiring and plumbing inside , or figure out modifications to make it work.
I would be happy to live in a small home knowing that it will be paid off quickly and not have to worry about housing cost besides insurance and taxes which should not be high on something like this.
It would also solve a lot of the homeless problem and save money on Section 8 housing.
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Seems like it would be far cheaper and quicker to build out of concrete blocks and cheap labor.
Where I live, there is no cheap labor.
If they can get the cost down to their goal, those little houses, just like they are, would make nice little villages for the homeless. Hundreds of those lined up, completely empty inside with some big toilet and shower blocks to walk to.
Seems like it would be far cheaper and quicker to build out of concrete blocks and cheap labor.
There is no cheap labor on the west coast. The issue is land though. You can house more people going up, but it costs more.
This technology is amazing. My son is applying to engineering schools this fall and is all over the 3-D printing technology. He is totally fascinated by all of the possibilities so I know more about 3D printers than I'll ever want to know.
These machines dont run themselves like in the video with no humans around. Your underestimating the support system these machines need. Engineer to make sure its running correctly, troubleshoot problems, reprogram, tweaks, someone to mix up the liquid concrete, all the supplies that it takes to make that liquid, someone to place the rebar every so often, and not to mention all the environmental weather variables.
Yes, its amazing technology. But it can never compete on price with some guys laying concrete blocks with mortar no matter what part of the world your in.
I see this technology being used for art, very creative buildings for very wealthy people and other municipal projects where money is no object.
These machines dont run themselves like in the video with no humans around. Your underestimating the support system these machines need. Engineer to make sure its running correctly, troubleshoot problems, reprogram, tweaks, someone to mix up the liquid concrete, all the supplies that it takes to make that liquid, someone to place the rebar every so often, and not to mention all the environmental weather variables.
Yes, its amazing technology. But it can never compete on price with some guys laying concrete blocks with mortar no matter what part of the world your in.
I see this technology being used for art, very creative buildings for very wealthy people and other municipal projects where money is no object.
Yes you need someone to bring a cement truck. But maybe at first you need an engineer or someone one site to check out the machine but that's until the kinks are worked out. You don't have an engineer standing next to every advanced piece of equipment. I think it does compete with a person laying concrete. $10K is the price now, they think they can get it to $4K. Plus it's more accurate and only takes a day.
That is cute, but it isn't actually a house. It is a shell with no plumbing and no wiring. As stands, it is a nice looking tool shed.
The technology is amazing, though.
I wonder, if its the sign of things to come, like my Grandfather's first beeper (he was a DR, and it was the size of a toolbox) or a carphone; or will it be like an internet enabled coffeemaker or Refrigerator, an aberration of a useful technology.
I could see something like that replacing manufactured homes in the future.
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