Posted on 01/08/2014 9:51:31 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The concrete walls are hollow with an insulating filler. It would probably be possible to put the wiring and plumbing in there during construction. You simply put an aluminium utility run, with an access panel, in the wall, and and the printer prints over it.
The technology is not mature, but it is interesting and has a lot of potential. The houses in the pictures were butt-ugly, though.
Is it the cost and pace of construction that causes people to build slum shantytowns, or is it that they don’t have two dimes to rub together?
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Not scientifically valid. Results are updated every minute.
Neat. Seen another in Kali in a discussion about sending it to Mars ahead of explores...provided Mars has the correct soil.
“There is concern about people being put out of construction jobs...”
Not a problem. Just raise the minimum wage to $25/hour.
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This is one step above adobe, essentially. Not sure you could install rebar by deposition.
While I agree that deposition construction is great, not everything can be built by deposition.
I lived in an adobe house once. It was great. Warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Very energy efficient.
Molds: that’s a good idea.
It’s a question of materials. It doesn’t have to be concrete, or the same concrete we have now. Some sort of composite, or combination of materials from cements, to plastics, cellulose, metals... Carbon, glass... Who knows? All sorts of thinks might make for an excellent structure.
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