Posted on 08/09/2018 11:25:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Since time immemorial, mankind has always been in a constant state of evolution, through various innovative ideas, ground-breaking discoveries, and technologies. While technologies like war machines and drones play havoc in human civilization, there are certain technologies that aid in the betterment of our kind. One such technology is 3D Printing. What started as an experiment by Charles Hull in the early 80's, as a means for hardening tabletop coatings, 3D Printing has become a thriving multi-million dollar industry, with a potential for impacting innovations through all walks of our lives.
On March 2017, in the backdrops of a quaint Russian town, technicians of Apis Cor, a 3D Printing company, decided to produce a 3D Printed home within a short span of time - 24 hours. This breakthrough is transforming the housing industry, with its revolutionary cost-effective solutions. 3D Printing Companies across the globe are contemplating how to use this technology to aid developing countries in building cheap, sustainable and affordable homes. Firms like DUS Architects and New Story, are building housings with local, recycled raw materials, have slashed down the manufacturing cost, creating a revolution in the housing industry.
Due to overpopulation, there has been a mass housing shortage in various developing countries, and 3D Printing has become an answer to the prayers of countless refugees and street people across the world. With affordable homes that can be built in a very short duration of time, inventive possibilities of 3D Printing are limitless in the housing industry.
We are LIVING in Star Trek. You mentioned that Star Trek predicted replicators. People haven’t even considered what kind of construction projects you could remotely program a robot to do in tandem with this. A 3D printer could build basic materials, and a robot could assemble them with amazing speed.
A US military contractor patented [or was it merely a copyright?] exclusive rights to 3D printing of diamonds. We will have customized diamond-plated armor soon for tanks, choppers, jets, flak jackets, ship hulls. Unless something lighter and stronger comes up.
Further, we will have a robotic space colony and moon base equipped with 3D printers. Much easier logistically. You can transmit detailed instructions. Anything possible at that point. New alloys for example with zero gravity.
These people make it sound like a 3D printer can create anything from nothing. As for all the hysteria over the dreaded “3D gun,” I want to see a 3D printer produce a semi-automatic pistol with a precision machined steel barrel and firing pin.
Another use of 3d printers is replacement parts and custom repairs. Antiques [including weapons] maintained indefinitely. You might need a robot in some cases though since only one kind of molecule can be printed at a time, at least until that is overcome.
A printer can make individual parts so long as it’s the same kind of molecule. Some assembly would be required.
Imagine a gigantic menu people could browse through. Custom offices, for example. [Or bunkers.]
A home printed in 24 hours. Imagine the potential to customize with a giganic menu listing.
What about a 3D printed customized flak jacket made of pure diamond? Already developed the tech.
This company can build move-in ready houses using a 3D printer | Your Morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1sOnlPMqtY
Zoning building codes and over regulation is a major cause of the housing shortage.
In the USA.
Imagine. Someday you can get a 3D printed house with concealed spaces for firearms and the guns will be built right in place!
Bad news for you. Diamond burns. It’s pure carbon.
That's a rather glib leap of logic.
The 'shortage' is often simply substandard and/or dangerous dwellings due to corruption, theft, lack of code/code enforcement, etc.
If your problem is overpopulation, then creating more housing to accommodate even more overpopulation is madness. It's the fish-grow-in-proportion-to-aquarium phenomenon. Surely birth control and a cultural shift away from breeding like minks takes priority?
You could theoretically have a mix of substances printed through a single head, if they’re compatible and they all melt at one reasonable temperature. The mixing would happen during the manufacture of the spool of material.
Additionally, in one printer you could theoretically have an array of heads available which print from different spools of material. Somewhat similar to how industrial CNC machining stations typically have an array of cutting heads available for automatic selection. Once again the various materials would have to be compatible and capable of melting together into a cohesive structure.
Cheaper to cut all aid to turd world countries.
Does anyone know if 3D printing is available in the Philippines? My wife and I are planning to build a house there within the next couple years for our retirement.
From what I have learned about 3D printing for housing and commercial structures, the limitations thus far have been economic, technical and wrap these two up in sociological issues. Economic comes down to $$$ per square foot. Yes, it appears that the building structure can go up in a fraction of the time but it uses very expensive printing equipment and more expensive concrete. Technical issues apparently are that building code specifications have not expanded to adequately cover this type of construction. Sociological issues circle around that the printed structure will look differently than the historical standard.
From what I have learned about 3D printing for housing and commercial structures, the limitations thus far have been economic, technical and wrap these two up in sociological issues. Economic comes down to $$$ per square foot. Yes, it appears that the building structure can go up in a fraction of the time but it uses very expensive printing equipment and more expensive concrete. Technical issues apparently are that building code specifications have not expanded to adequately cover this type of construction. Sociological issues circle around that the printed structure will look differently than the historical standard.
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