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3D Printed House for Cheap in 24 Hours

posted by on Monday April 24 2017, @05:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-by-the-hairs-on-my-3D-printed-chin dept.

Gaaark writes:

A company called Apis Cor has 3D printed a (tiny) house in 24 hours for $10,000, which comes out to about $275/m2.

Reconstructing Buckingham Palace at 77,000 m2 this way would cost only about $21 million. According to a 2010 estimate in The Guardian: "you could build a new energy-efficient replica of the palace for a knock-down £320m", which translates to $552 million.

So: 3D printing the palace would save over a HALF BILLION DOLLARS! Muahahaha (pinkies up!).

Video of the building process.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday April 24 2017, @06:06PM (3 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 24 2017, @06:06PM (#498968) Journal

    You could probably also 3D print exquisite detailed carved patterns in the walls. Or extrusions rather than indentations.

    You could also 3D print spaces for electrical junction boxes and smooth conduit paths between junction boxes and the main electrical panel. Now you can push your Cat 7, 8, 9, 10, . . . 23, 24 cables through the walls and have them working so fast that they won't be obsolete before installation is completed.

    Not sure about plumbing installation.

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  • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Monday April 24 2017, @08:42PM (1 child)

    by mhajicek (51) on Monday April 24 2017, @08:42PM (#499044)

    Not with the tech they used. If you look at the pictures you'll see the resolution is quite crude.

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    • (Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Monday April 24 2017, @10:02PM

      by linkdude64 (5482) on Monday April 24 2017, @10:02PM (#499067)

      One 3D printer to do the rough work, one to do the finer details. Carpenters not needed as they may dovetail together with minor sanding and adhesive application.

      As a tradesperson, I am glad my area of work is in troubleshooting, rather than construction...that may remain relevant for some time more.

  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday April 25 2017, @05:26AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Tuesday April 25 2017, @05:26AM (#499151) Journal

    There's a reason one installs small tubes into buildings instead of cables. Once a specific cabling standard is obsolete. Another one can just be pulled straight through.

    10GBASE-T using Category 6a goes 100 meter and 40GBASE-T goes 30 meter using Category 8. So this is indeed a moving target.