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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: 3, Insightful) by Dunbal on Monday April 24 2017, @08:23PM

    by Dunbal (3515) on Monday April 24 2017, @08:23PM (#499037)

    But I'm pretty sure that honeycombing concrete doesn't make up for the fact that there's no rebar in the walls in an earthquake zone...

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