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The End Of The Builder? The Giant 3D Printer That Could Create a HOUSE in 24 Hours

Posted August 15, 2012 11:10 AM

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Scaled up 3D printing technology could be used to build a house in under 24 hours, according to an engineer from the University of Southern California. Contour Crafting is a layered fabrication technology that uses a huge moveable gantry to build a house in the same way that a 3D printer deposits layers of plastic. Professor Behrokh Khoshnevis claims that his Contour Crafting construction method can build entire houses with all the fixtures and fittings.

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08/15/2012 1:19 PM

Throw in the landscaping and we'll talk....

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08/16/2012 1:10 AM

End of the Builder? When I see a machine that can lay bricks I will believe it.

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08/16/2012 6:09 AM

Here you go, Spaceracer.

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08/20/2012 12:16 AM

I'll be doggoned. You got me there. Ok, how about one that can do brick walls with mortar? Show me one that can do that and I will shut up for a month.

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08/20/2012 6:24 AM

So be it.

Sorry, Spaceracer...

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08/16/2012 8:21 AM

Nah, I won't believe it is possible until the lawn cuts and weeds/feeds itself!

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08/16/2012 9:33 AM

"His boy Elroy. Jane, his wife. Daughter Judy..."

Ooops! Now we know Doorman watched maybe too much Jetsons!

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08/16/2012 10:00 AM

LOL, I guilty as well......and I watched the old Jetsons movie on cable the other day! Boy, was that one bad or what?!

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CaptMoosie, some guy invented that in 1973. Link to article - http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20096851,00.html

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08/17/2012 1:13 AM

So will it come with a big enough print cartridge to do a whole house or will you be left with most of a kitchen, two bedrooms, half a living room and a garage with one side missing before you have to go out and decide if buying another house printer is cheaper than just buying a replacement cartridge for the one you have so you can finish?

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