Giant 3-D Printer to Make An Entire House in 20 Hours
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[QUOTE=borisvdb;37176623]I find this a little bit skeptical albeit cool.
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Don't mean to nitpick, but don't you mean that YOU're a little skeptical?
[QUOTE=Harnbrand;37177254]Don't mean to nitpick, but don't you mean that YOU're a little skeptical?[/QUOTE]
True. Doubtful or questionable would have been a more appropriate word.
[QUOTE=Maloof?;37175895]I'd much rather have a hand-built house. If I had the time and skills I'd like to build my own house one day.
Much of the notion of standardisation doesn't sit well with me[/QUOTE]
I understand your sentiment, but it simply won't be practical in the long run. Industries that mass-produce see significant reductions in expenses and can therefore decrease the cost of their goods. Standardization is the reason you can get a hamburger for $1 or a car for $10,000. The cost of producing houses could decrease by an order of magnitude, which, I believe, overrides the urge to have sweaty men erect your abode. And besides, many parts of your house are likely already standardized, and have only been added by hand at the end of the process.
[QUOTE=l l;37176107]as long as it passes safety inspections I really don't care, engine parts worry me a bit though[/QUOTE]
If anything engine parts won't be made with a 3D printer for a while, the metals they create are pretty brittle and engine parts need to take obscene pressures and continue to function at a high standard.
Also this house isn't exactly 3D printing in the traditional sense (Ha, traditional 3D printing, moving that fast that we already have a typical process) it's more a case of a gantry/framework that can follow a set of plans like a factory production line and lay concrete in layers to help build the shell of a house, I don't know exactly how stuff like gas, water and electricity supply is going to be done.
Still it's really impressive, we'll be able to rattle up completely liveable houses in the matter of a day or two from start to finish.
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[QUOTE=Foda;37176257]Whenever I hear about 3D Printers, the first think I think of them making is another 3D Printer. "Huge 3D Printer that makes houses? Hmmm... I bet it makes really big 3D Printers too!"[/QUOTE]
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Giant asteroid to destroy moon, NASA invents 3D printer to replace it.
2020 sensationalist headlines.
I can't wait until we can print food.
[QUOTE=Pig;37178451]I can't wait until we can print food.[/QUOTE]
McDonald's would have an even more efficient way to make chicken nuggets the same shape.
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good god.
Technology is moving so fast I dont think we will be able to keep up.
honestly, 3D Printing Firearms, Quantum Time-space computers, and now THIS?
go ahead and rate me dumbs, but seriously, look at how many technological advances we are spitting out every 3 months.
If this works, I wonder what will happen to jobs involving house building.
[QUOTE=calebc789;37178664]good god.
Technology is moving so fast I dont think we will be able to keep up.
honestly, 3D Printing Firearms, Quantum Time-space computers, and now THIS?
go ahead and rate me dumbs, but seriously, look at how many technological advances we are spitting out every 3 months.[/QUOTE]
Every 3 months? Shit man we're rattling out shit like this week by week.
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[QUOTE=Pierrewithahat;37178763]Every 3 months? Shit man we're rattling out shit like this week by week.
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The theory of exponential advancement in science in technology states that further growth in such fields occurs at a constantly compounding rate, meaning that we will soon be developing exciting new technologies, and innovative new uses and advancements for existing technologies, at such a rapid rate that we'll all eventually say "fuck it," and stop paying attention, because the robots will be better at it then us anyway.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;37178972]The theory of exponential advancement in science in technology states that further growth in such fields occurs at a constantly compounding rate, meaning that we will soon be developing exciting new technologies, and innovative new uses and advancements for existing technologies, at such a rapid rate that we'll all eventually say "fuck it," and stop paying attention, because the robots will be better at it then us anyway.[/QUOTE]
Yeah it's called the Singularity, and it's something we'll see in our lifetimes and it's gonna be fucking astounding.
The picture reminds me of how Terran builds their stuff in Starcraft 2.
I'm curious to see a picture of an actual printed house.
[IMG]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTdltEkUCxxqrjQA8AMk5yUDY5lDGA4W_WzyQ3HvLZTvyjHse9tBYwZBDOa[/IMG]
Then you realize how many jobs were "lost" in building of that house.
I don't mean that as argument against this technology; not at all.
You, however, have to consider this when you think about future.
There[B] won't be[/B] work to do.
The society needs to reorganize itself or the comfort it's getting into will torture it.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;37179512]Then you realize how many jobs were "lost" in building of that house.
I don't mean that as argument against this technology; not at all.
You, however, have to consider this when you think about future.
There[B] won't be[/B] work to do.
The society needs to reorganize itself or the comfort it's getting into will torture it.[/QUOTE]
Stuff like this will all lead to a post scarcity economy, in its current form the global economy won't be able to handle all this shit, harsh but true.
[QUOTE=Zee Captain;37176053]I'm still have a hard time believing in 3D printers. They sounds too damn futuristic for our time.
Why all the dumbs? I meant that as a compliment.[/QUOTE]
"I have a hard time believing we'll all have home computers, it sounds too futuristic for out time" - The opinion of people back in the 1960's
[QUOTE=Baboo00;37177571]I understand your sentiment, but it simply won't be practical in the long run. Industries that mass-produce see significant reductions in expenses and can therefore decrease the cost of their goods. Standardization is the reason you can get a hamburger for $1 or a car for $10,000. The cost of producing houses could decrease by an order of magnitude, which, I believe, overrides the urge to have sweaty men erect your abode. And besides, many parts of your house are likely already standardized, and have only been added by hand at the end of the process.[/QUOTE]
Going by the notion that I'll use professional builders to make my house
I was thinking something more along the lines of [URL="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2039719/Simon-Dale-How-I-built-hobbit-house-Wales-just-3-000.html"]this[/URL]
Wasn't there something about a Russian trying to make us life forever by transferring our brain into a robot body? He had a twitter page if I remember right.
[QUOTE=riki2cool;37180298]Wasn't there something about a Russian trying to make us life forever by transferring our brain into a robot body? He had a twitter page if I remember right.[/QUOTE]
In my opinion, that's not such a bright idea. The brain is still organic and can die. I'd rather have my brain digitized.
[QUOTE=ali3n92;37180395]In my opinion, that's not such a bright idea. The brain is still organic and can die. I'd rather have my brain digitized.[/QUOTE]
The idea ran in 4 stages, robotic avatar that could be remotely controlled by a person, then there was putting the brain in a robot body, then there was removing the brain and essentially uploading the person into the body, then for some dumb reason the fourth stage was a massive step backwards in awesomeness and you became a sentient hologram or some shit.
The first three stages are all gravy, but the last stage just ruined the upsides of being immortal.
I think until 3D printers can handle more durable materials for construction, such as some form of metal, this wouldn't put too many people out of work, and I think it's probably more feasible to print out some form of prefab trailer or somewhat for people who can't necessarily afford a house, or they don't have one (i.e. refugees).
I don't know why so many people are surprised that technology is moving extremely fast, we've known for years now that technological advancements have an exponential growth, meaning every day it seems like more and more advancements are made.
[QUOTE=LtKyle2;37176446]Soon this is going to become "You wouldn't download a spacecraft."[/QUOTE]
You wouldn't download a moon
[QUOTE=Charybdis;37182180]You wouldn't download a moon[/QUOTE]
That's no moon!
I wonder if these will ever be put to use in disaster relief, as in national guard rolls in after an earth quake and prints up temporary medical buildings, command centers, housing, etc.
It'll be amazing when billions of nanobots can construct things like this, in a swarm, silently and almost invisibly, in like a day.
You set them to build a garage, go to bed, and in the morning, bang, your garage is constructed, complete with the Ferrari you also told them to build.
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;37176251]And soon: you wouldn't download a car[/QUOTE]
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It reminds me of the machines that build buildings in SC2
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