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Friday, February 24, 2012

The Man Who Prints Houses

3D printing is all the rage these days. Ten years ago it was in its infancy and was the province of university labs. The equipment was expensive and enormous and only printed out fragile plastic toys.

Today the technology is starting to come on line for the rest of us. MakerBot Industries will sell you a machine for about a grand that will allow you to print out 3D plastic items from your home computer. Other companies are developing printers that use metal.

Now, here comes Enrico Dini. He is developing a machine that will use sand and print out a house. Don't believe me? Here's a video............


The Man Who Prints Houses Trailer from Marc Webb on Vimeo.

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