3D printer can build a house in 20 hours

domekit.cc — domes for all by EFFALO We need your help in launching domekit.cc, a web-based collection of parametric software tools and self-adjusting connector systems for making geodesic structures of human-scale proportion. domekit.cc will feature a generator tool that greatly simplifies the difficult-to-approach geodesic math equations needed to build a dome. The generator helps you visualize the structure you want to make and adapt the geometry to fit your needs. Once you have it just right, click a button and get a download of all the necessary parts and a map of how they go together. Here's a mockup of the interface: Another difficult aspect of domebuilding is getting the angles exactly right. We want to make it easier for everyone (both kids and adults) to visualize, play with, and create their own geodesic structures. Domeraisings require folks to collaborate effectively. Domes are an engaging way to stimulate interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

Amazing 3D Printed Mobile Home Created by 3M futureLAB We have been hearing a lot lately about 3D printing homes. In fact a Chinese company claims they will begin printing out hundreds of concrete homes within the nxt year or two, and researchers in Amsterdam are working on a 3D printed plastic canal house. That's not all though.Peter Ebner, and students at the 3M futureLAB have created a tiny mobile home, which they say could be used by the 25-35 age group. The homes, are almost entirely 3D printed, down to the electricity, heating, water, and sewage systems, as well as the thermal insulation.The Body of the home is printed out of a sand and glue mixture. The size of these homes are a claustrophobic 50 square feet, but the designers claim that these are more than big enough to support one individual.