A University of Southern California engineer and his colleagues are developing a 3D printer for houses.
Called Contour Crafting, the system spits out layers of concrete to build a structure from the bottom up. Caterpillar, the worlds largest manufacter of construction equipment is sponsoring the research. Read the full article here.
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Posted by David Pescovitz, September 3, 2008 9:29 AM
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This is so interesting! My husband has a 3-D printer at work and it is really neat. I never thought about what a HUGE one of those could do...
ReplyDeletewow...a 3-D printer...I never really thought about that...can you send me the name of the printer? I'd be interested in reading the specs on it. :-)
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