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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Technology Article on 10/24

3D Printer Builds Homes From Mud In Impoverished Areas


  • Nearly one billion people around the world are homeless or live in substandard housing
  • With the great gift of 3-D printing, some have addressed this with the building concrete property
  • This method increases the cost significantly with the transportation of it
  • The 3-D printing company WASP solved this problem by creating a portable machine that can create dwellings out of mud and natural fibers
    • Most of which are found already where houses are to be built
  • WASP featured a scaled-down version of the project earlier at the Maker Faire Rome - a huge even showcasing innovative technology from all over the globe

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