Posted on 04/16/2014 1:27:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Chinese companies have been known to build major real-estate projects very quickly. Now, one company is taking it to a new extreme.
Suzhou-based construction-materials firm Winsun New Materials says it has built 10 200-square-meter homes using a gigantic 3-D printer that it spent 20 million yuan ($3.2 million) and 12 years developing.
Such 3-D printers have been around for several years and are commonly used to make models, prototypes, plane parts and even such small items as jewelry.
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Too bad they will fill the homes with materials that will sicken or kill most of its residents.
>>Too bad they will fill the homes with materials that will sicken or kill most of its residents.<<
The Chinese have oboamacare?
In our country, tearing down 10 homes in a day would be a big news story.(in Detroit)
An entire home made of concrete is a death trap during an earthquake.
>>Fast and good are not synonyms.<<
The old “choose from the menu.”
Fast, good, cheap.
You can only have 2.
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