Yes, impossible.
Posted on 08/23/2014 2:35:22 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
No mention of the cost. Also, I imagine the whole thing will look like boxes stacked all over the place. Creating any kind of esthetics with a 3D printer seems impossible.
That will come with refinement. They need proof of concept that it can be done.
I went to Kushner’s site. All of his projects are horizontal and vertical lines. I’m sure he’ll be just fine with an “estate” that looks like boxes stacked all over the place.
Can you, or anyone, please explain to me in very, extremely, simple terms what this 3D printing thing is? My impression is that “printing” is some kind of a misnomer, but really I don’t know.
And I try to read the articles, but my brain always goes all female SPIDER CAGE! SPIDER CAGE! as hubby says, so I remain ignorant.
I'm with you on this.
What the heck is so special about a 3D printed house?
That is just too cool! What a step in technological capability.
videos gives an overview of 3D printing a house
http://www.wimp.com/printerhouse/
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2014/apr/29/3d-printer-builds-houses-china-video
In you happen to be in Seattle (actually Bellevue) today they are having the 3D printer world expo.
http://www.3dprinterworldexpo.com/
Yes, impossible.
Pretty! However, I was mostly referring to structural integrity.
aesthetics?
Try this example:
Put tiny little balls of Play-Doh on a table outlining the base of the 3D thing you want to make. Then on top of those, sticking out as needed, make another layer for the stuff just a bit up from the bottom. Repeat, until you’ve made an entire object by making it in layers, each layer made with little balls of sticky stuff that dries fast.
Using this method, you can make any shape. ANY shape. If your machine sticking the bits together is big enough, you could make a house - which is what he lead article describes.
OK, but what is the “sticky stuff”? I mean, I’ve read they make guns out of this and many other things.
Aren’t guns made out of metal? And houses I guess can be made from metal, or concrete, I suppose.
Then, what else have I heard? They are making artificial organs out of it? Eh, maybe I made that one up.
Watch this video of making a sculpture the way I just described: http://youtu.be/8_vloWVgf0o
Many materials can be made “sticky” for this process, including metal. Take material, grind it into powder or extrude into thin strings, heat it enough that it melts - just enough that it gets gooey and sticky, not dribbly - and squeeze a dot of it onto where you want it to go, cooling it quickly to solidify.
Plastic is easier & cheaper to work with, but if you need metal and have the money that’s available.
Yes, organs. Grow the necessary cells in a Petri dish, then use this machine to place the ones you need where you need them and sticking them together with some kind of bio-glue - assembling, say, a kidney.
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