Meet the 19-year-old high school dropout who wants to 3D print cities

Tech in Asia ^ | November 24, 2016 | Eva Xiao

[2ndDivisionVet]

Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Bill Gates... all high school dropouts, right?

[2ndDivisionVet]

Self-made millionaire shares the only way to get really, really rich
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/21/self-made-millionaire-shares-the-only-way-to-get-really-really-rich.html

[HonkyTonkMan]

Instead of printing pieces of the house in warehouses and trucking them to the construction site, Cazza says it can build directly on site.

....... Cazza is also working on setting up its own in-house facilities to manufacture its construction material and hardware.

Remind us again what the "technology" does...manfacture and build on site --or-- manufacture in a facility and assemble on site?

Cazza is keeping the specifics of its technology tightly under wraps until December.

yeah sure

[2ndDivisionVet]

This is coming. It may not be this kid who does it, but this is coming. The buggy makers scoffed at Benz and Ford, but who had the last laugh?

[HonkyTonkMan]

Not denying the application and use of technology by any means. Based on what is shared in the article, I am extremely sceptical that this technology can deliver on what is being said here. Caveat emptor.

[rlmorel]

I agree it is coming, and I don’t think it is a bad thing. I see a lot of potential for it, and not just a dinky little home, either.

[bankwalker]

Thank you for the detailed reply, Degaston. Congratulations on your achievements.

[Svartalfiar]

It’s much less expensive to bulk-produce the large items (such as 2x4, drywall) and distribute them than to have each site producing their own with raw materials

But you don't need 2x4s or drywall. This is a cheap, 3rd-world type house built out of their concrete-like substance. Windows are likely open-air or need to be installed separately. Power wiring, water piping, etc aren't built with this (although they're trying to figure out some robots to do that). Not sure how the roof is installed (3D printed or installed after). The link doesn't have any actual pictures, so I can't say too much about how legit this actually is.