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To: Atlas Sneezed

Exactly!

An accurate headline would have read, “3D printer built FRAMES for 10 homes in 24 hours...Some Assembly REQUIRED!”

This is a good idea, but not quite what the article advertized.


26 posted on 04/15/2014 12:51:57 AM PDT by BwanaNdege
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To: BwanaNdege; Atlas Sneezed

Thomas Edison Also Invented the Concrete House, Says NJIT Researcher

“Edison’s one-of-a-kind system was patented for the purpose of building a single, repeatable structure without any parts, with a single act of construction,” said Burgermaster, “And, remarkably, 100 years later many of these houses remain standing.”
http://www.njit.edu/news/2011/2011-215.php

Have also seen an experimental project of domes (igloo?).
Full size poured in place.
IIRC they had forms for the openings; windows, doors,vents...You want the window about here?... OK...

The equipment was set on the center of the slab and swung in continuous slow circles.


31 posted on 04/15/2014 6:49:17 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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