Amazing. 3D printing technology seems to be expanding everywhere...
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Concrete printers would be able to build a 2,500-square-foot building within a single day, according to Khoshnevis.
For the military, that means soldiers deploying to a remote location with little or no infrastructure could be operating out of permanent structures pretty soon after a combat engineer unit arrived with printers and material aboard a C-17.
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/01/21/navy-helps-fund-3d-printing-buildings/?intcmp=features
Incredible.
Skynet is starting to gain steam.
I, for one, welcome our new cybernetic overlords.
If they start building robot spiders, it's game over, man.
Seriously, though...well, sorta...we're headed for an idiocracy. If this is the future and all it takes is some random dude with a printer and material to load into it, and all he has to do is push a button, why would we need combat engineers in the first place and not just some 18-year-old Best Buy/Buy More drop out?
I know that time is far, far away, I'm just saying...if you automate everything, then the skills learned to do it by hand - even if less efficient - are going to disappear.
Building a shell and finishing a home are two very different things.
True enough, Star. But, I can see this encompassing everything. At least, eventually. I'm talking Extreme Home Makeover, but with Skynet's finest doing it in a day or two.
plug me into the Matrix and get it over with.
I imagine the time it takes is directly linked to how complex the structure is. a simple rectangle box is easy enough for a day. a split level with rounded bits and coffer ceilings might be a different story. I also dont see it building everything. even with your basic concrete box of today you still have furring strips to hide mechanicals behind and to hang drywall off of.
Bad enough that illegals "took yer jawbs" - but now robots? ;D