A company ICON is working on a project for a New Story Charity with a goal to build a 3D printer specifically for poor communities around the world. They plan to bring the printer to El Salvador later this year and build its first community of 3D printed homes.
The first version of the printer can build a house in less than 24 hours for about $4000. They aim to further speed up the process and cut down the price to $1000.
Main limitations at the moment are the utilities which need to be placed on the outside wall. Also there is lack of data on how their concrete mix is going to behave over time.
Personally, I would like to see more emphasis on using renewable sources of energy to power the house and amenities related to water and food that would make the home self-sufficient.
ICON website: https://www.iconbuild.com/
New Story Charity: https://newstorycharity.org/
Submitted June 30, 2018 at 08:48AM by iljapanic https://ift.tt/2tNL9i7
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