The world's first 3D-printed community is officially under construction

[@JesseOrrall]

Have you seen any emerging technology you'd like to see featured on What The Future? Let us know down below! And have a great holiday

[@logan15615]

Jesse O Vitual Reality

[@alexander2685]

Merry christmas 🎄and happy new year 🎊🎉god bless yours allways.

[@macberry4048]

I would like to know about metal 3d printing like additive and EBM. A lot of Patents expired for 3d printing but there isn't that much innovation happening from what I know

[@2pantheraleoatrox]

What about a video showcasing Ferrock, a green alternative for Portland cement made of 95% recycled materials, that traps carbon dioxide during the curing process, making it CARBON-NEUTRAL!

[@doodooswirl]

We have 60-70k homeless here in Southern California. Why not do a town from scratch? Regular houses for the sane and special treatment facilities for the addicts and mentally ill? I could see an swarm of these printers building a good sized town in the desert north of LA.

[@IRunOnE85]

Imagine leaving the print for 24 hours and finding out it failed, oh the concrete spaghetti monster

[@CAILZZZ]

hahaha good one ... i feel it too.

[@Jaden-up3bg]

HAHAHAHA a fellow printer I see 😂👀👀

[@OgdenM]

I'm sure there is someone watching the printjob.

[@McdRecordsOfficial]

Kalt Fishy and even more you need to press on brick or material what machine can’t do it is useless imo

[@eligolliher1323]

house. house. modern art. house...

[@d0ntb0th3r]

construction isn't the issue with the housing crisis, its the land its sitting on within distance from a job

[@JackDaZipper6599]

It isn't affordable housing if you don't have a job to pay for it. Still a neat concept and I do actually enjoy the look. I'd love to know more about how they are insulated and wired as well as how energy efficient they are. I'm also curious about how well they will hold up over time.

[@JackDaZipper6599]

@BJ700 it's probably close burger flipping affordable at this point.

[@rickschuman2926]

Building the houses could have been jobs. Yet another opportunity for humans to be supplanted by machines. Also, now they will have buildings they have neither the means or the ability to maintain.

[@garystewart3423]

Yeah, there is another building technique thats just guys filling up a long sand bag, basically the same. But these people don't need jobs they just need a way to fullfil their basic necessities without the need to buy everything.

[@sterlingsilver5937]

Facts! In some cases there are more than enough houses/apartments but just not enough people who can pay the rent or mortgages.

[@pologamero2648]

The only problem I have with this system is how insert the steel reinforced bars into the concrete. Pure concrete its very brittle and has no seismic capacity.

[@ninjafit3275]

And that's why the inventor said in this video that their is definitely room for improvement of the cement.

[@gabrielgalaxygh]

Depends what you mix with that we got adobe hoyses built a thousand years ago that are still around

[@chadleach6009]

I don't think steel reinforcing is used even on block homes. Then again I've only ever done work on homes in Florida and as long as your foundation is solid, you don't have much seismic activity to worry about. Wouldn't adding reinforcing fibers get the job done too?

[@danielmasters8145]

The size of the homes don't require steel.

[@crazyjds]

Steel in 1 floor structures for philippines construction since local code require earthquake intensity 7.5

[@diyexplorer8728]

Getting your own house these days is very hard because it is very expensive. I hope someday using this technology will help poor people get their own affordable house for their own family.

[@diyexplorer8728]

@youareonthetube1 well said.

[@LadyLime100]

@youareonthetube1 Not exactly. Building permits and code restrictions limit and add cost to building a home.

[@stuart6478]

technically there are more HOMES on earth than people.

[@kevinyu3863]

diyExplorer it’s not about build cost, it’s bout the land

[@diyexplorer8728]

Housing and land ownership becomes more expensive because of the current economic/monetary system. It'll create domino effect and the most affected were the people like me in the lower class. It is sad that you need to grind more to gain a little while the people in the upper class living their lives in ease and abundance.

[@evlnte]

Perfect for Mars colonization!

[@angwydud]

thats far from true but its a step closer

[@SanJose408Alex]

Except mars doesn’t have a breathable atmosphere.. so no

[@linecraftman3907]

@@SanJose408Alex what atmosphere has to do with a house

[@evlnte]

SanJose408Alex If you actually saw the video, this is one of the companies being considered for the Mars habitat project. These structures can be made as domes and then lined inside for airtight atmospheric control.

[@SanJose408Alex]

Linecraftman time to use big brain energy 🧠

[@thcj3593]

Pipes - electrical - water - surface And much more important .... What will the house look like in 7 years ... The "printed" material will shrink, become smaller ...... So the experience from the construction sector ... - Thermal insulation? Sound insulation? etc...

[@zeinfo9346]

This is not efficient at all when you take into account fitting out the house, painting finishings and making it actually livable. Concrete is also a poor insulator and is not efficient when produced in small quantities for remote areas. Prefinished steel skinned structural insulated panels allows walls and roof to be erected in the same length of time. They are also lightweight, require no Cranage, are very easily transportable, incredible insulators and fully painted and finished once erected.

[@fdc184]

Z Dobbo this. It’s “omg we are 3D printing houses” and like ‘Great.’ It’s crazy we can use concrete like this but also- bare bone houses everywhere won’t get us at the end of the line when the issue is fricking Global Housing and Poverty. The wikiHouse project tackles this “many systems house” problem better if you ask me. And * both * technologies are ~2014 TED X talks about accessibility and (reverse) plotting. idk this just jumps to me as: people are misinformed about the state of things/everything we could already do if we wanted to.

[@susiemccallister9352]

10 years ago when i was still a teen, i read a lot of science books at that time. I read about that in the future there will be new types of 3d printing technology that will be able to print whole city buildings and give way to the next industrial revolution. Imagine innovating the 3d printing tech with the help of future quantum computing. The possibilities are almost endless when we will use nanotech assemblers to build the future.

[@fixitmike5017]

Only land available for affordable housing sounds almost uninhabitable

[@trh4982]

@Design Space You still need oxygen in some of those ugly cases.

[@AlexParkYT]

Mars would probably cost more than California and also be uninhabitable lol

[@trh4982]

@@AlexParkYT Is California habitable? When your state has it's very own map of where people have pooped, I could say unlikely.

[@AlexParkYT]

@@trh4982 To be fair Mars is probably more habitable than California anyway lol

[@dutchman55]

Lmao you yanks really think that once you leave the limits of the city limits there isn’t even oxygen in the air, let alone cell reception

[@treyvon8358]

Actually my business is working right now as we speak to bring 3D printed homes anywhere at anytime, our goal is to have our first 3D printed home in 2024.

[@TampaTec]

Looks very solid but insulation, plumbing and electrical is ran on the outside of the walls. However it's 90% cheaper than a standard 🏠. beach house would be nice no worries of wood rot from flooding.

[@booksteer7057]

Or termites.

[@scottstraub9626]

Other companies are making double and or triple wall construction homes, where insulation is blown inside, and pipes and wires can be placed as the printing is happening.

[@robertszymanski717]

On the outside of the walls, that look crappy! Not only that, some idiot punks can vandalize your property! All the wiring and plumbing is supposed to be INSIDE!

[@D-Vinko]

@@robertszymanski717 Which is why you read other comments in the thread.

[@kylemcmaster7097]

@@robertszymanski717 somebody doesn't know what he is talking about

[@ryanrichardson1169]

Insulation? Plumbing? Electric? How are these incorporated??

[@PaulGuy]

They aren't. It all has to be surface mounted or have the walls furred out so it can then be installed inside the walls.

[@nomosnomosowicz7379]

@@PaulGuy or they put conduits in the concrete as every other home is built in Mexico. It's possible they've designed these homes differently, but the video doesn't say either way.

[@muninrob]

I would lay my pipe & conduit in the freshly laid wall, so that the next pass hides it inside the wall between the layers & the wall forms around the outlet boxes while wet. Not sure how they are doing it.

[@Music-nv4yw]

Workers do that part

[@Competitive_Antagonist]

Robert Lockard That was my understanding, but there's no detailed video showing this. I'd also like to see a fair comparison with this and traditional house building or other house building innovations like compressed earth housing. It just seems like it might be a bit gimicky.

[@christophermontoya5526]

I'm looking forward to having my own home fabricated via 3d print. Can't wait until this tech becomes more mainstream.

[@craigasher5970]

How can building a house this way cost half what it costs to build a house conventionally? Unless I am missing something, the part that the printer makes which looks like just the walls does not make up 50% of a typical house build so even if you did that part for free it would still cost more than 50%. Also, the barrier to cheap housing is not the cost of the structure but the cost of the land that the structure sits on. I applaud the engineering achievement but I can’t see this as a solution to the housing crisis. A typical house in Mexico is built with inexpensive concrete block using labor that costs 400 pesos per day. The proprietary material that they are using, likely utilizes expensive additives. To set up that machine also cannot be cheap.

[@shuriken204]

There are several things to consider with it though. The roof is a premade flat piece that they basically just put over the top. So there goes the roofing cost. The insulation factor is out. Also I’m not sure if you’ve checked the price of lumber lately but it is VERY expensive. And because it doesn’t offer an attic I’m sure almost all utilities are exterior of the walls.

[@6root91]

Ok roofing may be covered somewhat but the foundation is also one of the most important part. Then there's all the interior stuff from tiling, window and door fitting, built in furniture and bathroom. With that comes all the electrical, plumbing, water and gas fittings. Not to mention the land that the houses sit on as was mentioned in the original comment.

[@NoobNoobNews]

The cost-saving comes from the support structure and labor. A house of the same size made traditionally requires concrete and a team of 12 people and lots of time, or cheap materials and 12 people and lots of time. The idea here is that you lay a small foundation with three people, move this machine in with three people, let it run overnight monitored by three people, and then slap a simple roof on with three people. The idea is that you can have a house finished by the end of the week as opposed to several months. That is a massive cost saving. All you need is a flat surface for this to build on, while other house designs require one-time use structures to be built, and then torn down.

[@6root91]

Kinda moronic that people continue to place accusations on different political views regardless of the context of what is being discussed. Patriotism and arrogance to some extent seems to have diminished humanity as they pursue or rather are forced to conform to a strict set of ideological viewpoints their idealised political image seems to represent.

[@habiks]

You're 100% correct.. 3d printing is 100% hype, no delivery..

[@thoyo]

This could house so many low income and homeless people. Could revolutionize city planning.

[@cane870]

Jack Marchese they should have a metal sort of scaffold so it can climb after it’s finished with each floor

[@fdc184]

The tech itself is old 2014-16 or so

[@mickavellian]

eventually take it out into bareilly inhabitable places like Brazil AMAZON IMAGIN the houses for people who still live under palm leaves. Cause we keep cutting down on mortality and earth is not getting any bigger.

[@jpa1967]

But who ends up paying for it? The tax payer does....

[@actontreadway1168]

The bottleneck isn’t the construction method

[@camboi6103]

this is cool but when will i be able to 3D print a girlfriend

[@SocraticMethodGuy]

when sexbots and artificial wombs become affordable, women will be completely useless and discarded.

[@falloutman3424]

AfFrontal Cortex then we’ll have artificial men then too

[@megatron804]

@@falloutman3424 na wont happen women need men

[@soli5156]

@@SocraticMethodGuy when that happens, wouldn't women hunt men instead? But your idea is good I might as well let a company like that take my money🤣👌

[@SocraticMethodGuy]

@@soli5156 women cant hunt, they can only manipulate and chase. Theyll be totally screwed Prob have all women towns where they starve and shiver

[@arthurjin0722]

Affordable housing main issue has to do with Land price, not the building... Homeless people in the major city, these homes doesn’t make any sense. This project focus on rural area?

[@richardbearden7889]

Permits in some places

[@williamsmith6921]

There is 100s of times of houses that are unoccupied in proportion to homeless people. Every homeless person in America could have their own home and it would barely make a dent in how many vaccant homes exist

[@OutSideTheBoxFormat]

@@williamsmith6921 Go ahead and buy a house and let some homeless guy move in and tell us how that goes for you.

[@juuloveh]

Sucker Free That wasn’t what they were saying.

[@momentary_]

@@OutSideTheBoxFormat He's saying there's enough homes to just give them away for free and eliminate all homelessness and there would still be vacant homes. The problem isn't homes. The problem is land. No one wants to live in those vacant homes because the area around them don't offer hospitable conditions.

[@eternalzoom5039]

That's the company I am using to build my custom 3D printed house and custom 3D printed Bitcoin Castle when I cash out in 2021.

[@Vysair]

Bitcoin Castle?? I dont know what that is but seems interesting

[@eternalzoom5039]

@@Vysair A regular castle with Bitcoin signs every where. Many people in Crypto are talking about doing it. Mine will be used as an appartment. People will pay rent in Crypto. It will have solar power, algea bioreactor, and it's own aeroponic tower garden. 3D printing drastically cuts down the price and time for me. Many other Crypto Castles will be advanced as mine if not more. Some Crypto people are making multistory landing pads at the castles to prepare for personal flying vehicles.

[@pingeee]

@@eternalzoom5039 What are you rich or something?

[@lenkngomez8451]

MrPingeee No we’re just woke about the future and the future of currency..

[@eternalzoom5039]

@@pingeee Not yet soon to be I have 93 Bitcoins. Started investing in Bitcoins around 2011 and 2012 in highschool. Bought 20 Bitcoins then just kept buying. Sold some at $18,500 in 2017. Now just buy and hodling till December 2021. Bitcoin is not gonna make any big moves till May 2020. So I am buying as much as I can till then. I can see Bitcoin being $30,000 to $50,000 by August or September. Right now it's only $7,400 which is amazing and hope it stays their till May 2020. Most people in Crypto are cashing out in 2021, 2024, 2028. So next decade be prepared to see a lot of new Cryptomillionaires, Cryptobillionaires, and maybe Cryptotrillionaires.

[@spectaculartech]

Forgot printing a house I’m going to print me a working car.

[@aaronstone6183]

Sure you can, it could be useful model, not for commute purposes ofc..

[@dashman2062]

Well i'm gonna print me an entire planet!

[@JohnMiller-zn9pf]

Last I read, there is a company working on putting all the electronic components of a sedan style car in the bottom, like a sled, ship that then have local "print " shops produce everything else in house.

[@irfannurhadisatria2540]

You wouldn't download a car!

[@dexgaming6394]

When you're moving in a 3D printed house: I'm sorry guys, but we have to live in a 360p house

[@adoxartist1258]

I could cheerfully live out my days in one of these.

[@guineapig1016]

This was a vision when i was a kid. They talked about it. Now, 15 years later we have this. We have holograms, lab grown organs, quantum computing, and 3d printed houses, cloning and more.

[@haywoodjblome4768]

Cloning has been around for more than 2 decades

[@americanbot5711]

The world desperately needs this to suceed. Imo

[@facepalmjesus1608]

how safe are the houses against earthquakes?

[@riffle7311]

Probably quite unsafe. Concrete buildings do not fare well in earthquakes as it's weak against vibrations and not flexible (compared to wood construction).

[@darrinbrunner6429]

They don't say what is in their proprietary "lavacrete", so there's no way to even guess. It's clearly very different in the way it behaves from ordinary concrete. I could be mostly plastic, for all we know.

[@jon368100]

It's so ironic that this debuted in Austin, since our housing market is essentially at a critical point right now

[@jon368100]

@Airbus A380 a regular house? The median price for a house in Austin is $408k.

[@maurgi17]

I own a home acquisitions company, Houston is a wilddd market, people pay the same cash amount as the mortgages next door. There is so much cash there similar to Vegas or Miami. The crazy thing is half the Houston area floods...

[@post_low]

@Airbus A380 depends on where you decide to live really in Houston in can range from insane values to more reasonable 100k slightly outside the city

[@post_low]

@Airbus A380 nope I live 10miles from the center of downtown

[@post_low]

@Airbus A380 I bought mine about 9 years ago but it was cheaper then than the 100k most houses in my area go for now

[@Enigma-fk7mh]

People Before 2019 : Lets Build a House People in 2019 : *Lets Print a House*

[@DrDisasta]

I’m just going to build my house out of legos

[@MrVibeless]

Sounds expensive but really cool

[@ratchbrg3882]

If I help can i move in xD

[@msj9097]

It's called compressed earth blocks or bricks. They look like big life sized legos. Search for it and tell me what you think

[@jackfrost326]

It's not gonna be free and they're probably not going to let you do that 😂😂😂

[@ccshrimp]

That's the coolest thing ever! I think it's amazing what they're doing for these communities. People need homes.

[@honestycounts9352]

Everyone always talks about cheap houses, yet when I look around in my local area, all I can find are houses that cost $500,000 and up? And those are small 2 and 3 bedroom houses, not huge mansions.

[@saulg195]

You do know you're paying more for the property than the house itself now a days it's location based.

[@capgains]

Same is South Florida. Standard home $500,000

[@iluvsilva8236]

People talk about cheap houses only when the land it builds on (or the location) is cheap. But if you want a good location too, then it will cost you $500k and up.

[@nateg5915]

It's always all about location. I live in NYC where $500k can get you a 600 sq ft 1 bedroom condo but if you go 100 miles or so North of NYC in upstate NY, Maybe a 1.5 hrs drive, you can buy 2000 sq ft house on 1 acre land nd pay about $50k for it.

[@mr.grumps3544]

@@nateg5915 Thats not true at all. You can't buy a $50k 2000sq ft home anywhere in the U.S. unless it's run down and needs tons of repair work and maybe not even then. I live in Arkansas out in the country, a very cheap place to live, and it cost us over $120k to build our 1300sq ft home on our acre of land. We also didn't hire a company to build it, we hired our pastor and his two sons, who did it for a living, so we actually came out much cheaper on the construction work.

[@SMee67]

What an awesome concept!👍🏽 Good on you all, such a worthy cause. 👌🏽

[@JW-do2wc]

This is very fascinating. Imagine the many poor areas in the world can finally get their own place without having to build huts made of cardboard or cheap metal to live in. Imagine for those finally having a roof over their heads without having to worry about the weather outside. This could revolutionize the entire building industry as we know it.

[@honestycounts9352]

Poor areas of the world; You mean like the millions of homeless in California ???

[@flowerspringtime]

im thinking of brazil....so great for the poor there, will the greedy banks allow this though? as cheap housing for all cuts into their mortgage 30 year payback scam

[@fdc184]

Honesty Counts er it’s ok. The wikiHouse project is more compelling for “solving global housing” if you ask me.

[@gabbar51ngh]

No it doesn't. It can't make bigger taller structures to house multiple people. It's fast but also wastes a lot of space to be honest. Its only beneficial if you just make houses fast. that's it

[@ethan17748]

This probably cost alot of money for each house which is why he didn't release the costs for those houses.

[@bdaquatics7584]

I have been looking into buying a tiny house. Two actually for me and my daughter. If these are cheaper and readily available in the next year I'd rather have it made out of this material instead of wood. These are amazinggggg

[@amartinjoe]

you need this in san francisco!!!

[@Kiki-wi7px]

GREAT CONCEPT ! ! ! Let's Get These EVERYWHERE. Senior's would Enjoy These. 👍

[@cosmicninjaSN8]

The inside walls would be pretty easy to trowel out smooth.

[@AJSSPACEPLACE]

Edison’s mass produced concrete houses can finally be a reality!

[@jonesbbq307]

Why don’t just build a shell and fill it with concrete?

[@jasonolinger6967]

build the shell out of what? that's the whole point of what they are doing.

[@jonesbbq307]

Jason Olinger I mean just building a “rapid prototype” like shell that’s weak on it own and fill it with concret.

[@mattevans4438]

Do a search for "monolithic dome home"

[@ntdtmn2111]

I’m supporting you guys all the way. Thank you for doing things for humanity.

[@merter8508]

Looks like the Flintstones homes !

[@Cutesticles]

Don't think someone who is homeless will care.

[@williamsmith6921]

This is just the large printer from astroneer

[@MKultrapdx]

Looks fire resistant as well as small arms bulletproof.

[@etherealaesthetics1406]

Thats really aweseome they're doing that for the homeless.

[@beefdrapemudflapper930]

They are doing for themselves. Don't be so naive.

[@qbasic16]

Where is the steel reinforcement? Concrete likes to crack. You'll see in 5 years 😉

[@davidfenton6682]

Rebar is clearly visible man.

[@modifiedchevy]

@Just think in mexico... Insulation? The thermal mass alone should keep it warm at night and cool durring the day

[@petersrightbut8297]

Concrete with out reinforcements...😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@nomosnomosowicz7379]

@Just think nearly all homes in Mexico are already made from concrete. Conduits are run through the concrete for electrical and plumbing.

[@nomosnomosowicz7379]

@Just think they really don't disclose their intentions regarding insulation. However, most homes in Mexico do not have insulation in the walls.

[@bkenobi100]

The cost of something has little to do with anything other than how much people are willing to pay for it [econ 101 - recall the banana taped to the wall that recently sold as 'art' for $120k]. Also, homelessness has little to nothing to do with a shortage of homes.

[@AnonymousUser77254]

Ben Kenobi [1977 version] true but I can't pay less for a new house than its building costs just because I valued it so.

[@bkenobi100]

@@AnonymousUser77254 Never say can't. Things are sold, below cost, fairy often - especially, real estate. Of course the aim is profit, but it does not always work out that way.

[@AnonymousUser77254]

Ben Kenobi [1977 version] I meant more in a market-wide sense. It's not sustainable.

[@WeirdDiaperDonDraftDodger]

@Ben Kenobi 👍

[@houghwhite411]

Build more so the price go down Simple supply and demand stuff

[@JOnTHeMOnSoon]

A house, for every human being ♥️🙏🏽

[@LuisTorres-fl8xe]

This is awesome i would love to have a 3D printed home.

[@clydebalcom8252]

So awesome. It's phenomenal, and the applications are endless. Printed houses, businesses, even roads and driveways.

[@cookiesw9270]

Cool where can i downöload the house

[@dutchman55]

“You wouldn’t dos land a CAR would you?” Man times have changed 😂😂😂

[@phoenixzappa7366]

Pirate bay

[@Vinnicombe1]

Tinkercad

[@o2bnob]

Sim city

[@aerojetrocketdyners-2538]

uranus

[@JasonDrennen]

I was just brainstorming about this and I just thought of a way to do this exact same additive building but the machine would be the size of a lawn mower.

[@lnot3028]

Thank you America 🙏

[@danielfilkins1785]

I've been building houses for 40 years and I would have to say this is an amazing deal for people. Low cost shelters that are stable earthquake proof. What more could you ask for..

[@Nataponchan]

My Jaw just drop! This is the future!

[@ChakatNightspark]

I think if they were able to 3D print a Home say thats around 1000 to 1500 SQFT and keep the cost down to say around $50,000 to maybe $75,000. I would say that would be a Pretty good Pricing point to at least Start at.

[@mrdavinci4178]

This is just awesome! This is the future.

[@WeirdPros]

"They started their first project in Mexico." I'm sure the cartels are very happy with their new Mule Hut Automaker

[@lifelessweeb8504]

The wall looks like you can scrape yourself really badly

[@blupyxi5669]

Na, you put a facade to cover it.

[@mralabbad7]

What i'm more worried about is the reinforcement Can you even go on the roof of this thing?

[@lifelessweeb8504]

@@mralabbad7 Did you not she the steel beams in the video

[@mralabbad7]

@@lifelessweeb8504 you mean these bars that they scattered on the wall a few feet from each other? Or the outside ones that hold the shade

[@lifelessweeb8504]

@@mralabbad7 I thinks so

[@l8erzmonkey]

Initially i thought this wouldnt work on the moon due to the gravity however using powerful enough pumps (if pumps work on the moon which they might not work so well) to push the concrete down should be fine and then low gravity would mean there is less slop on the concrete which is laid

[@imjody]

This is awesome. Amazing work, Icon!!

[@connieo3927]

I am so excited about this 3D printing house option. The government needs to do more to make it available quicker and very soon.

[@venkate5hgunda]

Between Mobile Homes and this, I think housing will become very cheap

[@J.Cameron.Stuart.Adams.]

There will always be supply and demand in the housing market. Those who can afford more will crowd out those the homes were designed for. That's when we see the prices soar to the point of unaffordable to those in the most need. Additionally, land dictates housing values in urban areas. Few of us would ever choose a manufactured home or one of cement log home. These slurry homes are not at all green. They use tons of CO2 to produce. There are far greener solutions earth bags are a great option for the poor. They can build them themselves. Super cheap too. But they need land to do so.

[@sharpvidtube]

The land still costs a lot and connecting to electricity/gas/phone/sewage etc.

[@venkate5hgunda]

@@UncleChillGuitar very true. One way or another, corporate tries to cash this thing too

[@venkate5hgunda]

@@J.Cameron.Stuart.Adams. totally agree. Traditional housing market uses this as an excuse and increases the cost of normal construction. I totally forgot the carbon footprint issue. I hope atleast these new technologies are eco-friendly

[@CoolCatsLC]

I have a video on my channel called the $41,000 house. That was including the house and the land. And it's right here in the USA. Why aren't more people investing in these homes?

[@ayoitsyayo]

This could make billions on residential construction in the states, I need one of these

[@mokshaw]

this is some of the best news tech I heard

[@Mirsab]

But wasn't the world's first 3D printed building made in Dubai recently?

[@calisthenicsnoob9990]

But that kinda wall texture though....

[@Cpt.PickHard]

U can use plaster to smooth the surface out

[@helmsscotta]

Have you seen 'French Brutal'?

[@philheathslegalteam]

@@Cpt.PickHard or place wall panels.

[@actontreadway1168]

It’s fine, whatever

[@NOMAD-qp3dd]

Theoretically this tech can build more elaborate structures with fancier finishing details but it would require finer nozzles, more passes back and forth and more time. More machinery in general. There could even be robotic arms smoothing edges and surfaces as it goes and other arms installing the plumbing and wiring. The proof of concept is here, but the houses shown in this video?!? I'm curious what they look like in ten years...

[@MACQJR]

Thanks for helping other’s out first and foremost. Great job on your technologically advanced idea and equipment.

[@MrThrideye]

This awesome!! This idea 💡 is great! Especially, for those who are homeless and those of low income.

[@veganwilliamdotyfreshour3665]

Copper coil transit, hwy farm warehouse walls, perpetualmotion/ stator charging components,

[@jacks1288]

Half the cost is vague, in big cities a small house is a million, out in a more remote suburb you can get a mansion for a million

[@nomosnomosowicz7379]

I'm pretty sure they meant half the production cost.

[@vsanti83]

They're just cutting out the bricklayer for brick homes or the carpenter for timber homes. No miracles

[@christopherwoodcock2170]

Would love to use something like this to create affordable housing for college students & beginning adults. Starter homes for the working class

[@JuanLega]

Amazing. I just hope the buerocratic tape doesn't slow down the progress.

[@Chris-fo8wp]

At 4K a unit, it only takes the $3.00 a day worker, 20 years to pay for the unfurnished version, Tarps and sticks are readily available...

[@darktechfst3424]

0:21 iron bar as a foundation support so it mean the were workers make it not just 3d print with cements, so it mean why not used dry solid concrete blocks fasten the house making??? lol

[@MiniMan68]

This is great can't wait to see this advance.

[@candicosens8178]

Can't wait till their no jobs to be had.

[@lnwolf41]

Previous machines had rebar inserted at specific points in the layers. They are building in Mexico because of the lax building codes. Pretty sure they can't get a permit in a U.S. State to build. And yes they can add fibers to the mix to help with strength,and I'm sure they have some kind of plasticizer to keep it from slumping. As for cost, Corporate buys the land, depending on the speed of the machine. identical floor plan. after 2 houses you know the cost of power, water, ventilation. Pre-build sections drop them in, reduce labor cost, and material cost.

[@livinglegacy7]

Awesome!

[@enda0man]

Fill up the walls with insulation and allow spots for central A/c

[@Karibu_Zuri]

Hi. How may we bring this solution to South Africa, we have a huge housing and land crisis?

[@barnaclehead1894]

Reabetswe Matuna it may take some time, but this tech will reach all corners of the globe in time.

[@DamienskottHellfire]

Yeah.. It'll take some time and a few billion dollars

[@OU81TWO]

This won't solve your land problem.

[@er5490]

This technology is primarily for space colonization. It's much easier to send a printer that can create things instead of sending things that won't fit in the payload compartment of rockets. The development of 3D printers will change the market overall. I laud these engineers.

[@mikeoudt3216]

The technology has to get a lot better before I would want to buy one.

[@curtiscarpenter9881]

We need a construction company like this in the UK. Think. Think big.

[@falcongamer58]

Sorry to break your bubble but a community isn't a bunch of buildings grouped as a town, it's what the people inhabiting them forge with each other

[@bustedrav]

🙄

[@bustedrav]

I am assuming that they mean this will be a community, since the definition of community is a group of people sharing close proximity to each other, and or similar values, dependencies, etc. This comment is splitting hairs to an annoying level, considering all of the signs you see for "retirement community coming soon" etc. It just comes across as obtuse.

[@falcongamer58]

@1Eluzai there could be a community without a place, it's a relationship between a group of people

[@falcongamer58]

@@bustedrav my point is you can't 3d print a "community" Community isn't a printable thing

[@falcongamer58]

@1Eluzai does "3d printed community" make sense to you? Because community isn't a physical thing

[@MyFrancesRenee]

So far ICON seems to be the best since their lavacrete is smooth and neat. Some of the others have a gritty finish. I want one from ICON

[@danielh8569]

Lets keep in mind that how much California alone is spending on homelessness in just their state they could print housing for each homeless person in America 10 times over.

[@matt72986]

The issue here in California is NIMBYs...especially in the Bay Area. Constantly blocking new construction so their own property values go up.

[@OutSideTheBoxFormat]

Yea at least they'd have a roof over their head to shoot up dope.... You think just putting homeless people in homes will fix everything. There's upkeep that comes with home ownership. Do an experiment. Take your own money buy a place and put a homeless person in it and after a year tell us how that worked out for you.

[@mrsparex]

Does Walmart carry the cartridges? (just kidding) 😎

[@JourneyXProductions]

Bet those homes will still be severly overpriced and make homelessness and poor poorer.

[@工程-s1v]

I love the future of 3d printed houses I hope it can be widely used in the whole world as ssoon as possible!!!!

[@Teadon86]

Durability? Sustainability? Longevity? Isolation? Effective living space? Modularity? Future plans? Research and development? Return on investment? Cost? Answers these succinctly and investors might flock to this company.

[@Teadon86]

@Solarchos As the project is presented, effective living space seems to be for people who like to live in cramped conditions. Mostly singles, I imagine, whos list of demands on how their living space is conditioned are on the lower end of amenities and size. I imagine that this project is oriented towards students, people living on minimum wage, and minimalists in its current state. I can imagine this technique being used to create small resorts and cheap housing or amenities in national parks. Naturally, these are limits on the return on investment if there is no large purchase from a state or municipality if there's no private interest. Maybe this technique will be used in the third world, mostly Africa, but this is even worse if you're one of those investors who only care about return, which is to be expected as an investor. Regardless, this is untested technology and venture capitalists aren't too crazy to throw money without proof of concept and good finances to help them drop money on pushing this idea on the housing market. Therefore I suspect that any initial large closure will be via government contracting and not via the private market. I bet California will be the first big customer, just a hunch.

[@Teadon86]

@Sue Martino That's one wish we want to see become reality. But, it is difficult to start a project of this size without substantial bank investment. Initially, I assume, that most of the return will get slashed by repaying debt.

[@Mike-gz4xn]

Pre manufactured shipping containers are a much more feasible option, as these can be shipped and ready for plumbing, electrical, etc

[@iTuber012]

I can see a scenario where SpaceX buys this company. Perhaps that's what the founders are hoping for(a buyout exit after they prove their concept)

[@anonymousgoat3669]

That is the smartest comment I've seen im days. Seriously

[@danielwhyatt3278]

This is such an incredibly impressive feat of construction engineering. I’m really surprised we didn’t see them at NASA’s 3-D printed habitat competition. Although maybe they weren’t trying to participate at that time and focus more on just simply getting the printers to work effectively. I really hope we see more from this company in the near future. I can totally see them doing the major construction work on nonterrestrial projects.

[@Hugofreddie]

For affordable housing this is a great idea . Doesn't need to be a mansion but will be warm and safe . What more could you ask for

[@Barmaja8]

how much does the house "unit" cost ????

[@Barmaja8]

Imagine if they invest this money through hiring those people who live with one dollar a day to build these houses ,, just my though 😄

[@Mo9kh]

@@Barmaja8 i don't think anyone can be a construction worker out the gate, you would need training for them to achieve the quality you strive for...

[@mustafan.4861]

Thanks.

[@automateconstruction]

I've heard they are running into issues with the mobility of the gantry style printer which is unfortunate because it is their new model the Vulcan II. I'd really like to go see for myself. If I get the opportunity ill be sure to upload it to my channel.

[@BIMMERBOII]

I'm watching this because it wouldn't get out of my recommend

[@derion6840]

Best comment ever

[@nates386]

"Not Interested" It's a feature. Use it.

[@jamesjacob9632]

big mistake

[@tonyotag]

We need this everywhere in America, not just in the scarce parts. The only question is land and investing into efficient housing projects.

[@kev767]

Still doesn't look as effective, efficient, or accessible for plumbing and heating as a simple ICF build.

[@pbkayakyer]

Then you're not understanding the process.

[@garyw6234]

Like anything....it's what is missing, has been left laying on the editing room floor I find the most interesting. Love it how they give none of the negatives.....of which there would be noodles.....:)

[@ismailtopa3671]

Yeah because labor cost is what keeping poor people from owning a house.

[@robertortiz7853]

This is awesome! Now all they need to do is make a 2 story or dome home that could survive a hurricane or tornado.