I'd be leary of what's in the "ink". China does not have a good record with poisons in new goods much less in recycled waste.
The real advance is the 3D CAD control of the concrete pouring machine - these machines already exist. Other than that, this is not significantly advanced from what H. B. Zachry did in 1967 to build a hotel for Hemisfair '68 <http://www.modular.org/htmlPage.aspx?HtmlPageId=400>. Of course, in 1967 there was no 3D CAD. Ray Parks Consilient Heuristician/IDART Program Manager V: 505-844-4024 M: 505-238-9359 P: 505-951-6084 NIPR: rcpa...@sandia.gov<mailto:rcpa...@sandia.gov> SIPR: rcpar...@sandia.doe.sgov.gov<mailto:rcpar...@sandia.doe.sgov.gov> (send NIPR reminder) JWICS: dopa...@doe.ic.gov<mailto:dopa...@doe.ic.gov> (send NIPR reminder) On Jan 19, 2015, at 9:36 AM, Steve Smith wrote: the stakes just raised a bit! http://3dprint.com/38144/3d-printed-apartment-building/ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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