Wasp-inspired setup 3D-prints complete homes for $1,000 - eviltoast
  • VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.vg
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    2 months ago

    These are gadget huts. It’s made of techno-hopium material.

    They’ll want money to do this in some poor rural area in a place where they can hardly name the native language. They think this will help poor people, but ignore the part where humans have always built shelters. If they fail to transfer the technology and know-how, then this technology is, over time, totally useless. And they will fail because such tech is usually patented and protected by IP laws.

    If they try to sell this in the richer parts of the World, all they will do is make the environment and climate worse by promoting more suburban sprawl.

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      2 months ago

      Yep. The cheaper and easier solution to extreme housing issues is a few pallets of bricks and some mortar. This company is on a marketing campaign to try to get people in rich countries to get excited about buzzwords so they can get funding.

    • mindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 months ago

      The ones in Texas are built of a “high performance polymer concrete”, so probably including cement and contributing to climate change. They appear to be single storey as well.