The world's first 3D printed community is officially underway thanks to this industrial-sized soft-serve machine I'm just kidding you do not want to eat that meat the Vulcan to this 3D printer was made by a company called icon it weighs nearly two tons and can turn out an entire house in just 24 hours of print time

I wanted to learn more about this machine and what it could mean for the global housing crisis so I spoke with icon's co-founder and chief technology officer Alex LaRue. We've been able to do is create something that you just set up once on a foundation you have you know 2 or Magnus system this is our material delivery system that we've built in-house and then you're off to the races three people can operate the magma and the Vulcan so three people in total from both machines and then you're printing a house

We saw the Vulcan one earlier this year in Austin Texas where it printed the world's first 3D printed home to be awarded a construction permit. The Vulcan two features some significant upgrades including an app for tablet-based controls more reliable consistent and speedy printing as well as a secret concrete-based mix called lava creek. Well, you've seen concrete made and mix poured into a form it's doing what it likes to do it likes to just flow but we are asking concrete to do is quite different or ask them concrete to flow a little bit through a house also stand off

Once we've extruded it and getting that to happen every single time is a massive technological challenge that we have so far addressed pretty dang well. My name is Stella, some room for improvement to prove the usefulness of this new technology and bring it to the people who need it the most. Icon partnered with a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global homelessness called New Story together the companies began construction of the world's first 3D printed community in Mexico so far two houses have already been printed at top foundations with finishing by workers from a local nonprofit called HLA.

This Mexican project was as difficult in the project as you can possibly imagine it's a seismic sound it's extremely remote power cuts out from time to time there are safety concerns you know in this part of Mexico it was just not very safe sometimes you put all that together and it's just like an enormous challenge not just from a technology perspective just operationally. Icon says they're planning to 3D print a total of 50 houses in Mexico with the Vulcan.

The community is designed for people living on an average income of less than three dollars a day and residents are set to start moving into their new homes sometime next year if you're like me you might be wondering when you will be able to buy yourself a 3D printer at home and how much that might cost but icon isn't ready to release all that information quite yet.

The big goal is downloading and printing a house in 24 hours for half the cost, 50 percent that is kind of the overarching goal here at Icon we're not quite there yet we're making steady progress towards that goal beyond the obvious terrestrial need for more affordable housing. Icon is also one of a handful of companies currently in talks with NASA about potentially designing 3D printers to build structures on the Moon and Mars have you seen any emerging technology you'd like to see featured on what the future let us know down in the comments as always thanks so much for watching I'm your host Jesse Aurel see you in 2020 with the family

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthe world's first 3d printed community is officially underway thanks to this industrial-sized soft-serve machine I'm just kidding you do not want to eat that meat the Vulcan to this 3d printer was made by a company called icon it weighs nearly two tons and can turn out an entire house in just 24 hours of print time I wanted to learn more about this machine and what it could mean for the global housing crisis so I spoke with icons co-founder and chief technology officer Alex LaRue we've been able to do is create something that you just set up once on a foundation you have you know 2 or Magnus system this is our material delivery system that we've built in-house and then you're off to the races three people can operate the magma and the Vulcan so three people in total from both machines and then you're printing a house we saw the Vulcan one earlier this year in Austin Texas where it printed the world's first 3d printed home to be awarded a construction permit the Vulcan two features some significant upgrades including an app for tablet based controls more reliable consistent and speedy printing as well as a secret concrete based mix called lava Creek well you've seen concrete made and mix poured into a form it's doing what it likes to do it likes to just flow but we are asking concrete to do is quite different or ask them concrete to flow a little bit through a house also stand off all right once we've extruded it and getting that to happen every single time is a massive technological challenge that we have so far addressed pretty dang well my name is Stella some room for improvement to prove the usefulness of this new technology and bring it to the people who need it the most icon partnered with a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global homelessness called new story together the companies began construction of the world's first 3d printed community in Mexico so far two houses have already been printed at top foundations with finishing by workers from a local nonprofit called HLA this Mexican project was as difficult in the project as you can possibly imagine it's a seismic sound it's extremely remote power cuts out from time to time there are safety concerns you know in this part of Mexico it was just not very safe sometimes you put all that together and it's just like an enormous challenge not just from a technology perspective just operationally Icahn says they're planning to 3d print a total of 50 houses in Mexico with the Vulcan to the community is designed for people living on an average income of less than three dollars a day and residents are set to start moving into their new homes sometime next year if you're like me you might be wondering when you will be able to buy yourself a 3d print at home and how much that might cost but icon isn't ready to release all that information quite yet the big goal is downloading and printing home in 24 hours for half the cost 50% that is kind of the overarching goal here at ICON we're not quite there yet we're making steady progress towards that goal beyond the obvious terrestrial need for more affordable housing Icahn is also one of a handful of companies currently in talks with NASA about potentially designing 3d printers to build structures on the Moon and Mars have you seen any emerging technology you'd like to see featured on what the future let us know down in the comments as always thanks so much for watching I'm your host Jesse Aurel see you in 2020 with the familythe world's first 3d printed community is officially underway thanks to this industrial-sized soft-serve machine I'm just kidding you do not want to eat that meat the Vulcan to this 3d printer was made by a company called icon it weighs nearly two tons and can turn out an entire house in just 24 hours of print time I wanted to learn more about this machine and what it could mean for the global housing crisis so I spoke with icons co-founder and chief technology officer Alex LaRue we've been able to do is create something that you just set up once on a foundation you have you know 2 or Magnus system this is our material delivery system that we've built in-house and then you're off to the races three people can operate the magma and the Vulcan so three people in total from both machines and then you're printing a house we saw the Vulcan one earlier this year in Austin Texas where it printed the world's first 3d printed home to be awarded a construction permit the Vulcan two features some significant upgrades including an app for tablet based controls more reliable consistent and speedy printing as well as a secret concrete based mix called lava Creek well you've seen concrete made and mix poured into a form it's doing what it likes to do it likes to just flow but we are asking concrete to do is quite different or ask them concrete to flow a little bit through a house also stand off all right once we've extruded it and getting that to happen every single time is a massive technological challenge that we have so far addressed pretty dang well my name is Stella some room for improvement to prove the usefulness of this new technology and bring it to the people who need it the most icon partnered with a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global homelessness called new story together the companies began construction of the world's first 3d printed community in Mexico so far two houses have already been printed at top foundations with finishing by workers from a local nonprofit called HLA this Mexican project was as difficult in the project as you can possibly imagine it's a seismic sound it's extremely remote power cuts out from time to time there are safety concerns you know in this part of Mexico it was just not very safe sometimes you put all that together and it's just like an enormous challenge not just from a technology perspective just operationally Icahn says they're planning to 3d print a total of 50 houses in Mexico with the Vulcan to the community is designed for people living on an average income of less than three dollars a day and residents are set to start moving into their new homes sometime next year if you're like me you might be wondering when you will be able to buy yourself a 3d print at home and how much that might cost but icon isn't ready to release all that information quite yet the big goal is downloading and printing home in 24 hours for half the cost 50% that is kind of the overarching goal here at ICON we're not quite there yet we're making steady progress towards that goal beyond the obvious terrestrial need for more affordable housing Icahn is also one of a handful of companies currently in talks with NASA about potentially designing 3d printers to build structures on the Moon and Mars have you seen any emerging technology you'd like to see featured on what the future let us know down in the comments as always thanks so much for watching I'm your host Jesse Aurel see you in 2020 with the 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