At a TED talk in Ojai, Calif., Behrokh Khoshnevis, the director of the Manufacturing Engineering Graduate Program at the University of Southern California, said nearly 1 billion people in the world don’t have access to adequate shelter, a situation that breeds poverty, disease, illiteracy, crime and overpopulation. To address the situation, Khoshnevis is developing a process known as Contour Crafting to use 3D printing technology to build entire houses.
Khoshnevis said that the giant 3D printers his team is developing can build a 2,500 square foot house in as little as 20 hours. The Contour Crafting 3D printers could even do the electrical work, plumbing, finish work, tiling and painting.
via International Business Times
