{"id":694723,"date":"2010-03-18T01:39:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T05:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/d-shape-3d-printer-prints-entire-buildings-from-sand-and-rock\/"},"modified":"2010-03-18T01:39:48","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T05:39:48","slug":"d-shape-3d-printer-prints-entire-buildings-from-sand-and-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/694723","title":{"rendered":"D-shape 3D printer prints entire buildings from sand and rock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/03\/18\/3-d-printer_1_pqWcJ_69.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"3 d printer_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Prototype printer creates buildings from natural materials. <\/p>\n<p>Designer Enrico Dini has created a prototype D-Shape printer that can create buildings made of stone and eventually moon dust as well. The process that initially sounds like science fiction starts with a thin layer of sand. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/1579263\/3-d-printing-whole-buildings-in-stonein-space-this-printer-rocks?partner=design_newsletter\">printer<\/a> then sprays the sand with magnesium-based glue from hundreds of nozzles that binds the sand into rock.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/03\/18\/3-d-printer_2_eedLL_69.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"3 d printer_2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This rock is then built up layer by layer into any desired shape. The designers is also talking with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sns.it\/en\/\">La Scuola Normale Superiore<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alta-space.com\/\">Alta Space<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fosterandpartners.com\/Practice\/Default.aspx\">Norman Foster<\/a> to design a printer that could be used to build an almost-instant moonbase using moon dust. On earth, the printer can be used to make building four times faster than conventional construction and costs one-third to one-half the price of Portland cement, without creating much waste.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/03\/18\/3-d-printer_3_lZThf_69.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"3 d printer_3\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/03\/18\/3-d-printer_4_r6xeZ_69.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"3 d printer_4\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inhabitat.com\/2010\/03\/17\/3-d-printer-creates-entire-buildings-from-solid-rock\/\">Inhabitat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Prototype printer creates buildings from natural materials. Designer Enrico Dini has created a prototype D-Shape printer that can create buildings made of stone and eventually moon dust as well. The process that initially sounds like science fiction starts with a thin layer of sand. The printer then sprays the sand with magnesium-based glue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":421,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-694723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2UJd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/421"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}