TX: 3D printing reaches new heights with two-story home

Started by rcjordan, January 14, 2023, 03:20:13 PM

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ergophobe

Ho hum. Printing homes. Does anyone really care? To get me excited about a new technology, I need something whizzbang. Something incredible. Something that is absolutely and fundamentally useful to my daily life.

3D printing has finally reached that essential stage with this benchmark breakthrough.

Researchers 3D printed this cheesecake
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/world/3d-printed-food-cheesecake-scn/index.html

"Replicator, make me some cheesecacke."

Okay, now you have my attention.

ergophobe

Relativity Space says their Terran 1 rocket is the world's largest 3D printed object to exist and attempt orbital flight. But, their recent launch didn't reach orbit.
https://weather.com/science/space/video/rocket-made-almost-entirely-of-3d-printed-components-launches-fails-minutes-0