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Single string pull turns flat designs into 3D structures for modular space habitats

When a user pulls the string, the structure moves smoothly into its final 3D form. If the user releases the string, the ...
Bdcnetwork.com

Five award-winning modular innovations

The word “modular” may conjure images of job-site trailers and portable classrooms. But permanent modular construction is a different animal, one that has benefited considerably from the integration ...
CONTRACTOR

From 3D Printing to Prefab Homes: Building Codes as a Catalyst for Affordable Housing

ICC’s Ryan Colker explains how thoughtful code development and evaluation processes are paving the way for safe, scalable adoption of next-generation building technologies. ICC's Ryan Colker speaks at ...
Science Daily

Forget 3D printing—DNA and water now build tiny machines that assemble themselves

Imagine if you could "print" a tiny skyscraper using DNA instead of steel. That’s what researchers at Columbia and Brookhaven are doing—constructing intricate 3D nanostructures by harnessing the ...
Forbes

Building 3D-Printed + Mass Manufactured Homes Is 50% Faster, Produces 99% Less Waste, And Can Be 80% Automated

The world needs two billion new homes in the next 80 years, the World Economic Forum said in 2018. The United States needs 3.8 million additional new homes just to meet existing consumer demand, ...
U.S. News & World Report

Modular Building Startup Boxabl to List on Nasdaq in $3.5 Billion SPAC Deal

(Reuters) -Modular building startup Boxabl will go public in the U.S. through a $3.5 billion merger with special purpose acquisition company FG Merger II, the companies said on Tuesday. Modular ...
CONTRACTOR

What’s Going On with Modular Construction?

For decades, modular construction has been touted as the next “revolutionary” wave of construction. Instead of putting together structures on a jobsite, where workers are subject to the vagaries of ...