The growing use of 3D printing in construction has architects and engineers exploring new building materials, most commonly mixtures of cement, sand, and plastic-polymers. Dutch firm Dus Architects last summer printed an 86-square-foot cabin in Amsterdam out of recyclable bioplastic. Branch Technologies, founded in 2014 by architect Platt Boyd, has received $750,000 from the US National Science Foundation to try a variety of new building materials for additive manufacturing, including plastic polymers reinforced with carbon fibre and glass, as well as some biopolymers. In addition to its own editorials, USA TODAY publishes diverse opinions from outside writers, including our Board of Contributors.http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-says-nfls-anthem@@
The growing use of 3D printing in construction has architects and engineers exploring new building materials, most commonly mixtures of cement, sand, and plastic-polymers. Dutch firm Dus Architects last summer printed an 86-square-foot cabin in Amsterdam out of recyclable bioplastic. Branch Technologies, founded in 2014 by architect Platt Boyd, has received $750,000 from the US National Science Foundation to try a variety of new building materials for additive manufacturing, including plastic polymers reinforced with carbon fibre and glass, as well as some biopolymers. In December, Branch built a 100 ft by 200 ft lattice-like pavilion for Art Basel in Miami, which was 3D-printed using biodegradable bamboo filament.