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Sina Technology News Beijing time on March 13 morning news, for homeless people, cheap houses are very important. A company called ICON Ventures reduced the construction cost of the house by 3D printing.

At the SXSW conference in the US on Sunday, ICON, a Texas-based startup, disclosed a plan to print a 650-square-foot (about 60 square meters) house on a 3D printer. At the beginning of the year, there was a media introduction to ICON's idea that a 3D printed house was built of cement and needed to be printed in a day with a large 3D robot. In short, the cost of the house is only $10,000. ICON hopes to eventually reduce the cost to $4,000.

With around 1.2 billion people in the world housing problems, ICON's goal is to bring cheap housing to them. ICON will start with El Salvador first, and in 2019 it plans to build 100 such houses there. This kind of housing will be provided to more countries in the future.

If you want to print a home with a 3D printer, ICON first makes a design, then enters the image into a computer, telling the big printer how to print the cement and where it is placed. According to reports, ICON prints a maximum floor area of ​​800 square feet (about 74 square meters). The first house ICON printed has a living room, a bedroom, a bathroom, and a hallway.

Many industry experts believe that 3D printing technology is changing the way products are produced and will continue to play a bigger role in the future. Printers can print on a variety of materials, such as food, cement, and other materials.

At home, we can print toys with a small 3D printer. In the medical field, 3D printers can print cheap prostheses. In terms of housing, there may be more cheap housing due to lower construction costs.