Showing posts with label castles made of sand. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Printing Castles Made of Sand Literally [Video]

D_Shape project, which takes sand and turns it into, well, whatever you can put together with CAD.

Its perfect for delicate curves and other hard-to-fabricate pieces, but the reliance on sand, which leads to a marble-like material, also makes it an ideal tool for building on, say, the moon.

Source:
http://www.motherboard.tv/2010/4/20/watch-printed-buildings-could-mean-life-size-sandcastles-on-the-moon