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🌟 Revolutionary Approach to Modern Homebuilding 🏠 ICON, a pioneer in construction technology, is revolutionizing the real estate landscape with the world's largest 3D-printed community in #Georgetown, Texas, just 30 miles from Austin. ICON’s journey started in 2018 when they printed their first home in #Austin. Since then, they have been working to reduce construction time, costs, and material waste. Their robotic printer streamlines the building process, replacing multiple crews with a single team and a robot, leading to faster and more efficient construction. Innovation 🌟 ICON's Vulcan printer—a colossal 45-foot-wide, 4.75-ton machine—has been crafting 100 homes in Wolf Ranch, a testament to efficiency and innovation. Visit ➡ www.iconbuild.com Explore Now. 👥  Meet the brilliant minds behind ICON 🧠 This game-changing approach is Founded By Jason Ballard ( Co-Founder & CEO ), Alexander Le Roux (Founder, CTO) and Evan Loomis (Founder), along with a brilliant team including Graeme Waitzkin (COO ). Tom vonReichbauer (CFO ), Brooke Bauguess (Vice President, Marketing & Communications ), Melodie Yashar (VP, Building Performance & Design), Robert Harmon (General Counsel), Evan Jensen(VP, Strategic R&D), Spencer Padgett (VP, Construction Operations), Michael Gauthier (Chief of Staff ),Caleb Mann(Chief of Staff, Operations). Their leadership is propelling ICON not only to new heights on Earth but also aiming for the stars—with plans to take their technology to the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis program. 🚀 ICON is not just building homes; they're shaping the future of sustainable living, one layer at a time. Read the Full Article ➡ - https://lnkd.in/gfyb5CWf Follow 👉 our page CEO Enterprise ® to stay updated on groundbreaking innovations 🔔 . . . . . #3DPrinting #Innovation #RealEstate #ConstructionTech #SustainableLiving #FutureOfHousing #ICON #WolfRanch #GenesisCollection #NASA

MISSION UPDATE: As pioneers at the intersection of terrestrial and extraterrestrial construction, SpaceFactory remains unapologetically committed to our vision. We're a bootstrapped company, free from the constraints of venture capital, focused relentlessly on our core mission: to revolutionize how we build, not just on Earth but across the solar system. Four years ago, we chose a path less traveled — a road that we knew would be challenging, but one that holds the promise of profound impact. This journey is not just about reaching Mars or building the next habitat; it’s about redefining what’s possible in construction and manufacturing with every step we take, whether it’s on the dusty plains of Mars or the soil of our home planet. To those who wonder about projects like TERA or our ventures into Mars habitats like MARSHA, know this: our commitment is unwavering. The lessons we learn and the technologies we develop for space are powering innovations on Earth. Each setback is a step forward, teaching us more about sustainable, cost-effective construction techniques that benefit not just future spacefarers, but all of humanity. In the coming days and weeks, we’ll be sharing several major announcements about our next steps, including groundbreaking partnerships and innovations that continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible. Stay tuned, join the conversation, and be part of this incredible journey. The future is what we make it, and at SpaceFactory, we’re building it—one layer at a time. #SpaceFactory #MissionUpdate #BuildingTheFuture #Space #Robotics #3dprinting #AdditiveManufacturing

Did you know that the BUILDSPACE project will develop a platform providing five services? BUILDSPACE aims to build an interoperable platform that offers added value services at building and city scale, including EGNSS-based applications for building construction, monitoring and renovation and Copernicus-data driven services for energy performance at city-level for analysis, forecast resilience to climate change. BUILDSPACE will offer the following services to different building stakeholders and will provide analysis and decision support services for sustainable development and energy retrofitting in buildings at building and city scale: 🌟 Service 1. Digital Twin Generation and visualization with VR and Ar interfaces 🌟 Service 2. Digital Twins enrichment by combining UAV, thermography and SLAM approaches 🌟 Service 3. Building Environment Climate Scenarios for energy supply and demand forecast 🌟 Service 4. Urban Heat Analysis and Resilience with socio-economic and demography data 🌟 Service 5. Urban Flood Resilience for renovation and blue green infrastructure design BUILDSPACE is an exciting project that aims to revolutionize the way we understand and develop our urban environments. By bringing together data from buildings, drones, and satellites, we can unlock incredible possibilities. But we need your participation to make it happen! Check the website to know more👉 https://lnkd.in/eH8kVzxh Let's come together and shape a future where our buildings and cities are smarter, greener, and more resilient! 🌆🌱 SPACE HELLAS S.A. SingularLogic DSS Lab, EPU-NTUA CARTIF Universidad Politécnica de Madrid European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts nazka mapps Mobics S.A. alda* - European Association for Local Democracy Mostostal Warszawa S.A. Municipality of Piraeus IMZI Blue-green Infrastructure Institute Riga Planning Region University of Cambridge #BUILDSPACEProject #HorizonEU #SustainabilityofCities

World's Largest 3D-Printed Neighborhood Nears Completion in Texas: ICON, a construction technology company, is nearing completion of 100 3D-printed homes in Wolf Ranch, Texas, using a massive robotic printer. The 45-foot-wide, 4.75-ton Vulcan printer began constructing the walls of what ICON claims is the world's largest 3D-printed community in November 2022. The printer extrudes a concrete mixture layer by layer, creating corduroy-textured walls. ICON senior project manager Conner Jenkins told Reuters the process is faster and more efficient than traditional construction, requiring fewer workers and reducing material waste. The single-story homes, priced between $450,000 and $600,000, feature concrete walls resistant to water, mold, termites, and extreme weather. However, homeowners reported weak wireless signals due to the thick walls, necessitating mesh internet routers. ICON, which printed its first home in Austin in 2018, is also developing lunar construction systems for NASA's Artemis program. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

World's Largest 3D-Printed Neighborhood Nears Completion in Texas: ICON, a construction technology company, is nearing completion of 100 3D-printed homes in Wolf Ranch, Texas, using a massive robotic printer. The 45-foot-wide, 4.75-ton Vulcan printer began constructing the walls of what ICON claims is the world's largest 3D-printed community in November 2022. The printer extrudes a concrete mixture layer by layer, creating corduroy-textured walls. ICON senior project manager Conner Jenkins told Reuters the process is faster and more efficient than traditional construction, requiring fewer workers and reducing material waste. The single-story homes, priced between $450,000 and $600,000, feature concrete walls resistant to water, mold, termites, and extreme weather. However, homeowners reported weak wireless signals due to the thick walls, necessitating mesh internet routers. ICON, which printed its first home in Austin in 2018, is also developing lunar construction systems for NASA's Artemis program. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

World's Largest 3D-Printed Neighborhood Nears Completion in Texas: ICON, a construction technology company, is nearing completion of 100 3D-printed homes in Wolf Ranch, Texas, using a massive robotic printer. The 45-foot-wide, 4.75-ton Vulcan printer began constructing the walls of what ICON claims is the world's largest 3D-printed community in November 2022. The printer extrudes a concrete mixture layer by layer, creating corduroy-textured walls. ICON senior project manager Conner Jenkins told Reuters the process is faster and more efficient than traditional construction, requiring fewer workers and reducing material waste. The single-story homes, priced between $450,000 and $600,000, feature concrete walls resistant to water, mold, termites, and extreme weather. However, homeowners reported weak wireless signals due to the thick walls, necessitating mesh internet routers. ICON, which printed its first home in Austin in 2018, is also developing lunar construction systems for NASA's Artemis program. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

“A sky scraper went into space, returned to earth, and parallel parked” - Sylvia Smith I don’t know why I find this quote so powerful, but as a summary to the Super Heavy catch, it perfectly captures the event, and the sentiment behind two of my all time favourite quotes related to innovation. The well known “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” -Arthur C Clarke The less known “The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it” -Mark Weiser There are seldom few events that bring together wide swathes of the global population outside of live sports, but these moments are strangely unifying. They demand attention and set collective benchmarks that we just don’t get in the age of the attention economy. Today mechazilla has captured the imagination of the scientific, design and engineering community as well as the general public. Tomorrow, (as counterintuitive as this sounds) we should welcome the point where we become complacent to this level of complexity and a time when these landings are no longer regarded as ‘events’. As technologies ‘weave themselves into the fabric of everyday’ life…..that is the greatest stamp of approval. I’m a life long card carrying geek so I’ll happily watch as innovations indistinguishable from magic become as pedestrian as parallel parking over the course of years rather than generations. It typically indicates progress and an entire wave of unforeseen second order benefits. #spaceX #design #engineering #technology #innovation #starlink

🌌 In an exciting leap for space technology, TWI Ltd. joins forces with ThinkOrbital Inc. to develop an electron beam system designed for autonomous welding in space. This partnership combines TWI's deep-rooted expertise in material joining with ThinkOrbital's visionary approach to cost-efficient space structures through ThinkPlatforms. This collaboration highlights the expertise of TWI's Cambridge electron beam team and sets a new benchmark for space exploration and manufacturing. Prepare for a future where space station assembly, satellite servicing, and space tourism are more accessible than ever. 🔗 Read the full article here: https://buff.ly/4bKFcpx #SpaceExploration #EngineeringInnovation #FutureOfSpace #TWI #ThinkOrbital #OnestopNDT #NDTNews

It's only 1 week to go until NATIONAL MANUFACTURING DAY!! We will once again be opening our doors and showing school students how our products are made. This year the theme will be SPACE in relation to the growing Space Sector in the UK and the work that Acres does to support the Space Industry. #NationalManufacturingDay #NMD24 #MakeUK #Manufacturing #Engineering #SpaceIndustry #Space #CSR #ESG #FutureEngineers

"One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive one."  - Ralph Waldo Emerson "Ultra-rapid, AI-assisted, automated digital engineering and digital modeling, assembly, and environmental test of a payload tailored (custom) ESPA-class satellite in 10 months or less". This satellite won’t be designed by humans. It will be designed by our machine. MERCURY. People say #space is hard. It’s not so hard as it is unforgiving. We believe humans should be leveraging intelligent machines to achieve extraordinary outcomes. We're proud to partner with the University of California, Davis on this #novel effort to deliver the first AI designed #ESPA class satellite in history. Follow us at Proteus Space, Inc. and join our journey. We’ll be posting monthly and demonstrating radical #speed with AI & machine driven - design, assembly, integration and test. Including the speed bumps. #THEFUTUREISFASTER Shout out to the believers: Moonshots Capital Lavrock Ventures Academy Investor Network The Veteran Fund Mana Ventures Capital Factory Industrious Ventures Craig Cummings Kelly Perdew Steve Smoot Daniel Bock Mike Sherbakov Ryan Micheletti Sherman Williams II Emily McMahan James Geurts Kim Crider Thomas Cooley Douglas Dreyer Joseph Frankino John Gass Tom Lash Andrew Shapiro Terry Gdoutos Richard Otis Natasha Waldorf Elliot Fayman Artemis Xu Matt Kozlov David Kervin Chelsea Hildebrandt @Dash Jamieson @Dr. Stephen Robinson #SpaceInnovation  #AI  #SatelliteDesign  #DigitalEngineering  #Autonomy  #AIAutomation #SatelliteInnovation #SpaceTech #UltraRapidDevelopment #AIinSpace #MachineLearning #AutomatedDesign #SpaceEngineering #FutureOfSpace #SPEED #AIEngineering #satellite #thefutureisfaster