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Appears to be entirely hypothetical at this stage, but it’s an interesting idea: use a standard shipping container, of which the countryside is liberally littered, as the frame of a large 3D printer. Appears to be big enough to print a small car.

By building them out of shipping containers, a lot of manufacturing cost would be saved, as well as making them instantly easily shippable.

Mille 3D Printer Unveiled – Turns Shipping Containers into Large 3D Printers, Shredders & Extruders

 Posted by at 11:30 pm