Mighty Buildings can crank out the structure of a 350-square-foot studio in 24 hours. This version of the Mighty Studio starts at $159,000 Even when Extreme Home Makeover was still on the air, building most of a house in a single day wasn’t feasible. California-based Mighty Buildings, however, has developed a proprietary 3D-printing technology and material that will let it create the entire shell of a 350-square-foot home in roughly 24 hours.

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The secret ingredient in Mighty’s process is a proprietary synthetic substance called Light Stone Material that hardens when it’s exposed to UV light. It’s strong enough to support its own weight when printing horizontal lines, which simplifies the process of printing solid structures out of it. The company is planning different designs for its structures, but for now it’s offering shells with a curved wall as an attractive design element, but also in part to show […]

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