"The Leap - Branch Technology" - 3D printing meets architecture

In Chattanooga, entrepreneurship and technology go hand in hand. In our third installment of The Leap, which explores the challenges and successes of startups in our community, our host James Chapman talks with the team at Branch Technology, a company who is changing the way that we build by asking the question: "What if you could build like nature?"
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[@arcaetype]

Really appreciated this insight. I really like James Chapman as a host.

[@deumbenediciteetinternet5003]

I love how the print fails at 7:20
I am a huge fan of 3dprinting, but to build everything out of even more plastic and foam is not a solution in my opinion

[@mmerryweather6950]

If the list of projects on their website is any indicator, consumers seem to agree with your sentiment

[@peterbelanger4094]

What are you worried about the climate or something? Go live in a mud hut and reject all technology if that's how you feel, greenie.

[@peterbelanger4094]

A wide range of materials can be used in 3D printing. They are always finding new ones. learn some chemistry.

[@CUBETechie]

So you can also use a mig welder?

[@yonkod2627]

love this idea; I'm late to the party,. My only problem is plastic being flamable. or did you figure that problem already?

[@peterbelanger4094]

So is wood. With a little chemistry, fire can be prevented. 3D printing can use a wide range of materials.

[@kolovskydmitry]

Мне кажется, за основу была взята 3D ручка.

[@howardlinn314]

Так и есть, создатель говорит об этом на 1:51, опытный образец он сделал 3д ручкой.

[@steppeez]

а мне кажется, что ещё есть & такая принципиальная технолгическая возможность: - прямо на месте строительства запустить в каркас термо-механических пауков с биметаллическими лапками (которые нагреваются сфокусированными пучкам лазерного излучения и охлаждаются потоками холодного воздуха), & чтоб такие (блестящие)пауки лазали в каркасе, отражали зеркальцами пучки лазерного излучения и опутывали каркас термо-клейкими композитными нитками (с любым натяжением намотанной композитной арматуры каркаса после охлаждения)

[@skullwidget6958]

Sry but I don't see the benefit in this because the PLA and the spray fome is not eco-friendly and the free forme building still needs a free forme casing to keep the concrete and spray fome in shape first. And the benefit of steel is that it expands and shrinks kind of the same as concrete. (I'm actually pro wood construction

[@surveysays8335]

PLA isn't the only thing you can 3d print with. Also the PLA is many times stronger than wood, so it's certainly worth exploring.

[@peterbelanger4094]

That's not PLA they are printing with, he said carbon fiber, which is most often mixed with nylon.
But the list of materials we can print with expands all the time.

[@Ureallydontknow]

all those links in the description but not one link to branch technology. super lame. all you did was hold a camera.