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What’s Your Problem? Can a Robot Build Better, Cheaper Houses?

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Jason Ballard is the co-founder and CEO of ICON. Jason’s problem is this: Can you use 3-D printing to build houses that are cheaper, better and more interesting than the houses we build now?

In this episode, Jason explains: 

  • Why construction methods are so slow to change 
  • How 3D printing opens up new designs for houses
  • How building on the Moon shaped the way Icon builds on Earth
  • The challenge of scaling to printing thousands of houses 

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Jacob Goldstein

Jacob Goldstein spent more than a decade as co-host of the Planet Money podcast. He's also the author of the book Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing, which the New…