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Company Hopes to 3D-Print Tiny Homes

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New technology is providing the potential for seemingly impossible ventures to take place. According to digital trends, an Austin-based startup is trying to provide people around the world safe and affordable homes all built on a 3D printer.The company is called Icon and it has recently unveiled a showcase tiny home. the home was built in partnership with a local nonprofit called New Story. New Story has the capability to build a fully outfitted 350-square-foot home, on site, for a fraction of typical construction costs. New Story's mission is to research and design breakthroughs for the housing sector, and the prototype they created with Icon the first fully permitted 3D-printed home in the country.

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