As blogged on ProactiveInvestors.com, New York’s GrapheneCA says mobile 3D printers capable of locally making graphene will ‘greatly simplify’ building houses in remote disaster areas and islands.

The video shows a robot arm squeezing out layers of concrete over and over again. As the layers build up and the outline of a structure emerges, it becomes clear that the robot is building a house with mercurial speed. The video, made by San Francisco-based Apis Cor outside Moscow, went viral. With reason, the robot put up a house for $10,000 in a day.

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The video was viewed 75 million times, a sign of the excitement created when a revolutionary technology, in this case 3D printing, meets construction. Printable buildings now represent the latest wave in construction and competition is heating up in the space.

“3D printing will allow architects and builders to dream up extraordinary edifices that would be difficult and expensive to build using traditional methods,” Brooklyn architect James Sheldon told Proactive Investors.

After unveiling the world’s first 3D printed building three years ago, Dubai now wants a fourth of its buildings to be printed in the next seven years. Use of 3D printing technology in the construction of Dubai’s “Office of the Future,” as the building is known, helped cut labor costs by half and allowed for much faster construction time, according to the Dubai Future Foundation.

The move is part of Dubai’s ambitious strategy to become the world’s 3D-printing hub by 2030.

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