Shanghai-based 3D printing company WinSun is marketing printed, while-you-wait isolation pods for people diagnosed with Covid-19.
Each 10 sq m “isolation house” can be printed in two hours.
One printing machine can produce 15 rooms a day, and they cost about $4,000 apiece, Winsun chairman Ma Yihe said.
Example pods have been sent to hospitals in Xianning City and Huangshi City, both in Hubei Province.
“We use recyclable materials including sand and construction residue. It is very environmentally friendly,” Ma said.
“When it comes to safety, the structures are at least twice as strong as concrete construction.”
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