大象传媒

From a Dutch project aiming to 3D print an entire house to a planned high-speed train in China that will be propelled (at least this is the idea) through a vacuum tube. Can such technological wizardry really be achieved? Will the house leak? And in the wake of all the robots now being used to make these things happen, where will it leave us poor human beings?

We hear reports from the 3D project in The Netherlands, from the 大象传媒's correspondent in Beijing, and from two experts in future-gazing: the US economist and robot investor, Pippa Malmgren, and entrepreneur and author, Andrew Keen. In the face of new robotic technology, will humans be needed to make anything at all in a few decades from now?

(Photo: Artist's impression of 3D Print Canal House, Credit: DUS Architects)