From My Side of the Bar: 2014

The printer is the brainchild of Dr. Behrokh Khoshnevis from the University of Southern California. Two tracks guide the Contour Crafting device along as it extrudes cement along a programmed floor plan.

It is hoped that the device will be used to provide low-cost shelter for the estimated 1 billion people living in substandard housing around the globe. It could also be used to quickly restore housing to those lost in natural disasters, such as those displaced by the hurricane in the Philippines late last year.

There is a bit of concern among some that it would steal jobs from millions of construction workers. Dr. Khoshnevis states that humans will still need to be involved in maintaining the machinery and finishing the homes; the Contour Crafting machine simply eliminates the most dangerous aspects of the occupation.

As a bit of added flair, each house can be designed differently, easily adding decorative architectural touches without any additional effort.

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Image via: Contour Crafting

Via: ScienceAlert

A suspect in a knife incident was arrested in Regina when he was waylaid by a bag of chips.

Regina police were called around 5 a.m. Friday to the 2100 block of Broad Street by a caller who reported he had been chased in the parking lot of a business by someone carrying a knife.

The victim ran into the business to call police.

When officers arrived and viewed video surveillance, they identified a suspect on the footage. As the officers were leaving the business, they spotted the suspect in line at the store to buy a bag of chips.

The suspect was promptly arrested.

An 18-year-old man is facing charges of carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a weapon dangerous to the public, and assault with a weapon.
http://www.leaderpost.com/news/Munchie+craving+stalls+suspect+long+enough+Regina+police/9752612/story.html