Jason Ballard took the stage at Dell Hall, a 2,440-seat auditorium in Austin, and for a second seemed intimidated by the crowd. “Howdy!” he said, wearing a big white cowboy hat and dark jeans. “I ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Icon co-founder and CEO Jason Ballard teases several large ...

Jason Ballard, CEO and co-founder of Austin-based construction startup Icon, envisions a future where the homebuilding process, powered by robots and artificial intelligence, could cost half of what ...

Within a decade, a startup known for building cheap 3D-printed houses on Earth is hoping to bring the materials cost for building structures on the lunar surface down to zero. Austin-based ICON said ...

The company is partnering with NASA under a $57.2 million contract to develop construction systems that use lunar soil to print infrastructure on the moon.

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For those of us who still equate the word “printer” with a dusty inkjet contraption used to print your homework, the concept of printing a 4,000-square-foot house may be out of this universe. And soon ...

Leading 3D-printing firm Icon has revealed plans to create an ambitious new 3D-printed community for homeless people in Texas. The project will provide 100 safe and comfortable residences to those who ...

Construction-tech startup Icon is 3D printing a hotel and a collection of homes in West Texas. The project would triple the acreage of the Marfa, Texas, hotel and campground El Cosmico. The property ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Oct. 8, 2023. The original video can be viewed here. There was a time when futurists were predicting that the advent of 3D printing was going ...