
Dough - The Future of Housebuilding
Could your future home be built by a robot bricklayer? Greg Foot examines the rise of future wonder products.
Could your future home be built by a robot bricklayer?
Greg Foot, host of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 show 'Sliced Bread', now brings you 'Dough'.
Each episode explores future wonder products that might rise to success and redefine our lives.
Experts and entrepreneurs discuss the trends shaping what today's everyday technology may look like tomorrow, before a leading futurist offers their predictions on what life might be like within five, ten and fifty years.
This episode examines the future of UK housebuilding.
Will new homes be cheaper to run and built to a higher standard?
What potential do robots have to build quality homes quickly and cheaply?
Could building homes with bricks become a thing of the past?
Might 3D printing homes with concrete be a realistic alternative?
And will factories play a bigger part in meeting the demand for new housing?
Alongside Greg is the futurist Tom Cheesewright and expert guests including Prof. Richard Fitton, Professor of Building Performance at the University of Salford and Salar al Khafaji, the CEO and founder of Monumental which builds autonomous on-site construction robots.
Produced by Jon Douglas. Dough is a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Audio North Production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds.
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Greg Foot explores the future wonder products that might rise to success in Dough.