Pre-fab is the future. It's turning a luxury into a commodity: good design.

It'll also make it easier to automate the construction process.

I was talking to an apartment developer at Ignite Boston who said that the Chinese are about the trounce all construction companies in the US because they actually have process-ized and optimized their methods. This is what allows them to build manufacturing cities so quickly.

As the industry gets globalized, US companies will experience what the "big 3" automakers felt with the Japanese.

The winner in a post-processized construction market will be the good designers.

Looks like a very elegant product.

As with anything solar-powered,MCube's success will be based on how its pricing compares to the current average home, not other MCube like homes. Government subsidies are helping solar electricity generators to narrow that gap with conventional utility companies on a cost / watt basis.

I believe a policy decision like that will be necessary for MCube's mass adoption.

Comments on the site have good points - though a neat design, the house really wouldn't work in say, Boston, or even WashDC.

That's great. I'd like to see one made livable on $100/square feet though.

No screens?

looks cool to me!