"press here" is sponsored in part by barracuda network. citi national bank providing loans and lines of credit to help northern california businesses well. this week a paradigm shift in high end home building. build the house in the factory and put it together on site. a long time silicon valley entrepreneur worries about science in the hands of politicians and biomesh may know more about printers than anyone in the world on the future of 3 d printing. our reporters christina farr and

"new york times" quinton harvey this week on "press here." good morning everyone. i want to show you some pictures of homes. they are something you see out of sunset magazine, very modern, very open, very elegant homes. this model costs 1.3 million. four bedrooms, three baths. the catch here is these homes are premanufactured. they are not double wide but are made off site and trucked in. they are made by a company called blue home. this is the company in vallejo. now building homes for everyone. the ceo of blue homes, graduate of harvard and sam adams beer, hedgefund and now a home builder. did you cringe when i mentioned

the whole double wide thing? >> not at all. we enjoy sflexplaining how we a different from double wides. >> the prefabricated home i think of lower income, lower quality home. this must be the number one question you get. i will ask it myself. how is this different or what am i losing as opposed to just having my home built by home builders? >> it is true that in the united states traditionally prefabricated homes have been on the lower end of the spectrum. there is no reason for that other than the way things have evolved here. europe, for example, sweden majority homes are prefabricated. we utilize the factory setting to develop higher quality homes to control processes.

they are beautiful and sell in the $1 million to $2 million range. >> what are the advantages people can point to that makes them want that instead of something lovingly hammered together nail by nail. >> nail by nail can be a long time process to build. people look to us for a faster process for one contact. it's controlled. we're able to better monitor quality and we have a work force that is building the same types of homes day in and day out for years. so predictability is much greater. >> do you live in one? >> i don't yet. >> which one would you choose? >> i'm excited about our new model the solaire which we are just opening a model of it. >> why don't you? >> i live in berkeley still.

so i love the urban dwelling setting and we have not yet had a lot of urban models. that is part of our new product line is moving into urban areas. a lot of original home designs work great on big lights. >> what about tiny living and having the basics? >> tiny homes is a big movement right now. that is also something we are trying to address with our new product line. we have homes that start around 400 square feet. 840 square feet is very popular right now for tiny home living or guest house in your backyard. >> i live in berkeley, too. my neighborhood looks great. but if you take it apart most homes are built against a single plan. now they all look different. they were all speck houses.

people have been doing this for a long time. at the higher end prefabricated homes. >> what changed? why did it go away? why do you think it comes back? >> a lot of different variations if you look at it. a lot of them were panalized to construction so that is popular. >> i didn't know they were prefab. >> mass build homes. >> so components. you can build any level of components in a factory setting and assembled on site. flat pieces -- >> how much can you personalize it so it feels like your home when you say factory i assume it is homes coming out that look exactly the same. >> we have hundreds of different finish options. every home model has a few

different floor plans and then preselected things like tile and case work. >> is that where the expense comes from? this presupposition that prefab is inexpensive. a million just for the house. >> construction cost. >> we get the house and the house built. >> you get a house that has a drive way, utility connections. when we list the price we try to include everything you need to live in the house. >> what is a house in sonoma running? >> depends where the half acre is. typically a third spent on land and two thirds on construction is a typical ratio. it might go more like 50/50 in palo alto. >> $2 million for a larger home.

>> we can see this being something that retyrires would love. are you seeing much from millennials? >> we are seeing more interest from families especially in the suburban and urban areas. that is one reason why we have expanded our product to address that market more. you're right. some of the larger single floor living home designs we offer are popular. >> so much construction in the bay area where construction workers are hard to find. are you shipping these things done? probably not 3,600 square foot one. do you hire the construction crew? do i hire the construction crew? >> we hire construction crews. >> you have the crews set? >> you don't have to compete in the construction industry. >> we work with subcontractors for site development. because we are turn key the

person pouring the foundation or big in the septic system. we have a team that travels with every home when it is delivered. >> think about tweaking this a little bit and making it so i can have a condo? >> we frequently get the request. there are other companies that specialize more in that. we are focussed on residential right now. >> i have about 30 seconds or more left. why home building? you were involved in a number of different industries. >> i was interested in impacting the environment. that is where it started. as i worked with a company that is fun to work with families who build the dream home. there are few jobs where you get to have that experience. >> thanks for being with us this morning. up next everyone in silicon valley knows him as former top

hp executive when "press here" continues.

welcome back to "press here." i'm going to assume most of you are familiar with 3 d printing. if you are not it is exactly what it sounds like. printers that print in three dimensions. this is making a little tea cup. there was a thought they would

be the next hot industry. here is that little cup. the 3 d industry never took home. the average person doesn't want to print out tea cups certainly not at home. the market has moved out of the home. big factories have sprung up taking in orders, printing items and shipping them out. nobody in the world knows more about printers than bimesh associaty. i should point out how everyone knows you. >> absolutely. >> that's a fair assessment.

the original idea is everybody would have a 3 d printer. they want 3 d objects. >> i think it is about the -- in home you don't need to bring a part every day. i think usage is low. >> you are doing it in the factory y. send you the computer plan for something whether i'm an industry or hobbiest you do it and ship it to me. >> that is one part of the application. there are a lot of applications in enterprise customers like four key segments are aero space and defense, automobile, health care and consumer goods. they want to get a part but they may manufacture it themselves. it changes the way manufacturing is done. >> speaking of health care i got up close and personal with 3 d printing when i had an inviz line brace. >> invisible braces for your

teeth. >> the way you think about if you want a complex part, complexity is free when you talk about 3 d printing. the second part is custom. anything we need to do that is for us custom. >> the difficulty in the industry seemed to hit compared to expectations put out was the time it takes and the strength, the durability of objects. that cup, how long would it take to print now? >> depends because the size of the cup and the way the technology that you are using would change that. my view is i bring it to you, four key customer needs, productivity and total cost of operations. we believe we are the inflection point. we have a technology for plastic and metal to go from prototyping

to production. >> mostly prototyping with the exception of invis line. >> i think now complex parts that is the reason general electric bought two big 3 d printing companies because they want to-do that in house. same thing is true with new technology. we have developed a technology with which you would be able to do production, parts and plastics. >> this is not an especially new technology. a year or two ago we were hearing about the 3 d printing companies and they were getting a lot of investment and hype and it seemed to disappear. >> the problem is what happens is you think that the technology is going to be developed so fast that every customer in the mome -- that's not going to

happen. industrial application because it's not about anything manufacturing or 3 d printing. it is about innovation. if a designer can create more shapes and more ways in a complex part or custom part i think -- >> where do you add the value that you just -- you create the printers, print the thing. >> materials. just like printing it was all about ink. >> i'm glad you brought that up. from a naive point of view you used to run hp printer division. hp printer, canon printer i would go to office depot. i'm not sure i would say an hp printer. >> because the way we build the brand because of the quality and reliability. you will always go and think about the materials that you are using.

materials are going to be the key innovation. when you build a brand saying this is the right material, right product, right software. the part i get will be high speed and the cost with which you will be able to move through production. >> when you are looking at a new industry you have to think of some analogues. is this like anything else you have seen? >> that is why i was letting you know, the graphics industry things move to digital press. people are talking about pages being printed like magazines, books, the packaging. what you can do is custom. same thing will happen. in health care for example. what we believe is if you are thinking about an implant when you are doing the plant you want to have the custom implant that will be done.

>> you think this is like that? >> we were talking about going after and it will happen because it is application by application. same thing will happen with aero space, automobile, health care. people will say now i can create a complex product. i don't know how to do that in a conventional way. custom part. could be dental part or in terms of things will go in that direction. very big business in health care. >> last question. >> where are we going to see 3 d printers? >> i think you will see modern industry. and medical devices company. for example, this product is done weather 3 d printer part.

you can do that in seconds. >> thank you for being with us this morning. we'll be back in just a minute.

the presidential election has been rough on all of us. mike pence, the governor of indiana, now candidate for vice president has said he does not

believe that smoking kills and questions whether scientists fully agree on global warming. it is not unanimous. it is only 97%. donald trump says global warming is a hoax created by the chinese so they can better compete with our factories and vaccines cause autism they do not. gary johnsaun all this with a t entrepreneur. he founded the textbook rental company working on science educational software for kids. we watch this. i don't mean this to be a politician bashing segment. we can leave out hillary clinton who in her acceptance speech said i believe in science and people love that. i believe in gravity. i'm not trying to be terribly

political here. as it turns out a number of candidates have been very antiscience. >> it almost seems like they want to talk about climate change being a problem in a proxy world going against science. they are saying all evidence provided is not true and that goes against the scientific method. everything is based on that. i think very important for us to understand that our leaders have to embrace science because going forward the next generation is all going to be about science solving biggest problems that we face. >> are you finding that that is having an impact on kids that you meet in your own work that they don't want to be scientists especially hearing politicians say things like i'm not a scientist all the time. >> the numbers are saying kids are leaving science in drones. for the whole notion that

science is not cool and then when you hear the statement coming from adults kids get confused what is happening. >> that sounds like a disconnect. i guess a lot of things out here are -- >> your solution is this game lesson plan, educational thing. is it on kids' phones? >> it's a game, the idea is that we want kids to learn more about science but use motivation to learn where you get the things to play the game. so what we are trying to do is the concepts that you have to learn. states of matter, ecosystems. many things kids need to understand. we build a movie and we give you a quest following science

standards which are based on it. and it is called next generation science standards put together by the u.s. government and 16 states accepted it. the notion is it is more about the application of science, not memorization. gone are the days where you are supposed to learn and remember the facts. now you are saying it is cool to look it up. can you learn how to apply it? you collect hydrogen, oxygen, carbon. you have to use the element of crafting to move the game along. that's what keeps the kids playing the game and waiting to go to the next level. >> what is your business model? are you selling this to schools or selling it as an app? >> our goal is to sell to

parents. we want every kid in the u.s. and across the world to learn science. we will make it free for teachers in the classrooms. the game is so intense in motivation. >> i have to go back to the business model. it costs me as a person but free to schools? it seems like -- >> selling to schools is a nightmare. i started out as a textbook salesman. >> did you really? >> really? >> education is moving to subscriptions style where parents pay one fee a month and they get unlimited access. you don't want to do the in app thing where kids are being dinged. that takes away from the experience. we want the kid to know when they enter the game. i paid my due and now i play

this game. at the end of the day what we twupt do is open the minds of kids to science being a cool thing. >> i was just going to ask related to what we were talking about earlier with science being politicized is there any content that you are worried you might have to leave out, things like evolution? >> we have kids every thursday to play the game. once a person showed up and had requested is it possible for you not to talk about the earth being so old. but we don't try to -- i think you need to provide more help to the kids whose parents are not thinking through science cht you want to make sure that you don't turn -- >> i have a commercial running against me. you don't try to politicize the game. tell me you kept it?

>> of course. you look it up on the internet. the game is blue apprentice. absolutely. >> we'll be back in just a minute.

welcome back to "press here." christina farr covers medicine. my understanding is they laid off a bunch of people because their edison machine they will move on from there. a very controversial machine. now they have a new machine and we should trust about the new machine. that's basically it. >> on every reference it is a blood company which will have to stop because they no longer do blood tests but are moving ahead with technology they unveiled, lab in a box. >> made reference.

we have not seen this thing. >> there were no scientists. >> she promised a couple drops of blood would diagnose diseases. turns out it is not true. fda gets involved. she comes out with a new magic box that will do what? >> supposedly a hospital can buy a box and do lab tests in house which is really exciting prospect than having to send them out and wait five days for a result. the individual components she is suggesting would fit in a box each is so expensive that it is hard to see that she could do this at any scale. >> like scratching your head in a new direction. >> forget the old one. i have the new one. thank you for being with us this

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to "comunidad del valle." i'm damian trujillo, and today, la familia is in our studio, the annual recipients of the la familia award on your "comunidad del valle." male announcer: nbc bay area presents "comunidad del valle" with damian trujillo. damian: we begin today with the organization that puts on this great event to honor la familia. with me is the former mayor of san jose and president and ceo of the hispanic foundation of silicon valley, mayor ron gonzales. welcome back to the show, mayor. ron gonzales: it's always nice to talk to you, damian. damian: well, you know, when you--and we talked about this before is that when you came on to the hispanic foundation, you took it to the next level, and then you keep--you kind of keep raising the bar. right now, tell us what the latest is with the foundation. ron: well, there's a lot of great things that have happened over the last year since we last talked about our hispanic foundation ball. and a lot of it has to do around the education space that we