New Concrete Builds Like a Tent | Drudge Retort

Saturday, March 09, 2013

New Concrete Builds Like a Tent

How fast can you build a building? With concrete canvas, a building can be completed on the spot in no time. Once the structure is inflated, saturated with water and left to harden overnight, it becomes a functional, insulated building that's strong enough to stand on. National Geographic reports that this type of structure has great implications for emergency response and locations with limited building resources and generally unsafe housing construction.

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Cool! Kinda looks like Pac-Man. It really could be a boon for disaster areas.

#1 | Posted by Diablo at 2013-03-08 11:16 PM | Reply | Flag:

Amazing story. I wonder how much each canvas costs. Being able to put them up in a place like Haiti after a natural disaster would have a huge impact on relief efforts.

#2 | Posted by rcade at 2013-03-09 01:26 PM | Reply | Flag:

Pretty cool stuff. I

#3 | Posted by SLBronkowitz at 2013-03-09 02:00 PM | Reply | Flag:

I saw this a year or two ago. Handy thing to have, for sure.

#4 | Posted by American1st at 2013-03-09 06:05 PM | Reply | Flag:

concretecanvas.co.uk

someone here says they cost only $2100

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2013-03-09 06:05 PM | Reply | Flag:

more tents
theawesomer.com

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2013-03-09 06:07 PM | Reply | Flag:

I am going to market it as weekend mother in laws quarters.

#7 | Posted by AuntieSocial at 2013-03-09 06:46 PM | Reply | Flag:

I love science for reasons like this.

screw robots and GMO this is wonderful.

#8 | Posted by Tor at 2013-03-09 06:52 PM | Reply | Flag:

Wish we had them at the Jersey Shore when people needed them.

#9 | Posted by Diablo at 2013-03-09 09:15 PM | Reply | Flag:

Middle English canevas, from Anglo-French canevas, chanevaz, from Vulgar Latin *cannabaceus hempen, from Latin cannabis hemp -- more at cannabis

#10 | Posted by ichiro at 2013-03-09 09:23 PM | Reply | Flag:

no, screw the DEA and the War on Pot.

#11 | Posted by ichiro at 2013-03-09 09:25 PM | Reply | Flag:

ICHIRO if you smoked less you might get my previous post.

#12 | Posted by Tor at 2013-03-09 09:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

If he smoked less, he would not be here posting probably, Tor.
I say smoke more, Ichiro!

#13 | Posted by Diablo at 2013-03-09 10:39 PM | Reply | Flag:

#5 | POSTED BY CORKY
"Someone here says they cost only $2100"

Sure, but does that include utilities?

#14 | Posted by TheTom at 2013-03-09 10:55 PM | Reply | Flag:

Obummer Sequester Housing...

#15 | Posted by Greatamerican at 2013-03-09 11:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

Make a nice storage shed. You could even reinforce it from the inside, then cover it with dirt to make a great cellar.

#16 | Posted by American1st at 2013-03-10 11:22 AM | Reply | Flag:

Could these things replace the skyscrapers that were lost on Dumya's watch?

#17 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2013-03-10 01:55 PM | Reply | Flag:

It's also a great way of disposing corpses.

- Jimmy Hoffa

#18 | Posted by CrisisStills at 2013-03-11 10:41 AM | Reply | Flag:

#12
it's just pun mr serious.

#19 | Posted by ichiro at 2013-03-11 12:01 PM | Reply | Flag:

Its a Viagra Tent...get it? You can pitch a tent as hard as concrete =D

#20 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-11 12:02 PM | Reply | Flag:

thanks, D.

#21 | Posted by ichiro at 2013-03-11 12:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

We used to soak bath towels in plaster of paris and then drape them over various items covered in vaseline. Then we would remove the towels after they hardened and painted them different colors. The resultant sculptures were way cool. My 4th grade art teacher was so cool.

#22 | Posted by kamakiri at 2013-03-11 12:11 PM | Reply | Flag:

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