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Why concrete? Wouldn't a material like styrofoam be more appropriate?
Or are these guys convinced that they must stick to a 'traditional"
building material?
On Mar 11, 2004, at 10:11 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> BP'ers:
>
> Well, this is it. The end as we know it. At least the end of
> the printed word as we know it. Read on:
>
> "A robot for "printing" houses is to be trialled by the construction
> industry.It takes instructions directly from an architect's
> computerised drawings and then squirts successive layers of
> concrete..."
>
> http://www.aggregateresearch.com/press.asp?id=3889&s=m
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>
> I like the idea of squirting concrete. I'll have to revise my
> business plan to include examining the squirty concrete. Vast profits
> ahead!
>
> And, there's MORE! A big savings in tea will be had! Quote: "It can
> work round the clock, in darkness and without tea breaks." Note to
> BP'ers: Sell stock in Tetley.
>
>
> This was developed by "Engineer Behrokh Khoshnevis, at the University
> of Southern California..." He also thinks that it would work with mud
> and straw. Perhaps he is looking toward a market in Iran. You know,
> the traditional materials to build with in an earthquake-prone area.
>
> Degussa is now collaborating with him. You may recall that they were
> almost thrown off the Holocaust memorial job in Germany because one of
> their predecessors produced Zyklon B fifty or so years ago. Now they
> produce many other chemicals, including concrete admixtures. It is
> unknown whether they produce mud/straw admixtures.
>
> In parting, the article contains what has to be one of greatest
> non-statements of the day; "Greg Lynn, a leading architect from
> Venice, California, said. "I believe that aesthetically there's a
> great potential to make things that have never been seen before."
> Spoken by somebody truly versed in sights of Muscle Beach.
>
>
> Steve Stokowski
> Stone Products Consultants
> Building Products Microscopy
> 10 Clark St., Ste. A
> Ashland, Mass. 01721-2145
> 508-881-6364 (ph. & fax)
> http://members.aol.com/crushstone/petro.htm
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