Concrete Tent
Posted on June 18, 2016 Comments (0)
This shows a cool engineering innovation: canvas-like material that when it is saturated with water will set (over 5+ hours) into hard concrete. In this example a “tent” with regular doors is covered with water and inflated. After setting it hard enough to climb on top of.
The manufacturer’s site has move information.
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Posted by curiouscat
Categories: Engineering, Products
Tags: appropriate technology, Engineering, Products, Research, Technology
Categories: Engineering, Products
Tags: appropriate technology, Engineering, Products, Research, Technology
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