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Clever! This seems like the sort of thing which could be adapted for amateur/DIY use. It seems like you just need some hardware, which could be manufactured c
by wegs 6y ago
Clever!
This seems like the sort of thing which could be adapted for amateur/DIY use.
It seems like you just need some hardware, which could be manufactured cheaply and easily, air-tight fabric, and a way of joining those.
I get the industrial / military / etc. uses, but I find the concept of anyone being able to build a temporary, usable structure in a custom configuration for a few hundred bucks a lot more interesting.
Still air is also a pretty good insulator, so if this were enclosed, it'd be a pretty good shelter even in colder climates.
- Lio 6y agoIt’s a smaller scale (and a different structure) but I recently bought a Vango Project Hydrogen tent which uses a single “air beam” as its main structure instead of poles. Actually there is still 1 small pole involved but it’s not part of the main structure. That’s done to save weight whilst being more resistant to being deformed by the wind. I wonder if that could be taken further with these small cushions to provide insulation as well as structure as you suggest?
- jelliclesfarm 6y agoI have this idea for self erecting moveable structures made of ETFE.