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Keep in mind this is the first commercial version of the technology; I'm sure it will rapidly progress beyond dingy, musty blobs. With the strength and light w
by WiseWeasel 15y ago
Keep in mind this is the first commercial version of the technology; I'm sure it will rapidly progress beyond dingy, musty blobs.
With the strength and light weight of the structure, along with the product's minimal cost compared to more traditional building materials and methods, I could see this being used to create very interesting and organic home designs. If the material is able to pass California building codes for earthquake preparedness, I could see people building whimsical temporary substructures, placing these on top and hardening them, then removing the substructures, enabling a much greater variety of possible forms. I could see doing something cool with stacked layers of bubbles and cut-outs for passages and windows.
Another interesting application for something like this would be structures on the Moon or Mars, if you could make the material on-site, or at least the heavy parts of it (cement and water).