Wednesday, December 9, 2009

For Your Anywhere, Anytime Man-Cave

Concrete Cloth was the winner of the "Material of the Year Award" from Material ConneXion. Haven't you heard?

It’s a concrete permeated canvas that can be formed and tacked down as easily as a thick cloth, but once exposed to water (including rain and seawater) it becomes a waterproof, fireproof, bullet-resistant concrete surface that lasts for 10 years. Kinda like Famous-Ex, but without the hip haircut. They’re now using it for lining ditches; reinforcing pipes, gabions (thank goodness!), bunkers, and sandbag walls; creating shelters; and making impromptu driveways and helipads.

You've got not
one, not two, but three videos showing their applications. The first and last video show its multiple civil engineering and military applications. The second video shows how they make a 269 square foot (25 square meter, you Euros) inflatable shelter using two people without any special training.

It takes less than an hour to set up, is ready to use in 24 hours, can withstand the pressure of being covered with earth, and has a sterile plastic liner that makes it possible to be used for emergency medical relief. Or, there's your automatic guest house...and special retreat for doing your private, dirty things.

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