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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 30 2010, 01:57 PM (437 Views) | |
| brenda | Nov 30 2010, 01:57 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.cts.umn.edu/Publications/ResearchENews/2010/10/index.html#concrete Even if further research shows this product does not work well in Minnesooota, it could work very well in warmer climates. "Upside-down" concrete intrigues pavement researchers
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne | |
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| Frank_W | Nov 30 2010, 02:00 PM Post #2 |
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Sounds like this could pave the way for further, tougher research, as long as peoples' thinking doesn't become too rigidly set. |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Nov 30 2010, 02:14 PM Post #3 |
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Well, they'll need much mortar research before they start setting anything in stone. |
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| Frank_W | Nov 30 2010, 02:16 PM Post #4 |
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Perhaps they can begin to form up some initial opinions, though. |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| ivorythumper | Nov 30 2010, 02:21 PM Post #5 |
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I like permeable surfaces, but I am not an early adopter of building technology. That said, I'd love to do a project in translucent concrete.
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| ivorythumper | Nov 30 2010, 02:26 PM Post #6 |
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"In the aggregate, the quality of this thread is slumping. I have no idea how to cure that", he said with a gravelly voice. |
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| brenda | Nov 30 2010, 02:29 PM Post #7 |
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http://www.litracon.hu/product.php?id=9 Never seen it before. Cool! |
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| Frank_W | Nov 30 2010, 02:30 PM Post #8 |
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I've got some neighbors who would look really good, in a pair of loafers made from that stuff.
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| ivorythumper | Nov 30 2010, 02:31 PM Post #9 |
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"It matrix some of you, but not me" he replied with a reinforcing steel in his eyes. |
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| ivorythumper | Nov 30 2010, 02:35 PM Post #10 |
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MS did a project on it in her MBA course on future information technologies. It was too cutting edge for the prof to get. |
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| PattyP | Nov 30 2010, 02:39 PM Post #11 |
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Great idea! Would be fabulous for sidewalks at night time. |
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A tired dog is a good dog. "Dogs' lives are too short...their only fault, really." A.S. Turnbull | |
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| Dewey | Nov 30 2010, 03:01 PM Post #12 |
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I considered it for the parking areas of a project here several years ago, but the issue of damage via freeze-thaw cycle, and the newness of the technology, led me to recommend that the client not use it. Plus, the ones I've seen are a bit tougher to traverse for women in high heels, if that's a concern. |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| Axtremus | Nov 30 2010, 06:44 PM Post #13 |
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Dewey, it that was a multi-floor garage, perhaps you can consider recommending translucent concrete to make it easier for women with high heels? Embedding optical fiber to make the material "translucent" ... may be Q can really make a translucent car for James Bond after all. |
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| Dewey | Nov 30 2010, 08:06 PM Post #14 |
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Heh, sorry Ax, it was a surface lot.
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| Steve Miller | Nov 30 2010, 10:28 PM Post #15 |
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Neither am I, and by the time this stuff has established a track record I'm willing to warranty I'll be too dead to use it. |
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Wag more Bark less | |
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| Frank_W | Dec 1 2010, 06:04 AM Post #16 |
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What??? What the hell is she doing out of the kitchen?!
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| PattyP | Dec 1 2010, 07:32 AM Post #17 |
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A tired dog is a good dog. "Dogs' lives are too short...their only fault, really." A.S. Turnbull | |
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