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Published on Mar 5, 2013

Watch Richard Ambrose and Jonny Phillips quickly construct a building made of concrete canvas—a material that has all the elements of concrete, but is flexible enough to be turned into any shape. This technology allows people to erect permanent structures in a fraction of the time needed for traditional building techniques.

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  • poutuop

    the problem with water in third world countries isnt amount its how clean the water is

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  • Jared Geyer

    And people will be using these to grow marijuana.

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  • CjR3x

    Any shape?! CONCRETE PENIS!

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  • CumstainedBedsheets

    They would make some terrific homeless shelters!

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  • Nix Nil

    I must be the only half-whit who snickered when the guy said "erect".

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  • Bryan Heath

    But they dont have a shortage of sticks to make fire to clean the water.......

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  • hyperactivecalvino

    Yea but I bet these things cost a ton.

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  • sylviathequeen1

    i want one

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  • michael hayden

    Dig a trench, inflate building, bury, you now have a tornado proof house :-)

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  • Jeremiah Gardens

    It would be cool to have one of these

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