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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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Top Comments
poutuop 2 months ago
the problem with water in third world countries isnt amount its how clean the water is
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Jared Geyer 1 month ago
And people will be using these to grow marijuana.
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CjR3x 3 days ago
Any shape?! CONCRETE PENIS!
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CumstainedBedsheets 6 days ago
They would make some terrific homeless shelters!
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Nix Nil 6 days ago
I must be the only half-whit who snickered when the guy said "erect".
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Bryan Heath 1 week ago
But they dont have a shortage of sticks to make fire to clean the water.......
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hyperactivecalvino 1 week ago
Yea but I bet these things cost a ton.
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sylviathequeen1 1 week ago
i want one
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michael hayden 1 week ago
Dig a trench, inflate building, bury, you now have a tornado proof house :-)
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Jeremiah Gardens 1 week ago
It would be cool to have one of these
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