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TxBuilder · 02-08-2010, 03:45 PM

Check it out!

Transparent Concrete Walls | Telovation.com

mudmixer · 02-08-2010, 04:28 PM

Looks cute.

Leave it to the high tech Europeans to develop something new. A little competition for the glass block, but little market potential in U.S. style home construction.

It has to be too pricey for the U.S.

Dick

Nestor_Kelebay · 02-08-2010, 08:06 PM

That's how progress is made, tho. I can't think of much use for concrete blocks with fiberoptic fibers embedded in them either. But, that same principle might have application somewhere else. It's the same with everything.

The BASF company makes Basotect foam. That foam was originally used in aeroplane seat cushions because it wasn't flammable. It wasn't until someone tried to use the stuff to clean a mark off a wall that they discovered the Magic Eraser.

Product literature - Basotect (MF)

Maybe those concrete blocks with the hard glass fibers embedded in them are the ideal thing for cutting through rock (as when making a tunnel through a mountain).

FlowerBear · 02-08-2010, 08:10 PM

Looks kinda weird. Have to see it in person.

TxBuilder · 02-09-2010, 10:28 AM

If we can run fiber optic through concrete the possibilities are endless.

DeckPro · 02-10-2010, 09:25 AM

I dont think you would see much really, I mean she is hugging the wall just to see an outline shaddow. step back 6' then what. LOL I have never hugged a brick wall before.

TxBuilder · 02-10-2010, 12:15 PM

I have hugged a brick wall and it's not nearly as cool as that.

02-08-2010, 03:45 PM	#1
TxBuilder Administrator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: 78666 Posts: 923	See through Concrete! Check it out! Transparent Concrete Walls \| Telovation.com

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mudmixer Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 242	Looks cute. Leave it to the high tech Europeans to develop something new. A little competition for the glass block, but little market potential in U.S. style home construction. It has to be too pricey for the U.S. Dick Last edited by mudmixer; 02-09-2010 at 08:57 PM.

02-08-2010, 08:06 PM	#3
Nestor_Kelebay Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 1,690	That's how progress is made, tho. I can't think of much use for concrete blocks with fiberoptic fibers embedded in them either. But, that same principle might have application somewhere else. It's the same with everything. The BASF company makes Basotect foam. That foam was originally used in aeroplane seat cushions because it wasn't flammable. It wasn't until someone tried to use the stuff to clean a mark off a wall that they discovered the Magic Eraser. Product literature - Basotect (MF) Maybe those concrete blocks with the hard glass fibers embedded in them are the ideal thing for cutting through rock (as when making a tunnel through a mountain). Last edited by Nestor_Kelebay; 02-08-2010 at 08:10 PM.

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02-08-2010, 08:10 PM	#4
FlowerBear Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 4	Looks kinda weird. Have to see it in person.

02-09-2010, 10:28 AM	#5
TxBuilder Administrator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: 78666 Posts: 923	If we can run fiber optic through concrete the possibilities are endless.

02-10-2010, 09:25 AM	#6
DeckPro Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Des Moines,IA Posts: 14	I dont think you would see much really, I mean she is hugging the wall just to see an outline shaddow. step back 6' then what. LOL I have never hugged a brick wall before.

02-10-2010, 12:15 PM	#7
TxBuilder Administrator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: 78666 Posts: 923	I have hugged a brick wall and it's not nearly as cool as that.