7/15/2004: Light-transmitting concrete

Undertoad · 07-15-2004, 11:03 PM

(a hardware failure cause a few threads and posts to be lost including this one... but the image is still here. -editor)

Trilby · 07-15-2004, 11:40 PM

I've said it before and I'll say it again: This will be great for foiling the dastardly dastards tryin' ta creep up on ya!

wolf · 07-16-2004, 12:40 AM

I know I have seen this somewhere before ... could have SWORN it was here! Maybe juju had it for one of his IOTDs on Hinterlands.cc?

tandr · 07-16-2004, 01:39 AM

Undertoad, do you have any additional info about that concrete?

xoxoxoBruce · 07-16-2004, 03:39 AM

Makes it easy to follow the wiring and plunbing in the walls. Make a great party wall between apartments.

Yes Wolf, it was in the Cellar, but not IotD.

glatt · 07-16-2004, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by tandr

Undertoad, do you have any additional info about that concrete?

More info

Relisnhoj · 07-16-2004, 10:03 AM

I read in one of those "house of the future" magazines about a product very similar to this. The see-through effect is achieved by imbedding thousands of glass fibers in the concrete, allowing small amounts of light to pass. The article I read had a "Disco Driveway" with blocks of concrete with different color lights beneath, it was (as quoted from a 5 yr. old) "neato schmeato!"

Undertoad · 07-16-2004, 10:44 AM

Now what I want from this is A) a way to make the light one-way, and B) a switch to turn it on and off. Then they could make entire sides of buildings out of this, and save on energy costs by selectively using it for lighting during the day, and allowing light in for heat where appropriate, while still preserving privacy. Computer-control it to get the maximum out of the heating possibilities, on a room-by-room basis.

jaguar · 07-16-2004, 10:59 AM

Light might get though but I doubt much extra heat is.

glatt · 07-16-2004, 11:08 AM

Concrete is a poor insulator. When you build with it, you need to insulate heavily. The insulation would block the light flow. This new translucent concrete would be a poor choice for cold climates. Better for warm climates.

Happy Monkey · 07-16-2004, 12:17 PM

Easy enough, insulate with water sandwiched between glass! And then heat or cool the water, depending on the season! Nothing simpler.

zippyt · 07-16-2004, 04:00 PM

Ugh I posted this same stuff in Technolagy a while back

mrputter · 07-17-2004, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

great for foiling

All I can think of are the varied uses to which this could be put to use in the next James Bond flick... :-P

hermex · 07-19-2004, 02:42 AM

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Litracon© is a concrete stone-block that turns out to be light conducting through its embedded glassfibers. From one side to the other light passes the stone with- out any significant loss and illumi- nates the darker side of the stone. Shadows are transmitted and shown in precise shapes on the opposite surface.

Mass produced LiTraCon© products are expected to be on the market at the end of 2004. *
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jaguar · 07-19-2004, 02:50 AM

But look at that creative use of CapItaliSatIoN!

07-15-2004, 11:03 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	7/15/2004: Light-transmitting concrete (a hardware failure cause a few threads and posts to be lost including this one... but the image is still here. -editor)

07-16-2004, 12:40 AM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I know I have seen this somewhere before ... could have SWORN it was here! Maybe juju had it for one of his IOTDs on Hinterlands.cc? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-16-2004, 01:39 AM	#4
tandr Pithy Euphemist Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 19	Original link? Undertoad, do you have any additional info about that concrete?

07-16-2004, 03:39 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Makes it easy to follow the wiring and plunbing in the walls. Make a great party wall between apartments. Yes Wolf, it was in the Cellar, but not IotD. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-16-2004, 10:03 AM	#7
Relisnhoj Ender of Vendors Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 44	It's glass... I read in one of those "house of the future" magazines about a product very similar to this. The see-through effect is achieved by imbedding thousands of glass fibers in the concrete, allowing small amounts of light to pass. The article I read had a "Disco Driveway" with blocks of concrete with different color lights beneath, it was (as quoted from a 5 yr. old) "neato schmeato!" __________________ "The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?" ~Frank Zappa

07-15-2004, 11:40 PM	#2
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I've said it before and I'll say it again: This will be great for foiling the dastardly dastards tryin' ta creep up on ya!

07-16-2004, 10:44 AM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Now what I want from this is A) a way to make the light one-way, and B) a switch to turn it on and off. Then they could make entire sides of buildings out of this, and save on energy costs by selectively using it for lighting during the day, and allowing light in for heat where appropriate, while still preserving privacy. Computer-control it to get the maximum out of the heating possibilities, on a room-by-room basis.

07-16-2004, 10:59 AM	#9
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Light might get though but I doubt much extra heat is. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

07-16-2004, 11:08 AM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Concrete is a poor insulator. When you build with it, you need to insulate heavily. The insulation would block the light flow. This new translucent concrete would be a poor choice for cold climates. Better for warm climates.

07-16-2004, 12:17 PM	#11
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Easy enough, insulate with water sandwiched between glass! And then heat or cool the water, depending on the season! Nothing simpler. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-16-2004, 04:00 PM	#12
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Ugh I posted this same stuff in Technolagy a while back __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

07-19-2004, 02:50 AM	#15
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	But look at that creative use of CapItaliSatIoN! __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

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