From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Wed Aug 21 2002 - 07:50:05 MDT
>From: "Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury@aeiveos.com>
>I'm sorry you feel that way Harvey. How about this -- a form
>say 4" x 6" x 10' into which you pour salt water and a seed
>culture, let sit in the sun for a few days, adding as needed
>CaCO3 or Si02 (ground up limestone or silica) and out pops
>a beam (or a big "brick") with the strength of abalone shell.
>Is that so impossible to imagine? Sure you need labor to
>put the bricks together but there is no lack of that in
>the Mid-East.
If you have access to the sea you can do this even easier, by
bioaccretion.
Sinply create a wire mesh form of what you want to make (chicken
wire works) attach an electrical source (windpower/solar works) and
immerse it in seawater, it will "grow" your form just as sealife
does.
There has also been work done on self-erecting geodesic structures
that fits your plan. Goggle on "Hoberman" ( or www.hoberman.com)
and my favorite " R Buckminster Fuller".
Brian
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