Amazing building idea ... that will probably be bought up and disappear

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How long before these “bricks” go the way of the inventions of Stanford R. Ovshinsky

… from the Hamilton Book site, a very good place to find reasonably priced remaindered books.

THE MAN WHO SAW TOMORROW: The Life and Inventions of Stanford R. Ovshinsky

L. Hoddeson & P. Garrett

As an independent, self-educated inventor, Ovshinsky not only created many important devices but also made fundamental discoveries in materials science. This work offers a biography of a visionary whose energy and information innovations continue to fuel our post-industrial economy. Well illustrated some in color.

Format: Hardbound
Pages: 377
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262037532
Price: 9.95 (USD)
S. R. Ovshinsky

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These building techniques are becoming very popular in eastern Europe. I’ve been taking the trains in Asia and eastern european countries, while in-country working, and looking over the clear recapitalization efforts of the BRICS up close. Alternative brick material is all the rage to build manufacturing plants and inexpensive homes, the material is light enough to be handled by children.

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I would want this tested for a minimum of 7 years in a very hot and humid area such as where I live. Believe this is the materials tried a couple of years ago here, and mold/smell was pervasive.

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Or, you can just print them.

#5

Maybe in E Europe they don’t have mortgages / bankers / home insurers. Try to get a mortgage and or insurance on some alternative building technique like that in the USA. Straw bale construction comes to mind…a cash only buyer (no mortgage / no bank loan) limits your market severely.

I’m not saying it is without merit as a building technique…just a hard sell here.

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