Millions of new materials discovered with deep learning
More deepmind doing things. Curious how many turn out to be realisable or useful
More deepmind doing things. Curious how many turn out to be realisable or useful
I didn't know about the transparent/maintainable requirement; had previously thought it was meant to be a thing to last independently.
Came for the instructions on applying Caig Deoxit, stayed for this description of the challenges with injection moulding.
Covers a lot! Approximate cost breakdowns, on people's desire for customisation, on transport costs of materials (you can't ship prefab concrete slabs across the country).
Includes a handy one-liner on why things aren't improving:
The combination of consumer tastes, low dollar value per volume building components, and the complexity of buildings inhibit efforts to scale.
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