Tagged “materials”

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.