Transparent Concrete

rakerman writes: "The Economist reports in How to see through walls that development is underway on translucent concrete, with hopes of eventually developing transparent concrete. Can transparent aluminium be far behind?"

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Let me sum it up for you

[jchawk]

From the article - "That is not as crazy as it sounds. Technically, concrete is simply a mixture of three ingredients: big lumps of material called the coarse aggregate (such as gravel), smaller lumps called the fine aggregate (such as sand) and a binding agent, or cement, to glue it all together into a solid. So translucent concrete, in theory, should be fairly easy to make using bits of plastic or glass of various sizes, with some kind of transparent glue to act as a binding agent."

So basically he wants to make concrete using glass and plastic. What the hell does making see through aluminum have to do with anything? Do slashdot editors read the articles before posting them?

Bathrooms

[Molina the Bofh]

I just wish they'll be able to achieve this great feat of engineering: Transparent female bathrooms.

Go, scientist, go.