The concrete and cement sector has been trying to reduce its environmental impact for years through sustainable concrete mixtures or efficient designs.
Now, a research team at the University of Pennsylvania has combined both novel materials and a material-saving design, without compromising on strength and durability.
The project, called Diamanti, takes inspiration from nature and uses a robotic 3D printer to create complex, lattice-like patterns with a sustainable concrete mixture.
While most regular concrete absorbs carbon dioxide (up to 30% of its production emissions over its entire life cycle, according to some research), Diamanti’s enhanced concrete mixture absorbs 142% more carbon dioxide than conventional concrete mixes.
Its first design, a pedestrian bridge, uses 60% less material while retaining mechanical strength, says Masoud Akbarzadeh, an associate professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the lab that spearheaded the project.
Others trying to tell me how to live my life is literally the issue the queer community faces daily. It escapes me how that’s more acceptable going the other way. If we aren’t willing to consider intent, how is that different from MAGA?
The people who put the Q in the LGBT said fuck you all and applied the meaning they wanted to the word and it stopped being a slur, because being offended is a choice. If it was another generation, they’d try to police what other people can say instead…
If you look at “guy” in the dictionary, you will see it was way more “dehumanizing” than being called a young bird, but no one makes it their battle to stop people from using the word “guy” - it’s not a fashionable enough cause hehe
Anyway, unfortunately, there is little we can do about generational changes, so just move on and use your vocabulary on your social circle and people your age. You know your intent when using the words and so does your generation. The internet is full of drama, let the young ones to their newspeak.