Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: Physics major builds a better brick Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:22:06 -0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 25 Sender: Jim Pennino Message-ID: References: Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="db4120ef82bbc153014637d4cd15a795"; logging-data="27120"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18LHYOtXFKs4xMjjFeb5ilS" User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (SunOS/5.10 (i86pc)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:bsLQ3OiR4CdZ0fHzvZRWLQHR7zI= Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:548359 Sam Wormley wrote: > Physics major builds a better brick >> http://www.reed.edu/reed_magazine/sallyportal/posts/2015/physics-major-builds-a-better-brick.html > > >> A Reed physics major hopes to curb the devastation caused by floods >> in Bangladesh with a new twist on one of humanity?s most durable >> inventions?the humble brick. >> >> Aiman Absar ?19 and two Bangladeshi friends have created a startup to >> manufacture a new kind of brick that is both cheap and >> environmentally sustainable. > > > Read more about this physics-related social issues story: >> http://www.reed.edu/reed_magazine/sallyportal/posts/2015/physics-major-builds-a-better-brick.html > Materials engineering is not physics, shit head. The idea of adding junk fillers to bricks is an ancient one, shit head. -- Jim Pennino