Aug 5

Took the weekend off but I have a TON of great construction automation news for you today. I am no longer going to force an email every day, If I don’t have 3 great links to share with you I will push it off to the next day until I have 3 must see items.

Awesome video on the Geopolymer Institute perspective on what classifies as a geopolymer and what does not. You will find other respectable academics who disagree but it does seem the majority of people who understand chemistry tend to agree with Geopolymer Institute here. It’s all about the type of bonding in the mix, even though it may look the same to you and me the chemical reactions happening are quite different.

Submit nominations for 3DCP companies in Dubai to win the MEP Middle East Awards 2024! It would be awesome to see some of the awesome companies who are printing concrete over in Dubai!

Reducing parts is one of Elon's favorite things to do, this has never been so visibly clear as in the raptor engines. You can see the first engine Elon was using to power the SpaceX ships were disorderly to say the least. In comparison the latest raptor engine is tight and organized almost like an apple product, or a tesla product. Who is going to apply this principle to concrete 3D printing or other types of construction automation? Elon is such a busy guy we can't just count on him for everything. If we wait long enough his humanoid robots might do it.

Figure AI will be unveiling their second generation of humanoid robot later today this is a picture they released in anticipation of the event. If you hours will get to see one figure thinks the future of humanoid robots looks like.