Light transmitting concrete is set to go on sale later this year.
The days of dull, grey concrete could be about to end. A Hungarian architect has combined the world's most popular building material with optical fiber from Schott to create a new type of concrete that transmits light. Letting the light in A wall made of "LitraCon" allegedly has the strength of traditional concrete but thanks to an embedded array of glass fibers can display a view of the outside world, such as the silhouette of a tree, for example Complete article... http://optics.org/articles/news/10/3/10/1 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
