Just wait for the 3D copiers…or crazy technologies like electronic printers that actually print food…no more vending machines (these are actually in development)
“Bioprinting” using DNA from the patient dosen’t seem that far away. I don’t think anyone is working on bioscanning or biofaxing.
Here’s where the “print food” quote is from:
http://dsc.discovery.com/energy/food-agriculture/how-technology-innovation-feed-planet.html
Yum! That steak printout looks delicious–tastes just like cellulose. And may I have a second helping of the ice cream photo?
Before the real start of the internet, I had an Apple computer in the late '80’s that had a dial up phone connection. I would “talk” to friends with similar computers by composing messages in MSWord and sending them as faxes that they could open on their desktop. By “before the real start of the internet” I mean this all happended at late '80’s direct dial long distance call pricing, there was no local dial-up number involved.
When a beloved cat of ours that all our friends knew well passed away, I sent out a fax message saying “Victor ist Todt!” in large gothic script.
Intended for a friend, this came into the general fax line of a very major monthly magazine named after the city it was located in on the Hudson River. What I later heard was that it was scooped up by Admin and taken to HR, which arranged for a grief counselor to break the news to my friend, at which point he burst out laughing, which they felt was somehow inappropriate.
Steve, that’s priceless! I can’t stop giggling…
Today, I got to specify 28-foot tall pink flamingos. And people ask me if my job gets boring…never!
I’d be interested to see the house whose front yard they’re going to decorate. Very popular practice in Baltimore, Hon.
Not much chance of anyone stealing those birds.
Robin: Oh, I am so jealous! I’m guessing, Las Vegas? How many will there be? Full size mockups too?
4 Giant Flamingos and and even bigger Palm Tree. Yep- Vegas - at the remodeled entrance to a casino. 50 cents if you can guess which one 
Um, let’s see–the Flamingo?
Sad to say that the manufacturer of the infamous plastic pink flamingo, which was located (ironically, since a flamingo would never get within a thousand miles of here) in Massachusetts, has gone out of business. Central Mass used to be a very large center of plastics manufacturing starting from the invention of the material. Like other manufacturing areas, most of it is gone now.
“Whad’Ya Know”, the Michael Feldman quiz show on public radio, used to give the flamingos away as a prize. Probably NOT the 28 foot tall ones, though.
Liquid Boot is now a CETCO company
Hi Wayne. Not sure if you meant to post that in this discussion but LBI was bought by CETCO and American Permaquik was bought by Tremco, both of whom immediately took the products off the architectural market. I guess it was a convenient way to eliminate the competition they posed against bentonite ‘waterproofing’. The only bituminous emulsions I’ve found that seem at least somewhat comparable to LBI are from Epro and AVM (Aussie II) both of whom are listed here - http://www.4specs.com/s/07/07-1400.html. Koster has one available in Europe and is considering bringing it to North America.
Ken,
I have a project in bidding right now which specifies Liquid Boot from CETCO for a methane barrier and venting system. The Geotechnical Consultant has been working with the manufacturer on it; they are trying to get the government agency to bid it as a proprietary product.
Cetco markets Liquid Boot under their Remediation Technologies as “Liquid Boot Gass Vapor Barriers”
Liquid Boot is a cold, spray-applied, water-based membrane containing no VOCs, which provides a seamless, impermeable barrier against vapor intrusion into structures. Liquid Boot is sprayed-applied directly to penetrations, footings, grade beams, pile caps, etc., providing a fully-adhered gas vapor barrier system.
Yep, like I said, it’s no longer available as a blind-side or underslab ‘Architectural’ waterproofing system. I used to use LBI and Permaquik 6200 as my default systems for those conditions. I’m not sure whether AVM or Epro have done the testing for methane gas containment such as that required in Los Angeles. I thought the Permaquik 6200 that Tremco bought had undergone testing as a gas vapor barrier. Please let me know if you need a contact.