Carbon Fiber Waste Creates Strong Permeable Pavement
Mar-02-18
Permeable pavement made using carbon fiber waste could help reduce flooding in urban areas.As climate change brings on heavier storms, more cities are struggling with the rise in flooding. To address the demand for sturdy, yet permeable, pavements, a team from Washington State University developed a new paving material made from existing concrete mix combined with ground carbon fiber waste. Blending the waste (which was provided by Boeing) with the concrete mix resulted in a permeable pavement that allows water to drain through while still retaining a bending strength as high as traditional concrete.
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This is great. interestingly, in late 2017, I was working on a open innovation challenge asking for 'science fiction' type stories about the future or cities ("Seat 14C" was the name of the challenge in which a flight from Japan to San Fran mysteriously jumps 20 years into the future)...one of the things I included (based on a feature from Science Magazine on cities of the future) was permeable roads to prevent flooding. So, now that we have the actual material invention, and given the need for several years of testing in real-world conditions (and assuming it holds up in said tests), can/will it be implemented within 20 years? This is the often forgotten component of any such innovation push or challenge: timely implementation! of effective innovations! If we are going to "innovate our way" to a sustainable (and climate resilient) near future...we will have to overcome various forms of inertia -- technical, practical, commercial...and human.
Posted by Michael Ricciardi on March 7, 2018
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This is great. interestingly, in late 2017, I was working on a open innovation challenge asking for 'science fiction' type stories about the future or cities ("Seat 14C" was the name of the challenge in which a flight from Japan to San Fran mysteriously jumps 20 years into the future)...one of the things I included (based on a feature from Science Magazine on cities of the future) was permeable roads to prevent flooding. So, now that we have the actual material invention, and given the need for several years of testing in real-world conditions (and assuming it holds up in said tests), can/will it be implemented within 20 years? This is the often forgotten component of any such innovation push or challenge: timely implementation! of effective innovations! If we are going to "innovate our way" to a sustainable (and climate resilient) near future...we will have to overcome various forms of inertia -- technical, practical, commercial...and human.
Posted by Michael Ricciardi on March 7, 2018
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