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DIY - How to Paint your Concrete Floor with Epoxy Finish!

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2008-09-26 19:54:38 by max in zedomax.com
...concrete floors. Basically this DIY shows you how to paint your concrete floor with epoxy finish Why is this good Well, you can give your concrete floors a new shiny finish with your favorite color without spending a bunch of money on new wood flooring or whatnot I did this to one of my former job offices, (well, I hired someone to do it) and...
 
Tags: diy, floor, concrete floor, paint, diy hack, epoxy finish, epoxy paint, concrete floors, hack
 
 
 
 
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It slices, it dices, it blasts through concrete

2008-03-24 20:00:53 by Doug Aamoth in CrunchGear
 
...concrete walls as they look to rescue people trapped in rubble by disasters. Its 100 pounds and its called the Controlled Impact Rescue Tool Heres more During a recent demonstration, the device smashed through a concrete barrier in 13 minutes, compared with the 29 minutes it took for conventional methods to achieve similar results, Raytheon...
 
Tags: portable device, device, raytheon unveils device, boston, concrete boston globe, raytheon, raytheon spokesman, boston globe, conventional methods
 
 
 
 
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Concrete Countertops Can Be Attractive, Who Would Have Thunk It?

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2008-08-08 00:55:00 by C. S. Magor in The Uber-Review
...concrete as a material for countertops, but when you really think about it, it makes sense. Concrete is a very versatile material; it can be shaped pretty much any way that you want and stained or colored to create awesome effects. The texture can also be varied according to your needs: it can be extremely smooth or very rough. It is durable...
 
Tags: concrete, versatile material, countertops, material, awesome effects, effects, extremely smooth, pot stool, countertop materials
 
 
 
 
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Raytheon Controlled Impact Rescue Tool pulverizes concrete to save the day

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2008-03-24 18:56:00 by Nilay Patel in Engadget
...concrete walls , but why get all complicated when there's some good ol' fashioned bashing to be done? That's the poetic question posed by the Controlled Impact Rescue Tool, developed by Raytheon as part of a Department of Homeland Security program. The 100-pound rescue device uses specially-designed ammunition to create shock waves that can...
 
Tags: impact rescue tool, concrete, raytheon, concrete walls, homeland security program, poetic question posed, 100-pound rescue device, fire departments, conventional methods
 
 
 
 
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Air-purifying Concrete

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2008-08-07 03:48:53 by Editor in Ubergizmo
...concrete that could result in a positive breakthrough in the fight against air pollution. This unique concrete comes with a titanium dioxide-based additive, where under the influence of sunlight will bind the nitrogen oxide particles emitted by vehicle exhausts, converting them into harmless nitrates instead. A single shower of rain will wash...
 
Tags: concrete, unique concrete, oxide particles, twente university, source article, emission standards, air pollution, positive breakthrough, vehicle exhausts
 
 
 
 
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Pasadena EcoHouse shows that concrete can be green

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2008-03-22 10:12:46 by Michael Trei in DVICE
...concrete insulated panels), constructed from a concrete shell wrapped around a core of foam braced with steel mesh. Because of their exceptional strength to weight ratio, the house can be built with large open areas without any need for lots of structural members. RMA expects the house to be certified LEED Platinum, underlining its eco...
 
Tags: structural, structural concrete, eco friendliness, ecohouse, steel mesh, exceptional strength, rma expects, house, concrete shell
 
 
 
 
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Raytheon Blaster Can Smash Through Concrete Juggernaut Style [Smash]

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2008-03-24 20:40:17 by Sean Fallon in Gizmodo
...concrete walls like nobody's business. Plans for the 100 pound Controlled Impact Rescue Tool, or CIRT, will place the device in the hands of firefighters, military personnel and search teams as part of a program developed by the Department of Homeland Security. Hit the jump to see the CIRT in action The video above pretty much says it all,...
 
Tags: prototype device, device, cirt, impact rescue tool, homeland security, conventional methods, minutes quicker, concrete walls, raytheon
 
 
 
 
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Dutch town looks to cut pollution with air-purifying concrete

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2008-08-06 17:37:00 by Donald Melanson in Engadget
...concrete" developed by the University of Twente that promises to soak up the nitrogen oxide particles emitted by car exhausts. That's done with the aid of a titanium dioxide-based additive which, with the help of some sunlight, binds with the nitrogen oxide particles and turns them into harmless nitrates, which can apparently just wash away...
 
Tags: town, dutch town, air, oxide particles, concrete, air measurements, car exhausts, unique approach, half
 
 
 
 
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Dutch Town to Be Paved With Air Pollution-Sucking Bricks [Green Concrete]

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2008-08-07 05:39:00 by Kit Eaton in Gizmodo
...concrete paving slab that actually grabs onto the car-exhaust pollutant nitrogen oxide (a key smog and acid rain ingredient) sucking it out of the air and rendering it harmless. The special bricks contain a component based on titanium dioxide that acts to "fix" the pollutant with the aid of sunlight. The best bit is that the resulting...
 
Tags: concrete, air, rain, acid rain ingredient, dutch town, car-exhaust pollutant, air quality, concrete road, pollutant