Concrete is perhaps the most commonly used building material in the world. With a bit of tweaking, it could help to power our homes too.
  • FiveMacs@lemmy.caEnglish
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    4 months ago

    20yrs later you need a new foundation…probably. I didn’t read the article at all

    • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Yeah, a friend had their basement cement cut and repaired to fix a sewage line. I can’t imagine how much more expensive that would be if they had to worry about the entire basement floor immolating when cut.

      • OsaErisXero@kbin.run
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        4 months ago

        I would imagine a production version of this would have predefined cut lines to pull a chunk out for working on stuff in or under the foundation

  • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Sounds great, I can’t wait to never hear about it ever again because that’s what happens every time something amazing like this gets an article.

  • Grippler@feddit.dkEnglish
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    4 months ago

    On a laboratory bench in Cambridge, Massachusetts

    For now, the concrete supercapacitor can store a little under 300 watt-hours per cubic metre

    OK then, so this is incredibly far from being near any real world application

  • anubis119@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Article mentions making roads with this stuff and wirelessly recharging cars as they drive on it. Beware the wankery folks, my BS radar is going off.