Researcher Grows Durable “Bio Bricks” From Sand, Bacteria, and Urea Read more: Researcher Grows Durable “Bio Bricks” From Sand, Bacteria, and Urea
8th May 2011
The process behind the innovative new brick is known as microbial-induced calcite precipitation, or MICP, and utilizes microbes on sand to “glue” the grains together using a chain of chemical reactions. And the end product is fairly strong – according to Metropolis Mag, it resembles sandstone but can be as strong as fired-clay brick or even marble depending on how it is made.
May 9th, 2011 at 11:43
Wow! What an incredibly complicated and useless idea!!
If that’s not enough, then look at some of the comments. None of those people seem to understand photosynthesis at all. They think carbon dioxide just fills the atmosphere until we all die. Yes, yes, by all means let us build gigantic machines and pee in them so that we can have bacteria make little bricks!
We do not need to wait for the future to suck. The future is here now.