William Carpenter

Senior Project Manager
Chandler, AZ, USA

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  • "It's a solution in search of a problem.  First, let's point out what is unique:  the fact that the form work can be folded up for storage and transport.  It's a feature that might lend itself to remote or primitive site construction where just getting conventional forms on site is a challenge.   It's drawbacks are that it it is a formwork that is easily damaged meaning it's lower initial cost will, in the long run, be off-set by having to create new forms to achieve the same number of pours a more robust, but more expensive, form system achieves with a single manufacturing.  It's a form work that doesn't have a flat top meaning fill of some sort must be added to achieve a level surface that can become a floor.  We already have forming systems that use variable geometry to create slabs that use less concrete than a planar slab would to achieve the same load bearing capacity.  Waffle slab forming systems, carton-void systems, etc. already achieve high efficiency without the drawbacks of this system."
    on: Architecture Student Invents Brilliant Formwork that Reduces Concrete & Steel Usage
  • "The first thing that comes to mind is the novel 1984, with bureaucrats slaving away to keep files on everyone and everything.  So much more efficient and sanitary with computers.  /s"
    on: An Elaborate Climbing-Desk Filing System from the 1930s
  • "Easy does it guys:  just because you recognize this as a specialized product that already exists in a particular field doesn't mean everyone else does."
    on: Brilliant Design for Wearable Seating, for Certain Workers
  • "I doubt my bathroom hobby will garner a billion dollars but this is inspiring."
    on: The Super Soaker was Invented by a NASA Nuclear Engineer Working on His Hobby in the Bathroom
  • "Our sewage infrastructure is not designed for toilets like this.  They are designed with solids being conveyed by liquids.  Remember the first law of sewerage design: never let your liquids outrun your solids.  Without liquid to keep the solids moving you have blockage."
    on: Vacuum-Based Toilets from Norway Use 90% Less Water
  • "2052's Hottest Accessory! Your own personal EMP grenade for when your autonomous humanoid robot just goes haywire!  Don't let a robot mutiny ruin your day™!"
    on: Who's Got the Better-Looking Humanoid Robot, Tesla or Sanctuary AI?
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