[TheForge] inflatable castle

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nearly "weightless" too...




On Thursday, March 18, 2004, at 12:55 PM, Bruce Freeman wrote:

> Now there's a thought that's been brewing a while.
>
> Imagine prepackaged buildings.  Inflate to erect.  Maybe they could
> have aluminum "I-beams" of some sort of figure-eight construction.
> Inflate the two connected tubes, voila' an "I-beam".  Make it right, 
> you
> could roll it up when deflated.  Easier technology than aluminum soda
> cans!
>
> To make it "fire proof", pump it up with water, instead of inflating it
> with air.  Gives it heft; keeps it from blowing away in a stiff breeze.
> Have a few pressure-relief valves to relieve pressure in case of fire.
> Might be safer than steel or wood.
>
> Bruce
> NJ