Posted: 7/8/2004 8:45:27 AM EDT
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Hope this isn't a dupe. Thought it was pretty interesting. Story here |
 I thought of that several years back when I was studying the mineral Ulexite. Ulexite has fiber optic properties that make it almost translucent in one plane. I was sitting in a cold, dark cinder block basement at the time and wondered why nobody put fiber optics in concrete to transmit light and save money on electricity. I figured somebody else had already done that and went on with my work. 
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Maybe you could work on [Star Trek] transparent aluminum [Star Trek] |
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Anyone familar with old wood and sail warships? I took Little Ramjet for a tour on the 20 gun, U.S. Brig, Niagara in Erie. PA over the 4th. On the deck were imbedded poured glass prisms that did a remarkable job of lighting the crew quarters below deck which had a very low ceiling and cramped quarters. I thought that was a clever idea for 1812. |
I'd never heard of that. Pretty cool.  Now I'm picturing translucent scuba tanks, maybe with lights in them for night dives.
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