[Greenbuilding] Building by Intelligent Rearrangement - an idea

[Bob Irving]

Pretty sure the archaeology software is already out there. They have  
used it to match sections inscriptions on stone tablets.

	bob

On 12 Sep 2006, at 13:07, Amy Bauman wrote:

> Hi Malcolm
>
> I'd like to see you figure out who your real customer is before  
> going too
> much further.  Some business sleuthing will only make your offering
> stronger.
>
> I agree that a small stone layer probably wouldn't convert over to  
> working
> through a program. But a stone yard might like it.  Maybe they'd  
> use your
> software to assemble pre-packaged stone wall units, wrap them in  
> chicken
> wire, and sell the unit for a higher price.
>
> I also think that a great application for your program logic would be
> reassembly of a broken item.  Scan the pieces and let the program  
> figure out
> where they all fit.  Or create a perfectly new piece to replace a  
> missing
> one.  This would be a good thing for archeologists as well as  
> restorers.
>
> Keep thinking!!
>
> Amy Bauman
> greenGoat
> www.greengoat.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: greenbuilding-bounces at listserv.repp.org
> [mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at listserv.repp.org]On Behalf Of malcolm
> lambert
> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 3:44 AM
> To: greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org
> Subject: [Greenbuilding] Building by Intelligent Rearrangement - an  
> idea
>
>
> Hello, I am new to the Greenbuilding list.
>
>   I am developing a method that has the potential to increase the  
> use of
> natural, unprocessed stone as a building material, using lots of  
> computing
> power rather than lots of energy. It's a method for building walls  
> from
> irregularly-shaped stones where a computer acquires the 3D shape of  
> several
> stones using a 3d scanner or digital camera then the computer  
> starts fitting
> the stones to each other and to the wall shape, in the virtual  
> world. The
> computer outputs instructions to the builder as to the position and
> orientation of the stones to be placed in the wall.
>
>   I am developing the method as a patentable invention, the details  
> of which
> can be seen at www.rocksolver.com . I don't yet have the computer  
> program to
> demonstrate the method but I'm optimistic about it being possible.  
> Because
> of the ubiquitous nature of stone and the low embodied energy of  
> unprocessed
> stone I think it would be a good idea to use it more in building.  
> What do
> you think?
>
>   Any ideas or comments would be appreciated. Thanks.
>
>   Malcolm Lambert
>
>
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