[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Building by Intelligent Rearrangement - an idea

[Lawrence Lile]

They said it couldn't be done - an excellent reason to go ahead and show
that it can!  

--Lawrence

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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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