innovation lab has exploited the idea of light-transmitting concrete to make a screen out of cement. the system works with a projector behind a wall filled with horizontal optical fibers. we all know that soon every surface can become an interface, but is this the way? with architecture-scale displays, resolution can be low while brightness needs to increase. it remains to be seen whether paintable displays or simply LED matrices will make a better (and thinner) wall display. also, this material is unlikely to be structural since it contains no rebar or aggregate and cannot resist bending.
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[…] becoming commonplace now that projectors and cameras are widely available. And with the advent of light-transmitting concrete it could serve as a useful tool for prototyping the kind of future we may one day […]