^ wow that ceramic stuff is cool!

i think it's obvious that there's no big commercial force behind promoting the idea of using mud instead of thousands of dollars of building materials. the joys of capitalism.

Persephone, have you heard of fired adobe? That's how I'm going to build my dream home in Costa Rica.

I have a great book by Nader Khalili on the subject, well worth checking out.

lol, I must be a super nerd. I've done most of this stuff. The first part seems to be some space application MMC on ceramic substrates.

Was that a ceramic bathroom towel hook?!?  Now why would somebody bring that to a concert?

One is kevlar, one is ceramic plates (laminated with kevlar). So hard body armor is heavier and I believe ineffective after a certain amount of hits.

neener neener... I'm rubber and you're ceramic-plated