SKIRMISHER

Here’s something to liven up dark and dank places like mausoleums, tunnels, and churches—concrete walls that glow with light.

The light is made possible by thousands of optical glass fibres embedded in parallel in concrete and simply relay the light from the exterior side of the wall to the interior—much like tiny peep holes, only a lot cooler.

As explained by its inventor:

“The fibres integrate into the concrete as a kind of “undemanding” additive and the surface still reminds one of homogenous concrete. The material is translucent because the glass fibres carry light in the form of little dots from one face of the block to the opposite one. Due to the parallel arrangement, the light information from the brighter side of such a wall appears on the darker side without any changes. However, the most interesting aspect of this phenomenon is the sharpness with which shadows become visible on the other side of the wall. Even the colours of the light coming through do not change.”

I guess people who love living in bunkers but hate the musty dark will be delighted with this technology. I’m not sure about the cockroaches, though.

LIGHT-TRANSMITTING CONCRETE [red dot]

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