Comments on: Industrial strength fungus: mycelium as building material http://futurismic.com/2010/02/05/industrial-strength-fungus-mycelium-as-building-material/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chaka Zyne Sonis http://futurismic.com/2010/02/05/industrial-strength-fungus-mycelium-as-building-material/comment-page-1/#comment-637249 Chaka Zyne Sonis Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:38:30 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10401#comment-637249 Hulking neanderthals huh? Well I (such that we) do have Aryan Ancestors, and traces of shared Genes from our Neanderthal cousins, in fact, most humans out of the middle east have. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/05/100506-science-neanderthals-humans-mated-interbred-dna-gene/ -sourcitysource- Further we may well have developed blue eyes by similar means from our evidently greater-minded relatives. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranial_capacity I detest being unable to build constructions to a relative, adapted size easily out of purposefully textured structure. You southern-landers can go and have your micro car and I don't want one any larger then optimal, yet your sizes are a persistent pain for my body. --As for this material, should I be able to make it into a mold for a house (and ohh, how this new language we use is awful--"make a mold for a fungi house, oh, no wait don't take it like that")or a dome-house, for a set of connected dome structures, or of domes and assemblable structures should be a saving grace for housing for my, and indeed all people, should we get our act together enough to dig the structure, lay out a mold, find the spores, and use our freaking corn-shells! -emphasis meant. Hulking neanderthals huh? Well I (such that we) do have Aryan Ancestors, and traces of shared Genes from our Neanderthal cousins, in fact, most humans out of the middle east have. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/05/100506-science-neanderthals-humans-mated-interbred-dna-gene/
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Further we may well have developed blue eyes by similar means from our evidently greater-minded relatives.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranial_capacity

I detest being unable to build constructions to a relative, adapted size easily out of purposefully textured structure. You southern-landers can go and have your micro car and I don’t want one any larger then optimal, yet your sizes are a persistent pain for my body.

–As for this material, should I be able to make it into a mold for a house (and ohh, how this new language we use is awful–”make a mold for a fungi house, oh, no wait don’t take it like that”)or a dome-house, for a set of connected dome structures, or of domes and assemblable structures should be a saving grace for housing for my, and indeed all people, should we get our act together enough to dig the structure, lay out a mold, find the spores, and use our freaking corn-shells! -emphasis meant.

]]> By: Deano http://futurismic.com/2010/02/05/industrial-strength-fungus-mycelium-as-building-material/comment-page-1/#comment-637242 Deano Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:18:04 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10401#comment-637242 Read 'Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save The World' by Paul Stamets. It has a whole lot of other uses for mycelium! I haven't read it yet but I bought it as a gift to my father and he absolutely swears by it! Read ‘Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save The World’ by Paul Stamets. It has a whole lot of other uses for mycelium!

I haven’t read it yet but I bought it as a gift to my father and he absolutely swears by it!

]]> By: joe l http://futurismic.com/2010/02/05/industrial-strength-fungus-mycelium-as-building-material/comment-page-1/#comment-435136 joe l Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:16:14 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10401#comment-435136 I read about this great product, but except for the insulation qualities, I doubt the construction industry will welcome such a strong, indestructable material. As a packing material it can eliminate much of the styrafoam being used. I think it would be a great addition to home foundations if not the entire structure. I read about this great product, but except for the insulation qualities, I doubt the construction industry will welcome such a strong, indestructable material.
As a packing material it can eliminate much of the styrafoam being used. I think it would be a great addition to home foundations if not the entire structure.

]]> By: uncle Roy T. http://futurismic.com/2010/02/05/industrial-strength-fungus-mycelium-as-building-material/comment-page-1/#comment-242531 uncle Roy T. Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:42:08 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10401#comment-242531 I believe two frequency geodomes would be a good canidate for such a remarkable building material. Truly grow homes, possibly at such a low cost that young people can truly invision living in a 3000+ sqaure ft home for exceptionaly low cost. More money for education. I believe two frequency geodomes would be a good canidate for such a remarkable building material. Truly grow homes, possibly at such a low cost that young people can truly invision living in a 3000+ sqaure ft home for exceptionaly low cost. More money for education.

]]> By: David Edwin Pennington http://futurismic.com/2010/02/05/industrial-strength-fungus-mycelium-as-building-material/comment-page-1/#comment-106670 David Edwin Pennington Wed, 05 May 2010 03:27:14 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10401#comment-106670 This fits so well... while conventional wood construction is bedeviled by mold and fungus problems, here we let the fungus take us by the mycelium and we get strong, safe structures from trash! I have a growing barn where I would like to produce this synergistic stuff. This fits so well… while conventional wood construction is bedeviled by mold and fungus problems, here we let the fungus take us by the mycelium and we get strong, safe structures from trash! I have a growing barn where I would like to produce this synergistic stuff.

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