(PhysOrg.com) -- First imagined and created back in 2007 by two University engineering students who met at the Royal College of Art in London, Will Crawford and Peter Brewin; tents that can be shipped ...

This could be the next leap in construction, a flexible concrete-like material. When it is wet, it turns into sold concrete. It can be shaped into any kind of structure, and takes about a day to dry.

Concrete Canvas is just what it sounds like: canvas that’s, well, concrete. The material is essentially a water-activated concrete fabric that can be deployed for just about any task generally ...

Putting your in-laws in the backyard tent when they visit this summer? Beware, they could make the arrangement permanent. Concrete Canvas makes inflatable tents that, after being doused in water, ...

Using a special fiber material which hardens when put on water, it is strong enough not to break even if you hit it with a hammer by inflating and applying water, it does not burn even if it is ...

It’s a far cry from a room with a view. A Dublin Airbnb host advertised a “private room” under the stars for nearly $75 a night — but it was really just a pop-up tent on a backyard concrete slab. The ...