Construction

Bulletpoints

 * Nanotech and engineered bacteria in smart, responsive construction materials


 * Holograms, 3D rendering, modeling & design. Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality presentations & planning
 * Autonomous Vehicles, Remote Presence & swarms of Drones used for construction projects
 * 3D scanners, sometimes drone-mounted, ensuring precision
 * Large-scale 3D printing (house- or apartment-sized units with built-in conduits for plumbing/electric)
 * Aerogel components: heat resistant, cold resistant, ultra-light
 * Massive Prefab & Standardized Parts up to complete rooms/residences, plascrete
 * Giant smart machines assemble prefab units of great size, robotic construction workers & machines
 * Programmable Components (each material component has its own “skills” & traits)
 * "Growstruction" & Self-Repairing Structures
 * Maglev elevators that can move vertically, horizontally, or diagonally; connecting elevator shafts
 * Elevator pods can connect separate buildings
 * Silicon-steel, plastiskin, plastiment, synthetic biology, self-healing concrete, transparent alumina
 * Smart Energy systems (solar, wind, artificial plants, etc)
 * Solar/Photovoltaic exterior walls, streets, pavement, roofing, windows
 * SmartGlass (windows with built-in nanowire display interfaces)
 * Open spaces for Holo Displays & Augmented Reality games
 * Parks & Playgrounds are also used as Augmented Reality spaces
 * Vertical Farming, Towercologies
 * Arcologies, Aqualogies, Underground Cities
 * Space colonies and stations are constructed in space by bots and orbital 3D printers

Smart & Green Buildings
To arrange meetings or book resources, the internal resource management system is used. All meeting rooms are equipped with sensors to control lights, air conditioning, heating and status of all available devices, making it easier to personalize the climate. Meeting rooms are monitored by an automated temperature control system, which adjusts the heating or A/C before the meeting and afterward. Sensors adapt to match the time of year, outside temperature, outside light and the needs of the presenter, automatically setting up the appropriate parameters for the meeting.

State-of-the-Art Options

 * HushRooms aka “Black Box Rooms” (no sensors or AI) == the only true privacy
 * New construction is built with networked sensor capability, no wiring
 * Wall-sized Displays
 * Smart Utilities, Appliances & Security Systems
 * Self-Healing Materials (“Viber 5”, etc)
 * Flexible Electronics, Stretchable Electronics
 * Molec-Engineered Materials (for specific traits/capacities)
 * Reverse humidifier that pulls water from the humidity in the air

Aerogel
A porous, ultra-lightweight material that maintains its shape despite being almost as light as air, it resists and blocks extreme heat, cold and sound. A block or layer of Aerogel can handle 20,000 times its own weight. Often used to insulate windows, spacesuits, body armor, and the hulls of sea, air or space vehicles.

AlumiGlass
Transparent alumina (or Aluminum Oxynitride) is three times stronger than steel and mostly transparent. It is often used for the exterior windows of buildings, aerial/orbital vehicles and space stations, as well as aquarium walls, armored windows and impact-resistant optical lenses.

Cloaking Steel
Thin sheets of specially-fabricated steel that absorbs and counteracts the reflections of radio wave frequencies. This renders the shape of the wearer or vehicle invisible to radar, making it appear as a nondescript object of innate material, or blend into the indiscriminate background signal.

Glassteel
An amorphous metal which is transparent, shape-retaining, corrosion-resistant, Glassteel is both lighter and more resilient than crystaline metal, twice as strong as regular steel. It can be heated and molded into any shape desired, making it useful for construction materials, molded coatings and vehicle/machine parts.

Graphene
Made from honeycomb sheets of carbon just one atom thick, graphene is a super-light, ultra-thin and near-transparent material that is super-strong (200 times stronger than steel), and also a great conductor of heat and electricity. Stiff and elastic, graphene can be stretched up to 125% of its original length without breaking, and can be mixed with other materials to imbue its qualities to them. It is used in the creation of quantum computer chips, electronic components, solar-collecting panels and windows, water desalinization filters, SmartGlass interfaces and touchscreens, as well as the creation of composite materials used in aerial vehicles and construction, and lightweight conductive textiles such as those used in holofabric and portable housing.

Hydrophobic Oxide
Sprayed on any surface, this molecular configuration of aluminum oxide creates a water-repellant surface that remains clean and friction-free. Used to protect vehicles, electronics, medical devices and exterior building surfaces from water damage, algae growth or ice formation.

HyperDiamond
Comprised of millions of tiny interlocked diamond crystals, this graphite-based material is immensely resistant to temperature changes, compression and shearing, and is many times harder and more dense than diamonds occurring in nature. Often used for the creation of blades, grinders and high-pressure machine parts.

LumaCrete
This variant form of concrete contains self-assembling nano-based optical fibers which permitt light to be transmitted through it. LumaCrete is used in the construction of buildings, roads, tunnels, self-illuminating walkways, or subterranean spaces where ordinary lighting is difficult to implement.

Metallic Foams
Super-light configurations of gas-injected metal compounds, metallic foams retain many properties of their original metals while becoming much lighter and more resistant to heat and shearing effects. They may be either highly conductive or resistant to electricity. They are highly impact-resistant, compressible, and may even be configured to float in water. Often used in the construction of vehicles, aqualogies and space stations.

Microlatticed Metals
Comprised of 99% air in an open cellular polymer structure, microlatticed metals are super light, yet stronger than carbon fiber. Used in the construction of sea, air and space vehicles.

Self-Healing Concrete
Comprised of limestone injected with microbiomes, this pourable compound is able to “heal” cracking damage by filling itself in with calcium released by living bacteria within it when they are exposed to water. Used for outdoor construction, building exteriors, walkways and roads.

ThermoChromatic Tile
Responsive tiles which change color depending on temperature, shifting from a basic glossy black to shades of red, green, blue or purple. ThermoChromatic tile is often used for the interior surfaces of baths, showers, kitchen surfaces, chem labs and industrial treatment facilities, where quick and easy determination of temperature is important.

Thermoelectric Compounds
Compound materials that capture excess heat and convert it into electrical energy, used in the construction of factories and energy-hungry machines like cars, planes and refrigerators.

Transparent Solar Cell Sheeting
Transparent solar cells are the state of the art in solar applications. By harvesting only invisible light, they can provide a similar electricity-generation potential as rooftop solar while enhancing the efficiency of buildings, automobiles and mobile electronics. Transparent luminescent solar concentrators can be applied to a window surface, gathering solar energy without disrupting the view. The thin, plastic-like material can be used on buildings, car windows, cell phones or any other devices with a clear surface. Solar collection systems can be configured and implemented as tiles, panels, bricks, flexible sheets, and spray-on coatings. They may even be embedded into the surfaces of other materials, such as plastic, alumiglass or glassteel. The price of solar power collection is so low, that self-powering via solar energy is a common feature of everything from large structures like buildings and roads, to small devices like PDAs and drones.