Name: Fly-Ash Brick
Inventors: Henry Liu
Cost to Develop: $600,000
Time: 20,000 hours
Prototype | | | | | Product
The technology for this brick may become quite useful now-- in consideration of the massive flood of coal plant pollutants that has covered 300 acres of land in Tennessee. (January '09). I hope those who make the choices about what to do, are paying attention to this Pop Science Inventor of the Year winner and his innovation. Perhaps using this is one of the stimuli to the economy of the nation that we need now. Just as relevent - where's the rest of this article for others to read ? hn
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