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Monday, March 1, 2010

What a Rainfall


It rained heavily that morning. I saw her for the first time. In our classroom, all her hair fallen on her shoulder, she half wet , trying to hide herself, actually her face from my stare. Water droplets like silver pearls, dripping from her black flocks, running through her cheeks, to her lips then neck and finally got absorbed somewhere in her frock. She was trembling and I felt pity for her. Surely I wanted to go to her with a towel, dry her, put my overcoat over her shoulder and give her a cozy hug. But I neither had towel nor overcoat that moment. So I went outside my classroom, in the open field, stretched both my arms and drenched myself in the heavy rain. Just to feel the same way she was feeling. I curled my arms, stood upon my toes and tried to whirl around and dance. As I turned around, I found that she was staring at me through the classroom window. And she was smiling.

Mobile Buildings

The literal meaning of mobile (movable) is generally not associated with buildings or civil engineering structures. One justifiably may wonder how buildings can be mobile. The answer to this conundrum is Nano-construction.
Well then again the riddle is open. Nano-technology and construction?

Yes, this can be possible now. Engineers from all over the world are trying to create nano-materials which would be million times lighter or thinner but thousand times stronger. Well the concept of nano-technology is definitely not the latest one. We already know many electronic materials (chips, transistors, capacitors) which are of the nano level in size but equally efficient if not more.

Now we can have walls, beams or columns made from specially designed nano-materials which would be very thin and light but assuredly very strong.
Imagine the walls of your room as thin as the pages of your book. Imagine the amount of space we would save for mankind. Imagine cars passing through practically invisible bridges. Imagine the advertisement hoardings stuck in the air via invisible poles. Just imagine the world around you!

Although this concept of nano-construction is still in the research and feasibility testing state, but those days are definitely not far away when nano-construction will be a reality. Though it seems highly impractical today, but you never know when technology takes a huge leap.

And that day it would really be possible to carry your home along with you, wherever you go. Just fold it and carry in your bag along with other belongings. If nothing else the column of permanent address from the admission forms would at least vanish. And we would add another column of MOBILE RESIDENCE.