New technology allows housing to heal after crashes

New material developed by the US Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects (DARPA) could allow the house to heal itself or recover from the effects of typhoons and floods.

DARPA is carrying out a project called ELM with a focus on self-healing technology that allows construction engineers to solve many of the problems involved.

The orientation of ELM is to build self-developed structures to suit the actual needs.

The ELM project addresses two major issues in the construction sector: transportation of materials to the site and maintenance of the structure and self-repair of damage caused by time and rain. The purpose is to combine the structural properties of traditional building materials with the characteristics of living entities.

ELM wants to combine the properties of biological materials, such as wood, with structures and structures constructed using 3D printing, and then coating living cells that allow them to expand deliberately. It is a hybrid material, not a living organism, but it supports and provides the structure of living cells.

In short, the orientation of ELM is to build self-developed structures to suit the actual needs. For example, the roof can control the airflow of a cool home, the chimney can be self-reheat, the floor can drain the oil spill or slippery solution.

When developed to perfection, this program can pack special materials in sealed containers and then send them to the construction site. Just after a while, the material expands and grows into the desired structure by using local resources.