Topic: Cement

NPR reported on the first "owner-occupied" 3D printed Habitat for Humanity home in Williamsburg, Virginia. Adam Curry describes seeing similar "automated mud flappers" in action, noting that the technology primarily prints the cement walls but not the roof or doors. The hosts critique the media hype surrounding the "first" status of the project.

Journalist Andy Ngo was physically assaulted by Antifa protesters in Portland, Oregon, resulting in a brain hemorrhage. The hosts highlight reports that some "milkshakes" thrown during the protest contained quick-drying cement and criticize the lack of mainstream media coverage.

The collapse of a pedestrian bridge at Florida International University (FIU) is attributed to a failure in the "Accelerated Bridge Construction" (ABC) method. The university was a leader in this engineering research, which involves building structures off-site and moving them into place. The bridge also featured experimental "self-cleaning cement," but lacked necessary guide wires at the time of the tragic incident.