Latest Inventions in Physics

You want to build a house with a curved wall. The traditional way involves cutting wood into little pieces, forming the pieces into a curve, and then bending a sheet of drywall around them. Does it seem complicated, expensive or structurally sound? Not really in today’s reality. What about taking U-shaped pieces of sheet metal to make the curve – one at the top, another at the bottom, and then fitting wood or metal studs into the channels?
That's what Flex-C Trac framing is all about. The product, invented by Frank Wheeler of Flex-Ability Concepts in Edmond, Okla., is one of four products receiving Innovative Housing Technology Awards from the National Association of Home Builders' Research Center and Popular Science magazine.
Flex-C is sold in 10-foot lengths. It is made of galvanized steel and consists of self-tapping screws, pivotal sections and sliding straps.
According to Wheeler, Fle...