Innovation: create 23-ton concrete blocks that can be moved by hand

How to move with one hand a big stone of more than 20 tons? The challenge is simple when the object in question is a advanced concrete block created by Mbadachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) designers, which can be moved effortlessly.

The design laboratory of this American university, in collaboration with CEMEX, created a block that exceeds 22 tons in the scale and can move without machinery or tool. As you can see in the video, he reaches the strength of two hands.

Naturally, the key to this innovation lies in its design. These blocks have rounded edges that encourage simple glide, and its center of gravity (at variable densities) allows manipulate them without losing their stability.

They are also functional: the same they can be embedded and form stable structures. Each of them has steps, useful for the continuity of the constructions. What we are seeing now is the result of more than five years of work, revealed the experts involved.

As the site explains Material design, the creators of this ingenuity were inspired by ancient structures like the famous Moai statues on Easter Island, and also at the Stonehenge monument in southern England. Both have colossal stones and depending on the source, the transport and placement of these megalithic structures was "mysterious".