How to make cement and mortar in the wild (aka survival cement).

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In a survival situation, a mixture of mud and grasses can be used to create a substance known as “survival cement”. Survival cement can be used to construct shelters, create cookware, kilns, and to wrap foods for “clay baking”. It takes two ingredients to make cement in the wild – mud and grass.

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To show off the capabilities of their machines, Caterpillar created this massive real-life Pac-Man game using 4-foot deep trenches and remote controlled construction equipment.

Giant Pac-Man maze created with Caterpillar construction equipment

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. teamed up with Caterpillar Inc. to create this massive real-life Pac-Man game. Caterpillar used their own equipment of course, to dig out four-foot deep trenches to create a massive 29.296 square feet Pac-Man maze. They then used professional gamers and construction workers to remote control the equipment through the maze.

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