• Japan's New Anti earthquake technology
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abc_LfNRNpE[/media]
~magic~
Would be even better if the house just kept going up.....
Japan has the coolest, wildest shit.
what the how? yeah i'm gonna be needing an explanation to this man!
Magnets? What is this?
Not enough dramatic music
Imagine if this deployed and a squirrel got in there and then the earthquake stopped...
Now think about how much it would cost to have it installed; on both your house, and on a massive scale of loads houses.
So is this like a huge electromagnet? I really wish I could understand Japanese. Cool video, though! [QUOTE=SoUl_ReApEr2;34944749]Would be even better if the house just kept going up.....[/QUOTE] Obligatory [B] MY PEOPLE NEED ME[/B]
Using technology perfected from years of gameshows? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOPImYIA9xo[/media]
Problems with the ground? Make houses float. /japan
I just wanna stick my fingers in the gap.
Now do it with a skyscraper.
What if something bumped into the building as it's floating? Would it disconnect? ...wait, what about the water pipes, electrical wires, etc?
[QUOTE=imMonkeyGOD;34947229]What if something bumped into the building as it's floating? Would it disconnect? ...wait, what about the water pipes, electrical wires, etc?[/QUOTE] they would probably be closed off/disconnected intentionally as part of the hovering process to keep the house in tact. Your basement would get fucked up though.
I bet they built the house out of paper or something! yeah just you wait and see how helpful it will be when a storm comes along!
I pretty much expected this, since Japan seems to have mastered technology, seriously, They got better tech than the rest of the world, commerically anyway. Still you do have a problem with the basement and electrical wire, and the fact that tons of stuff is going to weigh it down.
Ok I'll say it. It looks like a sex machine.
I think you could have flexible pipes and wires for the electricity and water. It's not like you have to disconnect the entire house off the ground, you just make it float so the vibration doesn't get to it.
I've seen the Japs make a hoverboard thing back in 2002. Sadly, it only hovered a few millimeters from the ground. But this, is awesome!
The future of housing. Now you can drive anywhere and do anything in the safety of your own home. Literally.
Wire and pipes wouldn't be a problem if you just have the part where it floats have extra long and bendy pipes and wires so it can take the extra length the hovering and quake would generate.
Then the power goes out and the foundation will act as a catapult.
[QUOTE=Mr.Campin;34945550]Now think about how much it would cost to have it installed; on both your house, and on a massive scale of loads houses.[/QUOTE] It's more of a day "Houses after this date MUST be installed with this" sort of situation. It'd be impossible to go to do this to all older generation houses.
[QUOTE=SoUl_ReApEr2;34944749]Would be even better if the house just kept going up.....[/QUOTE] [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rVBamJ1OEKU/TJdGUjJulTI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/NyEW5D-ZBxg/s1600/2009_up_teaser_poster_003-1.jpg[/img] they still haven't found the prototype
the magnets required for this are probably extremely expensive, nobody would be able to afford this
[QUOTE=Nexus435;34973738]the magnets required for this are probably extremely expensive, nobody would be able to afford this[/QUOTE] i'd be more concerned about the electricity bill than magnets, considering how much force you're looking at here(that is, assuming this thing even uses electricity to operate)
Instead of shitting yourself from manical shaking, shit yourself from your entire house lifting up.
bring that in to california, they needed it.
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