Archinect - News2024-11-15T23:44:21-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/39778722/company-seeks-to-solve-japan-s-earthquake-woes-by-levitating-homes
Company seeks to solve Japan’s earthquake woes by levitating homes Archinect2012-02-29T12:32:00-05:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1f/1f07b0983409b6c835c540e87687a873?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>In theory the mechanism is really quite simple:
1. A sensor detects the rumblings of an earthquake.
2. Within .5 to 1 second an air tank pushes air in-between an artificial foundation and the actual structure of the home, lifting it as high as 3cm off the ground.
3. While the earth below violently shakes, the levitating home quietly and patiently waits, returning back to the ground once the tectonic plates have settled.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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