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David Fisher,construction,architecture Dubai Skyscraper with Rotating Floors

Dubai Skyscraper with Rotating Floors

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Every single one of the 68 stories skyscraper is designed to rotate once per 90 minutes.

See http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117625795099465923-WFaTx4FSsy1oW4x8lS4eK1518io_20070418.html?mod=regionallinks
for a Wall Street Journal article on it.

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If we are going to keep building stuff like this, better energy sources would be handy real soon now...


written by Thylan  | 1 year 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Agreed Thylan, though they seem to have thought of that:
"Each story of the tower would be shaped like a doughnut and be attached to a center core housing elevators, emergency stairs and other utilities. Wind turbines placed in gaps between the doughnuts would generate electricity."


written by Crazy-drummer  | 1 year 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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how do the people inside keep from sticking to the outermost walls?


written by Trancecoach  | 1 year 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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I don't think we get gravitational forces at .011111 rpm. I suspect you wouldn't even be able to feel it as motion.


written by oxdottir  | 1 year 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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hello? Haven't you read anything about this bldg? It will not randomly rotate just for the hell of it. The bldg is designed to take advantage of the desert environment. It will rotate to take advantage of the winds and I doubt it will look like naything in the video except for showing off.


written by joedirt  | 1 year 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Yes, but the rotation speed, when rotating, will be 90 minutes per one rotation. Which is to say, .011111 rpm.


written by oxdottir  | 1 year 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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I think you mean centripedal forces.
Gravity is always present, regardless of speed.


written by charliem  | 1 year 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Oh, I wouldn't use centripedal force in conversations like this. I would make my sentence clearer and say, "I don't think we get forces that anyone could confuse with gravity at .011111 rpm." But yeah, I know the physics.


written by oxdottir  | 1 year 10 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Thylan, I think alternative energy is the whole point. If you watch to the end, it claims that this single tower can produce enough wind energy to supply 10 towers.


written by Linz  | 1 year 10 months 1 week ago | CH
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^ You're right. somehow I'd missed that part. Comes from sifting/commenting late at night when your sleepy...


written by Thylan  | 1 year 10 months 1 week ago | CH
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damn, it's *dead


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This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by RhesusMonk.


written by siftbot  | 1 year 4 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Awarding dotdude with one star point for fixing this video's dead embed code.


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