House Repairs Itself in Earthquake


	House Repairs Itself in Earthquake

haraya

5-3-2007 1:36 PM

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house, earthquake, technology, invention, science, greece, nanotechnology, literature, inspiration, innovation

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5-3-2007 2:12 PM

bignosemousie

Cool! It reminds me of these commercials in the US where the house tells the owner stuff like "did you know we have termites in the basement?"

5-3-2007 11:20 PM

anshar

Very good clip.

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<FONT size="2" face="arial"><FONT face="arial">This house will have more going for it than <A href="http://www.livescience.com/nanotechnology/">nanotech</A>. The house walls will be built from unique load-bearing steel frames. But the house will also contain wireless, battery-less sensors and <A href="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Technology-Article.asp?ArtNum=1">RFID tags</A> to collect data over time—information about stresses and vibration, temperature and humidity.</FONT></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/scienceoffiction/070418_healing_house.html">The idea of a house that constantly monitors itself and can actually repair itself—and even change its own shape—is found in the remarkable story "The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista" by the British writer <A href="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/AuthorTotalAlphaList.asp?AuNum=151">J.G. Ballard</A>. He describes a <A href="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=1203">psychotropic house</A> that changes its shape, protects itself and even heals itself.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/9C2799B0-F86F-4CC4-975F-3916A126E41A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>