Hover your house using powerful magnets when earthquake strikes
How do you like the idea of your home automatically lifting itself up and hover over a bed of powerful magnets, whenever earthquake strikes? It's outlandish, right? But that's the future vision for Greg Hnderson of Arx Pax. You might have heard of Arx Pax as the makers of How to make a hoverboard that works? Share Suggestions, Tips & Ideas Here. Henderson says that the technology Hendo Hoverboard uses can be deployed on a large scale to protect houses during major earthquakes.
Arx Pax already has patents for innovative systems that employ water or gas to lift homes. Arx Pax however aims to eliminate the structural movement entirely and that's the reason they're thinking of employing magnets. The goal is to have the building's 'landing gear' react and activate the hover engines as soon as the earthquake strikes; and it all should be lightening fast.
The proposed system that employs magnets is very cost effective as well. In order to lift a three-story home for about 90 seconds, which is the average earthquake length, the power required can be supplied using five car batteries. Henderson's calculations hint at overall 'lifting' cost of about $13.
Arx Pax would require installation of the new hover engines and earthquake-proof base. The computers would automatically turn on the hover engines as soon as they sense earthquake. The final design may also have the construction platform resting over a buffer medium contained inside a vessel.
Arx Pax will also have 'ShakingAlert' software system that senses earthquake, integrated in their overall plan. The ShakeAlert system is operated by the University of California Berkeley and USGS that has successfully detected earthquakes in the past. Read more about this interesting project on the source link below.
Source: 'Hover houses' raised on magnets could protect California from earthquakes | Daily Mail Online
Arx Pax already has patents for innovative systems that employ water or gas to lift homes. Arx Pax however aims to eliminate the structural movement entirely and that's the reason they're thinking of employing magnets. The goal is to have the building's 'landing gear' react and activate the hover engines as soon as the earthquake strikes; and it all should be lightening fast.
The proposed system that employs magnets is very cost effective as well. In order to lift a three-story home for about 90 seconds, which is the average earthquake length, the power required can be supplied using five car batteries. Henderson's calculations hint at overall 'lifting' cost of about $13.
Arx Pax would require installation of the new hover engines and earthquake-proof base. The computers would automatically turn on the hover engines as soon as they sense earthquake. The final design may also have the construction platform resting over a buffer medium contained inside a vessel.
Arx Pax will also have 'ShakingAlert' software system that senses earthquake, integrated in their overall plan. The ShakeAlert system is operated by the University of California Berkeley and USGS that has successfully detected earthquakes in the past. Read more about this interesting project on the source link below.
Source: 'Hover houses' raised on magnets could protect California from earthquakes | Daily Mail Online
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Rajni JainEarthquakes lasts for a span less than 20 seconds.
In this duration the magnets should lift the house so smoothly that it doesn't feel like another man made earthquake.. 😀
It's a great innovation, but I am still skeptical if this is going to be very practical. -
Sarathkumar ChandrasekaranI am stunned by the idea but its super great. great job to the mind behind it.
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msuresh444Surely its a good idea. But, the magnetic force needed to levitate an entire house would be tremendous. You might have heard of recent "Maglev" trains of Japan (Mag-magnetic Lev-levitation), they do consume a lot of power to maintain that few inches of gap. Lets see how this will work out in a very huge scale covering the entire population of earth!
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