Posted on Wednesday March 3rd by Yonah Freemark | 1,994
In the wake of the simply massive earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, the subject of destruction-prevention is on everyone’s minds, in the event that another Big One strikes.
So is it possible to design a building that’s truly earthquake-proof? Plenty of experts think so, and engineers around the country are working to develop new technologies that could minimize the human and economic costs of a major quake. And one of the busiest hubs of innovation is tucked in a college campus in North Carolina.
Click through our gallery to get a first-hand look at how this impressive lab is working to create — and test – the ultimate quake-proof structure using actual simulations of earthquakes.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:05 pm
I like how the building used to test earthquake-proof technologies itself looks like it would turn into a glass shard infested deathtrap if it were in an earthquake. Thank goodness North Carolina is relatively stable.
March 4th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
an earthquake-proof building seems to be just what we need in this day and age
March 4th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
Page 2 of gallery
“In addition, they’ve perfumed contracted work for a number of corporations …”
Eau de diesel, perhaps ?