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House-of-Cards Construction
Architectural technique that uses computers to help buildings maintain their balance during earthquakes. (Read the full article)
| "Here's an interesting link for building a self-balancing robot using the Lego Mindstorms robotic toy: Building a Self-Balancing Robot with Standard Parts I seem to recall Legos were originally designed as a toy that would let you build little houses or castles or buildings, anyway... Why not self-balancing robotic house-of-cards construction buildings? " ( 4/15/2007 11:09:29 AM ) |
| "Seems to be an "Active Structure"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_structure" (roid 2/23/2008 5:50:06 AM ) |
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