Tech and Amusing Stuff

(Picture from last’s years trip)

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The Taipei 101 has been the world’s tallest completed building since 2004, it stands as an icon of Taipei and Taiwan as a whole. The building contains 101 floors above ground and 5 floors underground.

To withstand strong winds the Taipei 101 utilizes a tuned mass damper, this is a device mounted in structures to prevent discomfort, damage or outright structural failure by vibration. The pendulum sways to offset movements in the building caused by strong gusts and it can reduce up to 40% of the tower’s movements.

Watch how a Base jumper manages to jump off the tallest building in the world.

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Via Gizmodo

Skip to 1:30 for the good part.

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BMW has created a concept car called the GINA Light Visionary Model, which takes a seamless, plastic-coated lycra material, and stretches it over a metal frame with moving parts—allowing for the car to have shape-shifting properties

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