Genius

[rich_jacko]

It might be a bit disconcerting being in it at first, but how ace is this?

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[rich-jacko.livejournal.com]

I don't think it would. It takes between one and three hours to complete a rotation. At that speed, you wouldn't feel the movement. It would be cool to watch the view outside the windows change, but it probably wouldn't be any more distracting than passing traffic or trees blowing in the wind, if you caught it in your peripheral vision.

I'd give it a go! :o)

[thegreatgonzo.livejournal.com]

The "at voice command" suggests it only happens when you want.

personally:

do not want.

[soul-rider.livejournal.com]

But whose voice command? if the whole floor rotates and there is more than one apartment on each floor - can you imagine the escalation of neighbour disputes?!

Personally, I started feeling motion sickness watching the animation, never mind in the building...

[thegreatgonzo.livejournal.com]

if the whole floor rotates and there is more than one apartment on each floor

But there won't be, read the article: 80 stories, made of 80 pre-fabricated apartments.

[rich-jacko.livejournal.com]

The animation is significantly speeded up :o)

But if each floor is controlled separately, it'd take a heck of a lot of neighbourly co-ordination to get the whole tower shimmying like in the video...

[soul-rider.livejournal.com]

Pah! How long till someone hacks it? ;-p

[san-valentine.livejournal.com]

It's 80 storeys high, and each storey can revolve separately - and the architect has never designed a skyscraper before. I think I'd wait before buying a place there.

The description of it rotating and moving, and the overall shape of the tower, made me wonder if it vibrated too. There are some things that shape that pulse, rotate and vibrate, though those are small enough to be held in the hand.

[littlejenny123.livejournal.com]

Wow. If I win the lottery I'm buying one of these apartments.