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for their last stop
our reporters visit a building firm what are they going to see here
we've developed a house that doesnt get damaged by earthquakes
we've developed a house that doesnt get damaged by earthquakes
in the 2011 earthquake my mother was sleeping in the second floor
and didnt even wake up
and didnt even wake up
pretty hard to believe
it was a huge quake
he leads suhail and alex into what looks like an ordinary house
but watch as he demonstrates what happens to the house in an earthquake
floating house
floating house
you can't tell from the outside
but look closely where the house meets the ground
the base is actually raised up
when an underground censor detects a tremor
within half a second
the house releases itself off the ground
the house is lifted by compressors that pump air under the floor
the air fills a nearly air tight subfloor space until the house is floating above it
this reduces the effective shaking from an earthquake by upto 95%
this reduces the effective shaking from an earthquake by upto 95%
after the earthquake has subsided
the house takes about a minute to settle back down
so far this system has been installed in around fifty houses around japan
suhail is fascinated
he was actually in miyagi prefecture at the time of the big earthquake
it was really a horrible experience
i wish we had this technology at that time
this technology is very important not only to japan
this technology is very important not only to japan
but also to other countries that has much more earthquakes
it would be great if they can distribute this technology (subtitled by Technigeek)