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Looks like something that Jeff Goldblum would come out of.
That is freaky. I love that they made a public exhibit out of this engineering feature. Normally the coolest parts of buildings and infrastructure are hidden away in dank employees only areas.
I just spent an hour reading about tuned mass dampers. I wish I'd learned better things in school.
Check the wiki article, there's one in Shanghai Tower that is an absolute work of art!
Torn between, "Oh, cool!" and, "Should we be worried?"
Fortunately, I didn't get to see it in action the last time that I went up in Taipei 101. It's definitely a really cool tower.
Needs a China tag, as that's the nation where this is taking place.
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