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Randy's new home, Taipei, sports
The World's Tallest Building (for Now)
The building is stabilized by a steel ball weighing 1,496,000 pounds, (748 tons) suspended from the 92nd floor by cables. Another estimate is only 730 tons. Still that's 1,460,000 pounds of steel.

Either way, it's nearly a million and a half pound steel ball. There's got to be a good story there.

"The damper will reduce the tower’s peak vibrations by more than one- third, say Motioneering officials. But the damper will not have any role during earthquakes. Then, the main concern is to ensure that the steel ball stays in control and does not swing wildly and destructively."

Indeed. Damage done by a giant steel ball is big damage.

posted by dale @ 10:23 AM