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February 20, 2012

Seismic Metamaterials Could Cloak Dams and Power Stations

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by KFC, Technology Review

Metamaterials that absorb seismic waves rather than steer them, might be a better way to protect some buildings, say engineers. In recent years, cloaking technology has taken the world of physics and engineering by storm. The possibility that any object can be hidden from incident waves has numerous applications, both practical and fantastical. One of the more interesting is the possibility of protecting buildings from seismic waves. The idea here is to surround a building, or at least its foundations, with a metamaterial that steers seismic waves around the structure. Various groups have explored ways of doing this.

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27566/?p1=blogs

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