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Cities could be built upon or retrofitted with large, slow-rotating platters, upon which buildings, streets, and other infrastructure are mounted.
Platters are maybe 100 m to 1 km in diameter, and each continually revolves about its central axis at speeds from a few revolutions an hour to several
RPM. The perimeters of adjacent platters nearly touch, so that one could -- with a confident stride -- step from one platter to another while both are in motion.
Platters could be sized based on traffic or population density, with popular neighbourhoods having many smaller and relatively fast rotating platters, while each of the sleepy 'burbs maybe gets one or two kilometer-diameter, behemoth platters.
To get from A to B, one merely has to loiter at the perimeter of one's current platter until the next desired platter approaches and then take a leap. Commuting is akin to a series of interplanetary slingshots, where fuel need only be spent to jump orbit.
For building dwellers, the advantage is a continuous change of scenery.
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rotating trees [xenzag, Aug 01 2013]
Omega city is a watch
http://www.youtube....watch?v=ctj-RDbTBMU
[theircompetitor, Aug 01 2013]
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Welcome to the Halfbakery! |
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This concept is impractical, inefficient, nausea-inducing to
even think about, and utterly brilliant. [+] |
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Rarely have I read an idea this revolutionary. |
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Seems to me that, instead of revolving entire
platters, you could simply have revolving rings. Not
only would this be far more practical to actually
construct, it would offer the advantage that you
could commute from one side of a circle to the other
without having to travel across the whole ring. |
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Although, I suppose with the platters idea, you could
turn the corner areas into parks, and you could
simply wait on one until the part of the platter
closest to your destination arrives. |
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I want the map concession - various sizes of box'o'gears. |
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Own up. How many of you thought traditional English roundabouts and traffic circles were difficult to navigate? Do you really think Revolving Platters will be easier to negotiate? And, for those of you who secretly fear that treacherous transition between moving sidewalks or escalators and fixed terra firma, please embrace an entirely new foundation to support your agoraphobic misgivings about venturing outside your home. |
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Other than that, I kind of like the idea. |
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[+] Yay, and I'd like to have one of those giant coffee-cup rides to ride across my platter. |
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How do all the underground connections work? Have a revolving tree for your efforts (see link) |
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So jurist, you think the idea is not fit for the porpoise? |
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Don't live near the edges, as the best water pressure is likely to be in the middle nearest the bearings. |
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[xenzag] Each platter would have a main central bearing with rotational couplings for services. I'm pretty sure that this tech is baked, though it may be a secret closely guarded by the revolving restaurant engineers guild. |
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very cool [+] Reminded me for some reason of the
linked Omega video -- a living space that is a watch. |
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What [Voice] said … it should be called
"Darwin", except that name is taken. A whole
city that's a Darwin Device ? It's difficult to
see how this idea can be improved on, apart
from making the edges of the discs either (a)
serrated, (b) REALLY sharp, or (c) (best) both. |
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8th, what about having sections of the discs' edge
cut away, and then introducing a random modulation
of the rotational speed. Adds an amount of
excitement to the otherwise boring and predictable
manoeuvre of stepping between discs - all of a
sudden your planned landing skips out from under
you! |
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But wait - I think this goes against the original idea. |
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On larger faster discs the skyscrapers near the edge would lean inwards most eye-catchingly. |
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"Oh, sorry, that's not a picture of my city, that's a bloomin' onion we ate last night..." |
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Airport runways would need to become spiral-shaped. |
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With the exception of some sports facilities hard to think of a building that is spherical or cylinder in shape. Start a complete new round town and leave the retrofit alone. |
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