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It's well known that artificial gravity created by spinning in too small a radius results in disorientation, as the inner ear tells a person they are moving sideways. This has resulted in a lot of focus on longer, bigger, or wider vehicles to spin for artificial gravity.
Except that isn't known; not
really. This village would consist of round houses designed to spin fast enough for the occupant to start to get disoriented. Everything in it would be designed to allow soft falls. (foam floors, beanbag furniture, inflated rubber tub, etc) The floors would be tilted outward and yes this would result in higher than 1g at the floor, decreasing to the center. It could be built in a cone shape such that multiple floors all are straight "down". So the inner floors would need to be much flatter than the outer floors. Probably only two floors to get the right diameter.
People would live in this village for extended periods of time to see if some or all of them can get used to the Coriolis effect. We could also learn how long it takes to transition from spin to flat gravity.
Parabolic_20Pool_20Table
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Feb 09 2021]
Preheated
https://www.youtube...watch?v=nxeMoaxUpWk
[Voice, Aug 18 2021]
Rotating_20housing
[hippo, Aug 18 2021]
Rotating a 10,000 ton building (OK, only through 90°)
https://en.wikipedi...ding_(Indianapolis)
[hippo, Aug 18 2021]
The Artificial Gravity Lab
https://www.youtube...watch?v=bJ_seXo-Enc
[Voice, Aug 01 2022]
Rotating house
https://www.youtube...watch?v=gisdyTBMNyQ
[Voice, Jul 10 2023]
[link]
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How do the inhabitants get in and out of their dwellings without serious injury ? |
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[8th of 7] is that really you, asking about the safety of an
idea?
Anyway, it's easy: have access from the top centre, so you
can drop into the (not very fast) axis (perhaps have a small
"pre-spin" transition area that can spin up after you step in). |
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It's really us. We're asking because if there's a chance of serious or even fatal injuries just through day-to-day activities, we will award a bun. |
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The idea of an axial "spin-up" transition area to avoid the problem is rather disappointing. Practical, but still disappointing. |
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Actually I was thinking of a wide bouncy surface around each house. |
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There used to be a song “ Necessary spinning in
the front yard” I have always liked the idea of
necessary spinning. |
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"Get up to the roundhouse on the cliff-top standing.
Take women and children and bed them down." |
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//How do the inhabitants get in and out of their dwellings without serious injury ?// Outside is also spinning at the same speed!! ha |
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And here's me thinking this could have been rotational function to move heaven and earth in a regular balanced way with all the other cycles. Sun, moon, traffic, seasons. |
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Is there a reason that houses are not built on spindles mounted parallel to the axis of rotation of the Earth, and mechanised to rotate once every 24 hours? |
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Anyone fancy a game of parabolic pool? |
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Maybe, but where are you going to put the parabolae? For
example, if the table top is concave, then all the balls will
huddle uninterestingly in the middle, if it is convex, they will hug
the edges, and if you mean the table top to follow the curvature
which the house is using to make gravity, then I would expect
the curve to be an arc of a circle, and not parabolic. |
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// if the table top is concave, then all the balls will huddle uninterestingly in the middle// |
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But... if the room is constantly spinning at the right speed then the balls will behave as though they are on a flat table. |
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[pocmloc] Ideally the house would be mounted on
gimbals and rotate in several axes at once, so as to
maintain a constant orientation with respect to the
rest of the galaxy |
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//the balls will behave as though they are on a flat table.// |
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I think that would require curvature based on circles, not
parabolae, but I admit I haven't tried it. |
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//This village would consist of round houses designed to spin
fast enough for the occupant to start to get disoriented.// |
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In my village we call this "The Pub". There is the occasional
roundhouse observed as well. |
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//I think that would require curvature based on circles, not parabolae// |
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Can't take credit for thinking of this one, that goes to [ldischler].
[link] |
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If I scoop any more of these 12 foot satellite dishes I had thought to maybe try making one, but building a rotating gazebo might be beyond my capabilities... |
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Re. linked idea, OK, you got me. My brain has retired hurt. |
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I wanna make one. With a 12 ft. diameter dish I could make not just an 8-ball table, but a parabolic snooker table... like for reals. |
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"You sirs! Refined gentlemen y'are. Step right up. Give'r a spin! Only $10.00 per round.
<wink>
Vomit cans are hanging at a 45 degree angle from there, there, there, and there. Sign the waver here, here, here, and initial here. Very good... We have side bets... just so you know." |
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Better lay in a large supply of barf bags. |
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Complimentary... of course. |
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