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Skyscrapers that use their OWN structure to dampen wind sway?!
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• Footage courtesy: CNN — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip3bNXwJYjA

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00:00Giant skyscrapers fight wind using their own structure.
00:04Most think big weights do the work.
00:07The building itself twists to absorb hits.
00:10Internal megaframes push back.
00:13They convert sway energy into tiny heat.
00:16No heavy hanging pendulums needed.
00:19This design saves massive space.
00:21The building actually uses its own bones to win the wind war.
00:26Link in bio.
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