Invisibility Cloak Protects Buildings from Earthquakes

Feb-18-12 A team of mathematicians has proposed a way of using rubber to render a building invisible to earthquakes.

The method offered by the University of Manchester team involves surrounding the foundations of buildings in earthquake prone areas with pressurized rubber. They believe the rubber could prevent the elastic waves of the tremors from sensing, or affecting, the building.

The team has proven the idea in theory, and is now working toward a way to apply it to larger structures.

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