I thought this rotating house was impossible.

Name: I thought this rotating house was impossible.
Uploaded: 2023-07-10T15:00:38Z
Duration: 7 min 31 s
Channel: Tom Scott
Description: Tom Scott visits a rotating house in San Diego and explains how it works, including the mechanism that keeps electricity, water and sewage connected as the house turns. The video includes a 3D animation of the slip ring system and a look at the patent behind it. HN people recommend it for the clear animation of how a house can rotate while keeping power and plumbing connected.

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Tom Scott visits a rotating house in San Diego and explains how it works, including the mechanism that keeps electricity, water and sewage connected as the house turns. The video includes a 3D animation of the slip ring system and a look at the patent behind it.

HN people recommend it for the clear animation of how a house can rotate while keeping power and plumbing connected.

“with a very good animation of how its electricity/water/sewage slip ring works”

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14 comments from Hacker News

@dabluecaboose2024 · in “Rotating house goes up for sale in New Zealand”

Unsure about this particular house in NZ, but there's one in California that Tom Scott did a video on with a very good animation of how its electricity/water/sewage slip ring works: ▶ this video

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@alargemoose2024 · in “Rotating house goes up for sale in New Zealand”

It’s not the same rotating house, but Tom Scott did a video last year that has a great 3D render of the system that designer used to facilitate their build! ▶ this video

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@isaidthis2023 · in “The midwit home”

The owner of a custom rotating house in California cited a similar reason for moving. The video is worth watching but here is the relevant section: "I've had 18 heart procedures. My wife is in perfect health. The odds of me outliving her are zero...We're moving back to Coronado. This is a complex house, even though I think it's simple! For her to try and teach somebody else how to run everything and do everything would be difficult if something happened to me. So we're just kind of jumping ahead." ▶ this video

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@jpalomaki2023 · in “I thought this rotating house was impossible [video]”

The part where it shows how the electricity and piping works was pretty interesting. Skip to ~3:00 to see this [1] Patent shown in the video [2]. [1] ▶ this video [2] link

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@justinclift2023 · in “An entire rotating house (YouTube vid) [video]”

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@jpalomaki2023 · in “I thought this rotating house was impossible [video]”

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@notmysql_2023 · in “San Diego's Rotating House [video]”

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@matricaria2023 · in “Rotating house [video]”

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