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Water Walls

By The Daily Dish
Jun 16 2008, 2:42 AM ET

Technology keeps making architecture cooler:

The "water walls" that make up the structure are generated by high-speed computer controlled solenoid valves. They can be programmed to take varying shapes, to display patterns, images and text, and to respond dynamically to input from sensors. "This capability enables architects to challenge many traditional ideas about architectural form," says Mitchell.  "Doors, for example, need not have fixed locations. When you walk up to them, water walls can open like the Red Sea for Moses, and then seamlessly close behind you."



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