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2012-5-16u2002·u2002The Japanese company Air Danshin has produced a levitation system to protect homes from earthquakes. When sensors detect the first tremors of a quake, compressors will fill an airbag and lift the house three centimeters off the ground. Though 88 homes will soon be equipped with the system, it may only be good for largely lateral quakes whose first tremors are small ones.
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