Will there ever be a mile-high skyscraper? - Stefan Al

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  • Опубликовано: 15 янв 2025

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  • @lateforfate4614
    @lateforfate4614 6 лет назад +8057

    "17 pounds of force per square meter" Ah, the right balance between the imperial and metric system. Now nobody understands. Perfect!

    • @fabulosospucas
      @fabulosospucas 6 лет назад +251

      Ahmedşah Bilgi lol underrated comment

    • @MrPotiste
      @MrPotiste 6 лет назад +147

      Also this is ridiculously low, wind pressure is more like 50 to 100 daN/m2 on tall buildings, that would be 100 to 200lb/m2

    • @Exachad
      @Exachad 6 лет назад +37

      1 PSM = 0.45359237 KG/m^2

    • @supercomputer0448
      @supercomputer0448 6 лет назад +33

      Ahmedşah Bilgi well I know a meter is 3 feet so I'm fine

    • @talvilai7141
      @talvilai7141 6 лет назад +24

      @@Exachad psm is used as a unit of force per unit area (AKA pressure) in the video. The kilogram is not a unit of force. The correct unit conversion is 1 psm = 4.448 221 615 260 5 Pa.

  • @ziggy8253
    @ziggy8253 6 лет назад +6708

    You know there’ll be a bar on the top floor called “The Mile-High Club.”

    • @davidleshchiner5351
      @davidleshchiner5351 6 лет назад +60

      Çağan u don’t know what the mile high club means I guess

    • @randomspectator39
      @randomspectator39 6 лет назад +28

      The highest BAC ever recorded in history was 1.45

    • @aeyvan
      @aeyvan 6 лет назад +107

      David Leshchiner
      He does, that's why he emphasized on "technically".

    • @rn-zu5ld
      @rn-zu5ld 6 лет назад +34

      Put a bar in a Boeing 747 and fly it 7000m

    • @trinaantonettef.duremdes3772
      @trinaantonettef.duremdes3772 6 лет назад +5

      Totaly

  • @Uiru11
    @Uiru11 6 лет назад +2220

    The african elephant is the RUclips standard unit (YSU) for mass.

    • @AvailableUsernameTed
      @AvailableUsernameTed 6 лет назад +91

      They should use giraffe's as the measure of length.

    • @Uiru11
      @Uiru11 6 лет назад +137

      Pipe2DevNull No thats Eiffel Tower

    • @pod_036
      @pod_036 6 лет назад +71

      I thought toyota corollas were

    • @heliothrax7716
      @heliothrax7716 6 лет назад +89

      For length its football fields.

    • @Uiru11
      @Uiru11 6 лет назад

      Ben Review xD

  • @novelnouvel
    @novelnouvel 6 лет назад +3736

    Throwing a paper plane from that high sure will be fun.

    • @batman_2004
      @batman_2004 6 лет назад +55

      Reminds me of my childhood, I used to do this every time I reach home after school.

    • @keren.icehand
      @keren.icehand 6 лет назад +10

      Wow! That was awesome!💜👍

    • @dankay2697
      @dankay2697 6 лет назад +80

      Drop a penny

    • @eugh8025
      @eugh8025 6 лет назад +57

      The Litty Committee Legionary nah it would reach terminal velocity so Won’t not do any harm

    • @dankay2697
      @dankay2697 6 лет назад +11

      Potato King i was kidding and it would still be fun to watch it

  • @fqidz
    @fqidz 6 лет назад +2711

    inspirational dude: the sky's the limit
    skyscraper engineer: we'll see about that

    • @rimshakhalid5037
      @rimshakhalid5037 6 лет назад +34

      amazing_dude or don’t tell me sky’s the limit when There’s more galaxies to be discovered

    • @fakedoorsfordinner1677
      @fakedoorsfordinner1677 6 лет назад +6

      I can touch the limit with my fingernail and stil exist

    • @punkymonkey7207
      @punkymonkey7207 6 лет назад +18

      Don’t say sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon.

    • @AlexVoxel
      @AlexVoxel 6 лет назад +9

      "Hold my beer" xD

    • @fqidz
      @fqidz 6 лет назад +4

      @@AlexVoxel also give me 30 billion dollars and 5 years

  • @Dent42
    @Dent42 6 лет назад +1765

    "pounds per square meter"
    That's a new one

    • @rexster76
      @rexster76 6 лет назад +28

      thought the same lol

    • @thalespro9995
      @thalespro9995 5 лет назад +7

      Me too

    • @monhi64
      @monhi64 5 лет назад +7

      Lmao didn't get it at first but I gotcha

    • @shrrwynn
      @shrrwynn 5 лет назад +25

      Mathieu Poulin what about kilograms per square feet

    • @huytrinhquang155
      @huytrinhquang155 5 лет назад +6

      It even hurts to read

  • @unvoicedreez4230
    @unvoicedreez4230 6 лет назад +572

    “Elevator down, please use stairs”

    • @inkedseahear
      @inkedseahear 4 года назад +52

      HULK DOESN’T LIKE STAIRS

    • @bluelightning3290
      @bluelightning3290 4 года назад +20

      ......well seems like I can’t get to my room today

    • @thickdog6936
      @thickdog6936 4 года назад +39

      Going up 1 mile of stairs would make me more ripped than usain bolt

    • @arizibra921
      @arizibra921 4 года назад +8

      Thick Dog Usain bolt isn’t that ripped. Track runners aren’t bodybuilders.

    • @jacklumbago8031
      @jacklumbago8031 4 года назад +2

      Ariz Ibra It’s a jk

  • @Coolmark123
    @Coolmark123 6 лет назад +413

    Best narrator on RUclips

  • @nafisahmad8645
    @nafisahmad8645 6 лет назад +1784

    netflix and chill?
    nah,ted-ed and chill

    • @alainischileno
      @alainischileno 6 лет назад +101

      Ted-ed & head

    • @Moe__Jama
      @Moe__Jama 6 лет назад +77

      @@alainischileno ted education and masturbation

    • @rn-zu5ld
      @rn-zu5ld 6 лет назад +27

      @@Moe__Jama I don't even know what to say to that

    • @nafisahmad8645
      @nafisahmad8645 6 лет назад +4

      @@Moe__Jama What the eff? :/

    • @m3xoxo108
      @m3xoxo108 6 лет назад

      ah now *that*, I’d agree to

  • @Nikita_Turbo
    @Nikita_Turbo 6 лет назад +960

    Ah, the african elephants, the universal unit of mass!

    • @Bruh-jt3xq
      @Bruh-jt3xq 6 лет назад +8

      None Of That they use example like that because it’s easier to process as we know that elephants are big and weigh a lot

    • @sigh-cosis
      @sigh-cosis 5 лет назад +22

      At least no one had to ask if they were African or European elephants

    • @Creativity06
      @Creativity06 5 лет назад +10

      And the football stadium is SI unit for size

    • @이병욱-q1j
      @이병욱-q1j 5 лет назад +4

      @@Bruh-jt3xq r/woooosh

    • @shubhanigangal
      @shubhanigangal 4 года назад

      😂😂

  • @davidguthary8147
    @davidguthary8147 5 лет назад +127

    2:43
    You can't just mix imperial and metric units like that!

  • @hahanamegobrrr6667
    @hahanamegobrrr6667 5 лет назад +322

    Ah, the mile-high tower
    or as engineers call it,
    the 1.6 kilometer-high tower

  • @galgar5660
    @galgar5660 6 лет назад +3724

    Oh America, you and your unknown system of measurement! What the hell is a mile?

    • @gol.drodger5261
      @gol.drodger5261 6 лет назад +287

      Think of 2 kilometre but slightly less.

    • @bliebbloepblieb
      @bliebbloepblieb 6 лет назад +763

      About 1.6km

    • @josiaholah7433
      @josiaholah7433 6 лет назад +413

      @@gol.drodger5261 no

    • @GmoneyMozart
      @GmoneyMozart 6 лет назад +154

      Giulio D'Arrigo it’s the distance we measure to go to the moon.

    • @gen2428
      @gen2428 6 лет назад +468

      doesn't NASA use the metric system for their missions

  • @samarendra109
    @samarendra109 6 лет назад +414

    Finally a building where all the followers of TedEd can reside. 😊

  • @LoadingUser01
    @LoadingUser01 6 лет назад +438

    Attach helium balloons at the top.

    • @finnishguy4002
      @finnishguy4002 6 лет назад +17

      To make a significant difference, you would probably need like zeppelin sized balloons. Im not sure if this is a joke, but if it is, 😂

    • @AvailableUsernameTed
      @AvailableUsernameTed 6 лет назад +14

      Cool idea and maybe a way to escape if there were some disaster.

    • @sharonc3465
      @sharonc3465 6 лет назад +15

      It's like Up, the skyscraper would just float around the world. Awesome!

    • @pierrecurie
      @pierrecurie 6 лет назад +2

      Most balloons leak

    • @Sir_Budginton
      @Sir_Budginton 6 лет назад +2

      @@AvailableUsernameTed The airship would have to be massive to carry any significant amount of people. The Hindenburg was absolutely massive, but it only carried about 100 people. (you could probably fit ~1500 if you packed them in like sardines). And a sky scraper that big would probably have 20,000+ people in it. And good luck getting that massive an airship near a building.

  • @TheTexas1994
    @TheTexas1994 6 лет назад +2390

    That’s a 1.609 km tall skyscraper for those of you smart enough to stick with the metric system

  • @xcodfishx1
    @xcodfishx1 6 лет назад +154

    I guess that's one way to join the mile-high club.

  • @adnanilyas6368
    @adnanilyas6368 6 лет назад +114

    The speed of elevators isn’t limited by how fast we can move a heavy metal box anymore. It’s limited by the people who have to ride the thing. If you make elevators faster, the people inside will start to get sick and disoriented.

    • @Bilalkhan-cx8pr
      @Bilalkhan-cx8pr 6 лет назад +19

      Not necessarily. Planes and trains go much faster than this.
      Its not the speed, but the acceleration that matters.
      Just google Earths orbital speed and you'll be surprised at how fast we're all moving, constantly, and we don't feel a thing

    • @dragenmaster5385
      @dragenmaster5385 6 лет назад +3

      @@Bilalkhan-cx8pr you cant feel earth orbital speed when you are on the ground but i get what ur trying to say, also we are just used to it since we were born, we will feel something if earth stop moving

    • @JellybellyWaffles
      @JellybellyWaffles 6 лет назад +5

      I already get disoriented from current elevators...

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 6 лет назад +12

      @@Bilalkhan-cx8pr
      Trains don't go fast STRAIGHT UP, though.
      It's the decompression that gets you, not the g-forces.

    • @Owledg
      @Owledg 3 года назад +1

      not if we recreated space in a vacuum, then we would have zero friction or gravity pushing are limits of movement

  • @n4p3r0
    @n4p3r0 5 лет назад +84

    2:10 how did they break bedrock :o

    • @askioas
      @askioas 4 года назад +29

      The engineers really were using creative mode.

    • @BikiBop
      @BikiBop 4 года назад +6

      @@askioas Bruh didn't you forget about the void?? How does the foundation stand?

    • @Nugcon
      @Nugcon 4 года назад

      Recognize that bedrock, see you soon

    • @FriendlyTheSoup
      @FriendlyTheSoup 4 года назад +2

      hacks

    • @channelofredacted2153
      @channelofredacted2153 3 года назад

      @@BikiBop its an glitched chunk where the void doesn't exist

  • @kp5602
    @kp5602 6 лет назад +754

    "Why isnt there a mile high tower?"
    Cause 192/193 countries on earth dont believe in a mile.

    • @camilleia
      @camilleia 5 лет назад +2

      S'cuse me, I'm in New Hampshire and we have miles.

    • @camilleia
      @camilleia 5 лет назад +6

      So, 191/193.

    • @kp5602
      @kp5602 5 лет назад +127

      @@camilleia New Hampshire is a US State

    • @camilleia
      @camilleia 5 лет назад +1

      Oh sorry, I read state before. 😓

    • @kp5602
      @kp5602 5 лет назад +134

      @@camilleia you thought there were 193 states in the us...

  • @splash8205
    @splash8205 4 года назад +99

    "17 pounds of force per square meter on a building"
    Oh wow so understandable -_-

    • @BTroit
      @BTroit 4 года назад +7

      If only there were established units for force over an area, like Pascals or PSI. Oh well, better compare it to bowling balls?

    • @WompWompNootNoot
      @WompWompNootNoot 3 года назад +4

      Still using Imperial is bad enough but using both Imperial and Metric is only going to confuse literally everybody

    • @chao2229
      @chao2229 3 года назад

      Read this when i heard it

  • @rayhanmansoor2951
    @rayhanmansoor2951 6 лет назад +334

    I live in Dubai and can see the tallest building in the world everyday when I go to school

    • @ritikchawla8298
      @ritikchawla8298 6 лет назад +1

      Go*

    • @joopiteromi
      @joopiteromi 6 лет назад +25

      Agree. Even if I go to far places like Jebal Ali or Al Qusais, I still see a glimpse of Burj Khalifa. Even if I go to Sharjah, I still see the burj.

    • @TheReal_ist
      @TheReal_ist 6 лет назад +4

      Was the tallest* it will be surpassed and then your building will be worthless.
      How u feel about that kid......

    • @trobjonr
      @trobjonr 6 лет назад +92

      @@TheReal_ist what is wrong with you?

    • @rn-zu5ld
      @rn-zu5ld 6 лет назад +35

      @@TheReal_ist how do you feel that north Korea has the largest hotel and it's not the Americans (please don't hate me it only joke)

  • @khadijafatma4532
    @khadijafatma4532 6 лет назад +167

    I won't use elevator to get to the top of that skyscrapper. I would just fold paper 30 times ;)

    • @khadijafatma4532
      @khadijafatma4532 6 лет назад +4

      @Chef Dexter Bro, engineers are supposed to be smart ;)

    • @Mystic-4252
      @Mystic-4252 6 лет назад +1

      md saad Yeah your right, but How big will the paper be to achieve 30 folds?

    • @chiongmathewjoseph3974
      @chiongmathewjoseph3974 6 лет назад +5

      @@Mystic-4252 size doesnt matter it still stops at 7

    • @khadijafatma4532
      @khadijafatma4532 6 лет назад +11

      @@Mystic-4252 Basically size does not matter.....thickness is the main deal. If you are familiar with Geometric Progressions then let me tell you that this very thing happens when we fold a paper. Let us suppose that the thickness of a paper be 40 microns, after one fold it's thickness will become 80 microns, in 2nd fold thickness will become 160 microns ie. thickness increases by a factor of 2 in each fold and such type of growth is exponential growth ie it increases very fast. However this is practically not feasible.We can't fold a given paper after some folds. Such operation with paper only exists on paper :-)

    • @anjumbanushaik1388
      @anjumbanushaik1388 6 лет назад

      I didn't understand. Can you plzz explain?

  • @paritoshjha28
    @paritoshjha28 4 года назад +5

    Seeing ted ed videos is always worth time, always

  • @alexzais1935
    @alexzais1935 5 лет назад +9

    Come on Chicago. Let's get this building made and be on the throne once again!

  • @yanwato9050
    @yanwato9050 5 лет назад +51

    2:45 17lb... per meter?
    Umm... Either use metric or imperial. Don't mix the two!

    • @benking1334
      @benking1334 5 лет назад +3

      He's just trying to confuse us

    • @sexysalmon4411
      @sexysalmon4411 4 года назад +4

      don't use imperial

    • @Sethslayer1147
      @Sethslayer1147 4 года назад +1

      Goes as well as mixing sodium and water

    • @Milesco
      @Milesco 4 года назад

      Yeah, that was bizarre.

  • @bootstrap925
    @bootstrap925 6 лет назад +22

    ted ed: *doesnt use metric system*
    literally everyone: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

  • @carkid6764
    @carkid6764 4 года назад +1

    I am doing virtual scouting and I have to watch a bunch of videos, I thought they would be boring only until TED-Ed came along!!!

  • @gta4everrr
    @gta4everrr 6 лет назад +12

    Great video. Beautifully animated and narrated as usual

  • @ilikesloths8575
    @ilikesloths8575 6 лет назад +2

    Im sick today. Its so calming to hear your voice, and I REALLY wish my school taught us things like you do!

  • @fg00000
    @fg00000 6 лет назад +334

    We can build a mile high wall!
    *trump wants to know your location*

  • @ritikchawla8298
    @ritikchawla8298 6 лет назад +1

    So many uploads from ted-ed. This is life.

  • @andromeda4641
    @andromeda4641 6 лет назад +4

    This guy's voice never gets old

  • @UnsignedMusiczPromotions
    @UnsignedMusiczPromotions 6 лет назад +1

    i'm studying to be a structural engineer and this video was amazing and well put together without much jargon

  • @rootbeerjayhawks2986
    @rootbeerjayhawks2986 5 лет назад +6

    Ted-Ed: Soon we will be able to build a mile high skyscraper
    Me: barely keeping my pillow fort from collapsing

  • @95GuitarMan13
    @95GuitarMan13 5 лет назад

    Yessssss! Love seeing architecture topics on Ted-Ed

  • @moniruzzamanmonir1598
    @moniruzzamanmonir1598 6 лет назад +7

    Love it, we want more video about engineering, please

  • @monteiro5306
    @monteiro5306 6 лет назад +1

    Awesome video. Amazing job as always. TED-Ed : You rock !!!!👍👍👍👍

  • @Slick_rider
    @Slick_rider 4 года назад +12

    “In case of emergency use stairs” everyone above the 5th floor dead

    • @geeknat8981
      @geeknat8981 3 года назад

      That would make many legs very sad

  • @poweroffriendship2.0
    @poweroffriendship2.0 6 лет назад +98

    *Building a tall tower in Jenga in the nutshell*

  • @Sheol02
    @Sheol02 6 лет назад +315

    A mile-high skyscraper? - Absolutely barbaric.
    A kilometer-high skyscraper? - An architect of culture.

    • @pedrolmlkzk
      @pedrolmlkzk 6 лет назад +19

      A kilometre and a half skycraper*

    • @finnishguy4002
      @finnishguy4002 6 лет назад +22

      @@pedrolmlkzk A 1609 meter high building*

    • @SuperStriker7US
      @SuperStriker7US 6 лет назад +2

      What? A mile high skyscraper would be far better because it would be much taller it would literally be a giant pieces of art far much more than a kilometer high skyscraper.

    • @finnishguy4002
      @finnishguy4002 6 лет назад +11

      @@SuperStriker7US Well how about a 2 kilometer skyscraper!???

    • @williamkrause5831
      @williamkrause5831 6 лет назад +5

      Finnish Guy how about a 2 MILE skyscraper?

  • @keren.icehand
    @keren.icehand 6 лет назад

    Wow! This is so awesome!👍👏👏👏

  • @omkarnagarhalli5217
    @omkarnagarhalli5217 6 лет назад +49

    How did you dig into bedrock? What is this, creative mode?

  • @chickenlegpiece4402
    @chickenlegpiece4402 6 лет назад +2

    I love it when the video starts with a quote

  • @usama57926
    @usama57926 6 лет назад +18

    thank u so much very intresting video

  • @fullStackInKannada
    @fullStackInKannada 5 лет назад

    Nice information. I always like the Ted-Ed Channel. Because always nice information. :)

  • @whynot-tomorrow_1945
    @whynot-tomorrow_1945 5 лет назад +3

    Hol up...3:44
    You mean that giant ball in Saints Row 3 actually exists and serves a purpose??

  • @mdderrek9280
    @mdderrek9280 3 года назад

    This is an amazing one !!

  • @vj5160
    @vj5160 5 лет назад +3

    Somehow every night I find myself watching random videos like these

  • @mjstory1976
    @mjstory1976 6 лет назад

    Awesome and informative video

  • @audigamer8261
    @audigamer8261 6 лет назад +6

    4:08 they will be freefall simulations

  • @manroopsinghnanda44
    @manroopsinghnanda44 5 лет назад

    Its just incredible how yoh have coupled science with visuals and sounds to make it easy for the viewers to understand

  • @nolin132
    @nolin132 5 лет назад +5

    People really clicking on a video titled "mile high skyscraper" then complaining when it doesn't use metric. Watch a different video!

  • @ei3650
    @ei3650 6 лет назад

    the most intuitive animation I’ve ever seen.

  • @dulynoted2427
    @dulynoted2427 5 лет назад +6

    Who’s gonna want to live in this? Once it catches fire, you have nearly a mile to get out.

    • @royalpillows7716
      @royalpillows7716 4 года назад

      So it’s just like your daily excersrize

    • @ImranAli-gy1kj
      @ImranAli-gy1kj 4 года назад

      You could exercise by the stairs if there are some

  • @nabhchandra_
    @nabhchandra_ 6 лет назад +1

    Great video as always! Loved the animation 😄

  • @LuinTathren
    @LuinTathren 6 лет назад +5

    I was just talking to my mom about the counterweight in Taipei 101. Thanks for the video. Great job!

  • @kawhijones6298
    @kawhijones6298 6 лет назад

    One of the most useful TedEd videos.

  • @farhaankhan5868
    @farhaankhan5868 6 лет назад +42

    I am a structural engineer starting my career...Someday I will be the member of an iconic skyscraper.. That's my dream

    • @arvindk451
      @arvindk451 6 лет назад

      That's every structural engineer's wet dream. That and winning an argument against a whining architect (read, lunatic)

    • @farhaankhan5868
      @farhaankhan5868 6 лет назад

      @@arvindk451 are you an architect??

    • @arvindk451
      @arvindk451 6 лет назад

      @@farhaankhan5868 Fortunately, no. I am a highway engineer.

    • @farhaankhan5868
      @farhaankhan5868 6 лет назад

      @@arvindk451 good

    • @farhaankhan5868
      @farhaankhan5868 6 лет назад

      Fortunately, I am a structural engineer 😃

  • @zacharykoplin6543
    @zacharykoplin6543 4 года назад +2

    Hey, what about a kilometre high skyscraper! METRIC UNITS FOREVER!!!!

  • @Gaurav_thakur_vlogs_01
    @Gaurav_thakur_vlogs_01 6 лет назад +42

    I love your work love from India
    I have seen all your mythical videos
    Make some lessons on Indian myths
    There's a ton of them

    • @feathy_1014
      @feathy_1014 6 лет назад +9

      Better not be subscribed to t series

    • @vishu9061
      @vishu9061 6 лет назад +1

      @@feathy_1014 lmao

    • @RajShekhar-jy2zi
      @RajShekhar-jy2zi 5 лет назад +1

      @@feathy_1014 im indian and i approve . Better not be subscribed to Tseries . Sub to pewds

    • @oorjitsharma2287
      @oorjitsharma2287 5 лет назад

      Nice hair

  • @elladillon8280
    @elladillon8280 6 лет назад +1

    Never knew this but there’s always room to learn!😇

  • @LucidDreamer54321
    @LucidDreamer54321 4 года назад +3

    There already are skyscrapers that are a mile high. However, there are no skyscrapers that are a mile tall.

  • @pcgupta9
    @pcgupta9 6 лет назад

    Best video ever seen. Of buildings

  • @mikaelm16
    @mikaelm16 5 лет назад +20

    Real Life: **No mile high building**
    Creative mode dirt towers: Pathetic

    • @palava8500
      @palava8500 4 года назад

      Would be 1000 blocks of dirt

    • @hamchewyung6184
      @hamchewyung6184 4 года назад

      height limit for minecraft blocks is 256, 3 and a half times shorter than Burj Khalifa.

  • @hersit1
    @hersit1 6 лет назад

    Great job

  • @MattRoszak
    @MattRoszak 6 лет назад +6

    Good video, but it doesn't really answer the question: Is the technology we have today or in the near future enough to build a mile-high skyscraper?
    Or do we still need some huge technological leap?

  • @jevinday
    @jevinday 5 лет назад

    Great video!

  • @naseebali3413
    @naseebali3413 3 года назад +5

    Just wait for the 1.17 minecraft update the build limit is being raised

  • @justhannah9031
    @justhannah9031 3 года назад +1

    I have a phobia of tall buildings and I have no idea why I am watching this.

  • @jasper4549
    @jasper4549 5 лет назад +3

    If the building is a apartment complex and you live on the top floor it’s quite easy to get into the mile high club

  • @yussofross1417
    @yussofross1417 6 лет назад

    I love Ted Ed videos.

  • @awesomedez
    @awesomedez 6 лет назад +10

    I have a fear of heights, so the higher the noper

  • @celtongerilla6595
    @celtongerilla6595 6 лет назад

    Great! More Architectural topics please!!! 😊👷😁

  • @shikharsachan4686
    @shikharsachan4686 6 лет назад +330

    Metric system, please.
    Oh comeon... French gave you Statue of Liberty, you took it. What is your beef with metric system?

    • @johnnytopside9215
      @johnnytopside9215 6 лет назад +23

      Nothing its just the system i grew up with and dont want to learn another one

    • @rishigupta2556
      @rishigupta2556 6 лет назад +38

      doesn't mean it's right

    • @sirtetris
      @sirtetris 6 лет назад +1

      Spain, not France

    • @BradThePitts
      @BradThePitts 6 лет назад +20

      There are more ticks in the Fahrenheit scale than the Celsius scale, therefore, the Fahrenheit scale is more accurate when describing the weather.

    • @darkrules1
      @darkrules1 6 лет назад +2

      Why are you asking for the metric system? They're constantly using it in the video, the only measurement that's not part of it is miles which is the whole point. Plus there is already a 1km building so shut up and let us have this

  • @Disidnte
    @Disidnte 5 лет назад

    Fascinating!

  • @InfiniteZebrasSquared
    @InfiniteZebrasSquared 6 лет назад +4

    What's That In Freedom Units?

  • @sven253
    @sven253 6 лет назад +1

    Cool video!! I also got an deja-vu during this video.

  • @ragefury1817
    @ragefury1817 6 лет назад +110

    *Can't find a strong enough brick for your tower , just use a Nokia* , badddamb thhhissss, I'll see myself out

    • @batman_2004
      @batman_2004 6 лет назад

      Haha.

    • @kluez8725
      @kluez8725 5 лет назад

      Cringe

    • @ragavanbalaji7257
      @ragavanbalaji7257 4 года назад

      @@alvynilhamkurniawan1854 dont use nokias
      it will cause the end of the world by cracking it in half

  • @Zetsuke4
    @Zetsuke4 6 лет назад

    Very informationative

  • @riz2k179
    @riz2k179 6 лет назад +333

    Arabs next build : "Mia Khalifa Tower"

    • @victory112
      @victory112 6 лет назад +7

      Lisa Ann sounds better

    • @batman_2004
      @batman_2004 6 лет назад

      Haha

    • @Pedro-tm6ue
      @Pedro-tm6ue 6 лет назад +39

      It cannot be done: due to the large bulge in the upper(ish) section, it would come crumbling down.

    • @yusuflaja3851
      @yusuflaja3851 6 лет назад +5

      Who's mia khalifa
      I don't have wisdom

    • @52flyingbicycles
      @52flyingbicycles 6 лет назад +11

      Taking “mile high club” a bit seriously eh?

  • @navigation4653
    @navigation4653 6 лет назад

    00:46 can’t wait to see it finished

  • @yellowmalice3036
    @yellowmalice3036 4 года назад +8

    A much more substantial question would be: Do we (anybody in the world) actually NEED a mile high skyscraper?? What purpose would such a building fulfill?

    • @tbdaae2184
      @tbdaae2184 3 года назад +2

      it would look cool; attract tourists

    • @jackgibsxxx0750
      @jackgibsxxx0750 Год назад

      ​@@tbdaae2184... I may go to see it but I'm not going up.

  • @namelessking3449
    @namelessking3449 6 лет назад

    i love this video so much

  • @TheWarrrenator
    @TheWarrrenator 6 лет назад +19

    Skyscrapers should have floors dedicated to wind turbines to generate energy from the wind force and to make the buildings more aerodynamic.

    • @stormveil
      @stormveil 6 лет назад +2

      Check out the 'Bahrain World Trade Centre'. It has 3 turbines between it's 2 towers :)

    • @adamkendall997
      @adamkendall997 6 лет назад +4

      That would technically put more of a wind load on the building. Also wind generators vibrate loudly and would shake the building

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 6 лет назад +2

      Actually would make it LESS aerodynamic.

  • @ishirk7432
    @ishirk7432 4 года назад

    ted ed makes really good videos

  • @nyanya4566
    @nyanya4566 5 лет назад +7

    Gotta give more respect to civil engineers who make these structures stand can stand and not just the architects who design the aesthetics

  • @BlueMonkey2008
    @BlueMonkey2008 4 года назад

    great video

  • @aaronboothproduction
    @aaronboothproduction 6 лет назад +3

    How does the CN Tower in Toronto stack up though? I know for many years it was the tallest structure on earth.

    • @abdallababikir4473
      @abdallababikir4473 6 лет назад

      Hmm

    • @krashd
      @krashd 6 лет назад

      Surely it would be one floor on top of another like most other skyscrapers, no?

  • @allison0830
    @allison0830 6 лет назад

    drawing style totally on point

  • @alexwilliams1575
    @alexwilliams1575 6 лет назад +6

    I went from watching the infographic show to watching vox to TED-ED there's no place like home 👍👊✌😎

  • @utsosoumyo76
    @utsosoumyo76 4 года назад

    Damn ! I think architect and civil engineers are the best ou of all! Respect to you guys

  • @BobMcCoy
    @BobMcCoy 6 лет назад +6

    *_Atmosphere Scraper?!_*

    • @pranavlimaye
      @pranavlimaye 6 лет назад

      You do realize that the sky extends beyond the atmosphere? Like, to the far-off edges of the universe?

  • @randomuser1093
    @randomuser1093 6 лет назад +2

    Cool they mentioned the Taipei 101

  • @awsumguy-bh9pz
    @awsumguy-bh9pz 3 года назад +3

    Can't wait to propose to my city to build the Citadel from Half-Life.

  • @NomadUrpagi
    @NomadUrpagi 5 лет назад +1

    Can't wait to see the building as tall as The Shard from Mirror's Edge. That game and it's soundtrack hooked me so hard on cybercity vibes.

  • @monkeydluffy2062
    @monkeydluffy2062 6 лет назад +15

    This isn't a question of will we able to but a question of when we able to

  • @ramsaimaruti4923
    @ramsaimaruti4923 6 лет назад +1

    Being a civil engineer and watching this with all the information known already. Well, that's some fun.

  • @aaleh_04
    @aaleh_04 4 года назад +3

    We cannot make elevators going any faster than today's fastest elevator by Kone, since people would otherwise get sick because of the pressure changes.

  • @charliej4665
    @charliej4665 5 лет назад

    Your voice is relaxing