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Dahir İnşaat (Turkish for "Dahir Construction"), often written without Turkish letters as Dahir Insaat, is a company founded in Istanbul by Russian engineer and inventor Dahir Kurmanbievich Semenov (Russian: Дахир Курманбиевич Семенов). It is known for its futuristic design concepts, including concepts for large quadcopters, automation, and prefabrication. The designs are generally dismissed as wildly impractical, and the animated videos featuring them have frequently gone viral on the internet due to their absurd nature. Semenov has been compared to prolific inventor Buckminster Fuller.

One of Dahir Insaat's designs is for a bed that becomes a "fortress" in an earthquake. Critics have described it as a claustrophobic coffin.

Another design is for an aerial train. Insaat says it could travel at 400 mph with electricity supplied by a tether that is linked to an electrified rail. This rail runs on the ground between stations.

The firm's other designs include a drive-thru supermarket which would literally be driven through and a gyroscopic transport vehicle that would move above traffic. A writer for The Verge critically described the videos of the gyroscopic vehicle as designed for "virality" and as "futuristic transport porn."

References

1. "dahir_logo1.png". dahirinsaat.com. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
2. "DAHİR İNŞAAT - HOME". dahirinsaat.com. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
3. RU RU2666609C1, Дахир Курманбиевич Семенов, "Transport system having rail vehicle" 
4. McGrath, Jenny (December 17, 2015). "This earthquake-proof bed is even more terrifying than an earthquake". Digital Trends. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
5. Wilkins, Alasdair (August 14, 2017). "Is the Fire Truck of the Future this Wild Gyroscopic Vehicle?". Inverse. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
6. Noe, Rain (December 22, 2015). "Concepts for A Solar-Powered Tank-Destroying System and a James Bond Villain's Superdrone". Core77. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
7. Adam, Koski; Koski, Dustin (January 2, 2017). "10 Bewildering Visions of the Future from a Mad Tech Company". Top Tenz. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
8. ^ Metcalfe, Tom (July 16, 2018). "Look! Up in the sky! It's ... a 400-mph train!". NBC News. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
9. Brennan, David (July 27, 2018). "Anti-Earthquake Bed Goes Viral, Draws Mockery: 'Convertible Coffin'". Newsweek. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
10. Towner, Nicolas (July 18, 2018). "Would you shop at this drive-thru supermarket?". CNET. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
11. GCR Staff (October 30, 2017). "Russian revolution: inventor proposes gyroscope-stabilised trains for congested roads". Global Construction Review. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
12. O'Kane, Sean (2017-08-27). "This video about a gyroscopic vehicle concept is full of other ridiculous ideas, too". The Verge. Retrieved 2024-12-10.

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