14 DAY TRIAL // An engineering graduate has built the world's tallest domino tower, and he used computers to do it.
Tom Holmes of Bristol has built a 5,275-m (5,768-yard) tall structure in seven hours. However, the ground work was done over a period of a few months.
Holmes and his co-workers created computer software that could help calculate the necessary design and number of bricks for the tower to stand on its own.
“Like on any project, we tested our theories before starting construction. [...] We avoided the need for complex strength calculations by physical testing; a single domino can support my weight without deforming and I can easily lift a box of 3,000 dominos,” he explains.
According to The Construction Index, they used 2,688 dominos to get a 20-cm (7.9-inch) edge on the previous record holders.