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Mar 25, 2011

Qatar Will Use $500,000 Artificial Clouds for the World Cup

Apparently, the artificial clouds, developed by scientists at Qatar University, are made from a "lightweight carbon structure carrying a giant envelope of material containing helium gas." There are four solar-powered engines that will move the "cloud" (via remote control) to block the sun and make the temperature playable. 

This is cool! But this will also happen in 2022, a whole 11 years from now where we'll likely be using an iPhone 16 (which hopefully by then, will have its own artificial cloud) and seeing a dominant US soccer team win the damn thing. One or the other, at least.




20 comments:

  1. Thought ComicsMarch 25, 2011 at 7:39 AM

    That's totally sick. Should be fun to see.

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  2. chronometerMarch 25, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    Very creative solution.

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  3. EqualMarch 25, 2011 at 9:38 AM

    very interesting...we make clouds lol

    followed

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  4. Astronomy PirateMarch 25, 2011 at 2:13 PM

    Cool technical idea. I wonder if there will be an iphone app for that?

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  5. MalkavianMarch 25, 2011 at 2:25 PM

    Damn thats cool, I MAKE MY OWN CLOUDS, want some rain?? here let me cloud it up for you

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  6. TibbleMarch 25, 2011 at 2:30 PM

    thats alot of mola for clouds!

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  7. TriperMarch 25, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    Looks very interesting, any other pics ?

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  8. SynetikMarch 25, 2011 at 2:47 PM

    sounds cool but, I think I'll forgotten by then haha.

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  9. 123March 25, 2011 at 2:50 PM

    suddenly the clouds unexpectedly start shooting out lightning in the stadium

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  10. shamanMarch 25, 2011 at 2:53 PM

    thats kind of freaky

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  11. Brett H.March 25, 2011 at 2:54 PM

    Thats pretty crazy!

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  12. iridialMarch 25, 2011 at 2:55 PM

    The fact that they have to come up with something like this just shows how stupid FIFA were to give Qatar the world cup... Nice blog though :)

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  13. tissue rejectionMarch 25, 2011 at 3:05 PM

    Pretty cool. Thanks for the info.

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  14. AdminMarch 25, 2011 at 3:08 PM

    Haha, fake clouds. It'll be well worth it.

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  15. jamierod.rodriguezMarch 25, 2011 at 3:08 PM

    Artificial clouds, wow, they really focus on the details, huh :S

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  16. StevesonaplaneMarch 25, 2011 at 3:10 PM

    Sounds pretty awesome. Hope a player doesn't get struck by lightning.

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  17. AnonymousMarch 25, 2011 at 3:14 PM

    This is pretty fucking awesome. Not gonna lie.

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  18. JayMarch 25, 2011 at 3:27 PM

    22 years? can't wait. :)

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  19. MRanthropeMarch 26, 2011 at 1:05 AM

    we'll have PCUs/internet in our contact lenses by then.

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  20. AnonymousMarch 27, 2011 at 6:11 PM

    I hope this looks as good on the TV as it would at the actual stadium.

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