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Digital Cloud on the Horizon

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The Cloud, as this architectural and technological wonder is known, is in the works for 2012. The planners are hoping for micro-donations from millions of people, making this structure for and from the public. Building on the theme of being of the people, there will be energy harnessed from the visitors' elevator journeys to and from the top. This will be accomplished by using the same regenerative braking seen in some hybrid vehicles. With the addition of solar panels on the ground and inside of the bubbles themselves, the entire project becomes "zero energy."

Different spheres will serve different purposes--as structural elements, LCD screens awaiting projected information, observation decks, or just decoration. The spheres will most likely be made of the same material that can be found in Beijing's Aquatic Center, known as ethylene tetrafluoroethylene. The entire affair will be stabilized against wind gusts using the methods that Japan uses in its buildings to protect against earthquakes, and will truly be a sight to see once finished. However, its final shape is not set in stone-- the size and complexity of the structure can easily be increased or reduced depending on the donations received.  

 

Image: "Night View" from http://raisethecloud.org.

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true words

Submitted by Urban_Sadhu on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 16:10.

agreed

 

~I dissolve in order to dream-Releasing intuition
I seal the input of abundance-With the spectral tone of liberation
I am guided by my own power doubled~

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Why?

Submitted by Nathan Clark on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:51.
Don't we have enough junk in the air? I agree with the previous posts. If someone is brilliant enough to put together such a project, imagine what they could do if their efforts weren't focused on bread and circuses.

i agree with Jen

Submitted by morgan gillio on Sun, 11/22/2009 - 10:34.
First off EVERYONE go read the "genius of the beast" by bloom...it is inspiring and helps me shed the kind of thought sean has...Art creates the space for evolution..Im so tired of this waste of time whining about poor people and there need for food. When did we become regulated by the lowest common denominator?Of course everyone deserves to have a good life, but most of them can't make it for them selves. They need the people that are part of this complex system to make it happen for them. We need to bring culture up not down...everyone all ready is an expression..i think you argument should be with science more than with art...If it wasn't for the inspiration a piece like this will create in thousand ways there would be no hope "for the people".. think about what people will talk about, what this piece will make them think and FEEL to go out and have energy to create these kind of movements you are looking for.What does support many even mean? When did art become something to take care of someones survival needs? That is basic. Culture is here for transcendence and higher complexity , for vision and imagination.I so tired of this backward counter culture view that comes from limited exposure, it is part of the problem more so than this "art".read blooms book then talk to me