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Based on the same concept as light-transmitting concrete, this would be a public service provided by cities in areas where there are way too many cloudy days (Seattle comes to mind). A dirigible would rise above the clouds until it was sunny side up and then drop a frame back down through them. The
frame would be held in place by the same kind of optic fiber used in the concrete to deliver sunlight through the clouds to the seasonally-saddened people below. When they looked up they'd see various sunbeam animals floating beneath the clouds, slightly brightening their mood.
(Of course, eventually some greedy ad agency will try to sponser the entertainment, flashing 'This cloud brought to you by ___' every so often.)
Translucent Concrete
http://optics.org/a...cles/news/10/3/10/1
Background info [longshot9999, Mar 01 2005]
Giant Blow-Up Solar Collectors
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[BunsenHoneydew, Feb 28 2008]
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This I like. As long as they don't mess
with the clouds too much. Sometimes,
cloudscapes can be beautiful on
themselves. On the other hand, I don't
live in Seattle. |
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No advertisement on the clouds, please! [+] |
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Yes [+] for not coming up with "Cloudvertising" or something. Be good in London which is flat, grey stratus most days. |
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That transluscent concrete is great stuff! |
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[+] for the idea, longshot. |
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Where I live, cloudy days are a welcome treat. Got anything in the way of really big shadow puppets? |
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Shape the dirigible as an inflatable solar collector [link]. The diffuser below the cloud level could also be inflatable. |
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I want bobbing inflatable glowing animals in the sky on a cloudy day, and not just when I'm having flashbacks. |
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//'This cloud brought to you by ___' // Insert name of competitor here and your sales could go up, otherwise there are probably better ways of making people like your products. |
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Though that's not to say I don't like the advertising free version, of course + |
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