Half a croissant, on a plate, with a sign in front of it saying '50c'
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Light Beam Animals
For those dreary cloudy days
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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.)

longshot9999, Mar 01 2005

Translucent Concrete http://optics.org/a...cles/news/10/3/10/1
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Giant Blow-Up Solar Collectors Giant_20Blow-Up_20Solar_20Collectors
[BunsenHoneydew, Feb 28 2008]


Short name, e.g., Bob's Coffee

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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.
Basepair, Mar 01 2005
   

       No advertisement on the clouds, please! [+]
Pericles, Mar 01 2005
   

       Yes [+] for not coming up with "Cloudvertising" or something. Be good in London which is flat, grey stratus most days.
wagster, Mar 01 2005
   

       That transluscent concrete is great stuff!   

       [+] for the idea, longshot.
Machiavelli, Mar 01 2005
   

       Where I live, cloudy days are a welcome treat. Got anything in the way of really big shadow puppets?
half, Mar 01 2005
   

       I like this idea
beanangel, Feb 24 2008
   

       Awesome!   

       Shape the dirigible as an inflatable solar collector [link]. The diffuser below the cloud level could also be inflatable.   

       I want bobbing inflatable glowing animals in the sky on a cloudy day, and not just when I'm having flashbacks.
BunsenHoneydew, Feb 28 2008
   

       //'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.
MadnessInMyMethod, Feb 29 2008
   

       Though that's not to say I don't like the advertising free version, of course +
MadnessInMyMethod, Feb 29 2008
   


 
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