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Ominous Cloud Formation Has Russians Fearing An Alien Attack
11:20AM Sean Fallon | If you saw this over your head, what would you think? Aliens have come to kick our asses? God has come to kick our asses? Apparently, the bizarre cloud formation seen in Moscow recently is just a natural phenomenon. More »
Science
Cloud-Generating 1900-Ship Armada To Sink Climate Change
11:20AM Jesus Diaz | The Copenhagen Consensus Centre—a respected European think tank which used to be skeptic on climate change—is now advising that we should spend $US9 billion in building 1900 cloud-generating ships like the one above. Why? To cool down Earth: More »
Science
The Cloud Project Would Theoretically Make Ice Cream Fall Like Snow
10:00AM Dan Nosowitz | The Cloud Project is a tricky little concept that would spray flavored condensation and liquid nitrogen into clouds, “seeding” them, and forcing flavored snow to fall from the heavens. It’s pretty much straight of of a children’s book. More »
Design
Cloud Umbrella Leaves You High and Dry, And By ‘Dry’ I Mean ‘Wet’
6:40AM Sean Fallon | Kudos to Dutch designer Joonsoo Kim for attempting to give the plain old umbrella a whimsical cumulus makeover. Unfortunately, I think there might be some problems with the concept. More »
Design
Man-Made ‘Happy Clouds’ Float Over London
12:10AM Mark Wilson | While a cloud floating overhead is traditionally heralded as a bad omen, the 2057 “Happy Clouds” released over London were simply meant to “cheer people up a bit.” More »
Design
The Cloud Is Your Furryoptics Best Friend, Strangely Turns Me On
9:34PM Gizmodo US Edition | MIT mobile experience lab’s latest experiment is The Cloud, a pseudo-organic life form made of carbon glass that perceives humans using hundreds of sensors. It responds with sounds and light, using more than 15,000 individually-controlled optical hairs. That’s 64 kms of fibre optics inside this 4-metre long furry. After seeing it in action, I have to admit that there’s something strangely sensual and even erotic about it. Or maybe it’s just the pretty girl in the tight pink dress caressing it in the video. More »
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