Problem with new building in London

[Neil]

There's a new £200m skyscraper in London. It's got an unusual hour glass shape, where its side is concave.

Problem is the designers didn't think what would happen with the sunlight, because it's focusing all that energy into a focused beam down on the streets below, so you sort of have a heat ray burning its way across the city below!

Peoples cars and bikes etc are getting melted :)


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2409073/Walkie-Talkie-building-melts-car-reflecting-sunlight-concentrated-spot.html

[triste realtà]

OK I add something about the topic:

It's happened before with buildings by the same architect!
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/shortcuts/2013/sep/03/walkie-talkie-death-ray-buildings-heat


and something weird found in other headlines:

Your link lead me to this video (eventually):

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The scientist at the end says it's electromagnetic noise.

OT but do we really need two threads.:|

[Neil]

Two threads?

[AcesandEights]

Saw this on the news last night...it's unbelievable!

Wasn't an office building that melts cars an element of a tossed out 007 script from the late 80s?

[triste realtà]

Two threads?

I found that Strange Sounds story on the page you linked and find it super interesting but if I started a thread there would be no replies so I cluttered yours up. It always seemed to me it was a pet peeve of yours when people post wildly OT and fork a thread but hearing the sky groan like giant metal rubbing together is too crazy not to post, I couldn't help it.:(

BTW the cars were barely melted but it was enough damage that it has to be fixed. It said they paid almost 1000 pounds for the Jag. The other article says they applied a nonreflective coating to the other buildings which they should have known would have to be done to this one too.

[triste realtà]

http://now.msn.com/northampton-clown-stalks-english-town-wanders-around-with-balloons

Looks like Neil's avatar has come to life.:shifty:

[Neil]

^^ Eeeek!