W5BRM
09-03-2013, 12:59 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/09/03/london-walkie-talkie-melting-jaguar/2757239/
A new skyscraper in London — dubbed the "Walkie Talkie" — is reflecting ultra-bright light with such intensity that is has caused serious damage to a Jaguar XJ parked nearby, according to the British City A.m. newspaper.
Wonder if he shoulda put some solar panels on that thing!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23944679
It's like starting a fire with a parabolic mirror.
"Fundamentally it's reflection. If a building creates enough of a curve with a series of flat windows, which act like mirrors, the reflections all converge at one point, focusing and concentrating the light," says Chris Shepherd, from the Institute of Physics.
The half-finished 37-storey "Walkie Talkie"- nicknamed such because of its tapering rectangular design - is indeed a curvy building. Its design, which has also been compared to a brimming pint glass, has come under controversy before.
A new skyscraper in London — dubbed the "Walkie Talkie" — is reflecting ultra-bright light with such intensity that is has caused serious damage to a Jaguar XJ parked nearby, according to the British City A.m. newspaper.
Wonder if he shoulda put some solar panels on that thing!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23944679
It's like starting a fire with a parabolic mirror.
"Fundamentally it's reflection. If a building creates enough of a curve with a series of flat windows, which act like mirrors, the reflections all converge at one point, focusing and concentrating the light," says Chris Shepherd, from the Institute of Physics.
The half-finished 37-storey "Walkie Talkie"- nicknamed such because of its tapering rectangular design - is indeed a curvy building. Its design, which has also been compared to a brimming pint glass, has come under controversy before.