New liquid nitrogen lamp recreates weather inside your home

[DavidDvorkin]

This is simultaneously cool and strange.

Through a mysterious combination of “some peculiar techniques, liquid nitrogen, WiFi, and high-powered vacuum suction,” the Nebula 12 creates a circulating cloud of steam that responds to real-time weather conditions outside.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/29/new-liquid-nitrogen-lamp-recreates-weather-inside-your-home/

[dembotoz]

1. i generally go inside to avoid what is going on outside

otherwise
i could stay outside

[DavidDvorkin]

3. That was my reaction, too.

[Bonhomme Richard]

2. I could let my roof deteriorate and get that for free. n/t

[DavidDvorkin]

4. But this way you don't actually get rain or snow, etc.

A glass roof would have the same effect as that lamp, but once the novelty wore off, you'd still be stuck with a glass roof.

[MineralMan]

5. I have something like that in my house.

I call it a "window." When you look at it, you see something similar to what the weather is outside. It's really cool.

[siligut]

6. This is fascinating

I am sure there are real-life applications for it, but what I first thought of is that it seems a little like the magick in the old video game Zork.

[longship]

7. What is this? Hogwarts great hall ceiling? nt

[Care Acutely]

8. Apparently it's hydrogen, not nitorgen

allenallen • 4 hours ago

Their web site says "liquid hydrogen" not nitrogen.
http://www.micasa.ch//de/cp.la...

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gnocchi allenallen • 4 hours ago
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Pretty sure liquid hydrogen would be a slight fire risk.


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Pickwick2 gnocchi • 4 hours ago

Oh! The humanity!


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allenallen gnocchi • 4 hours ago

I know! The Hindenlampen! But their web site says "liquid hydrogen" not nitrogen. Check it out at the link I provided:


http://www.micasa.ch//de/cp.la...