http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/ Engadget Comments for Digital 'Cloud' could form over London for the 2012 Olympics http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 2:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 2:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 2:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 2:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 13th 2009 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/
I think it looks fugly and I hope it never gets built.]]>Nov 12th 2009 2:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 4:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 13th 2009 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 3:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 3:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/
Plus, does anyone else reckon the pictures of people *cycling* down the huge spiral towers looks dangerous? :O]]>Nov 12th 2009 3:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 3:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/
It'll end up being a 1 meter statue outside the stadium.
]]>Nov 12th 2009 3:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/
Like Stonehenge at a Spinal Tap concert!]]>Nov 12th 2009 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/How does regenerative braking generate electricity? It only recovers it, you need to input more than you get.]]>Nov 12th 2009 3:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 4:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 4:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/
And remember: You heard it first from Charlie Frost!]]>Nov 12th 2009 5:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 5:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/
@Mark, oh this is happening for sure, but then I suppose I'm hanging out on a tech news site and not an architect forum such as skyscrapercity.com, but either way, both!]]>Nov 12th 2009 5:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Quote from BBC:
"The Cloud was shortlisted in a competition set up by London Mayor Boris Johnson.
The mayor has committed to build a tourist attraction in the Olympic Park "with a legacy for the east end [of London]".
Other finalists are thought to include the former Turner prize winner Anish Kapoor and Antony Gormley, the designer of the Angel of the North.
The mayor is still in the "process of deciding" which design will be commissioned, according to a spokesperson.
However, the team, which also includes the writer Umberto Eco and engineers from Arup, has decided to push ahead and publish details of its design."
Seems like they're pretty confident they will be selected]]>Nov 12th 2009 6:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/
the competition is for funding, they are planning on building it regardless from donations - just if they win the comp they can make it bigger and better!]]>Nov 12th 2009 7:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 6:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 7:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/
for a brief demo locate your local pub. down five shots of whatever they'll serve you. then walk outside.]]>Nov 12th 2009 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/]]>Nov 12th 2009 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/
As a Londoner, I like it. I hope it won't look like one of those tasty burgers on the menu poster, but be a real hash when you see it for real.

But I thought the London Eye would be terrible before it was built, and it is now the most popular attraction in London, and really looks impressive.

Anyway, will any of us live past 2012 to care ... ;-)]]>Nov 12th 2009 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/This will end the world.]]>Nov 12th 2009 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/Nov 12th 2009 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/digital-cloud-could-form-over-london-for-the-2012-olympics/
I don't like it, looks like it would become a cheap looking mess reminiscent of a garbage dump, which might fit london (?) but is not very nice

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As Rob Hopkins says on his fantastic blog - http://www.transitionculture.org "While I think there may be a role for “celebrations of technology”, the kinds of technology I want to celebrate are those that are appropriate in scale, contribute to the strengthening of community and culture, are capable of functioning in a lower energy world, have low embodied energy in their creation, can be owned by the communities surrounding them, not by distant corporations, and which are aesthetically pleasing. I see little to celebrate about technology that flaunts itself in your face whether you want it to or not, sells itself to the highest corporate bidder, and allows corporate messaging to elbow its way into your mental stream unbidden at all hours of night and day."]]>Nov 18th 2009 7:08AM