A giant "digital cloud" that would "float" above London's skyline has been outlined by an international team of architects, artists and engineers, the construction would include 120m- (400ft-) tall mesh towers and a series of interconnected plastic bubbles that can be used to display images and data. The Cloud, as it is known, would also be used an observation deck and park. The unconventional structure was originally envisaged as centerpieces of the city's Olympic village. The inflatable elements of the building would sit on top of slender, lightweight towers, stabilized by a net of metal cables. Damping technology, similar to that used in Japanese skyscrapers to resist earthquakes, would prevent the towers being buffeted by the wind. The structure would also be used to harvest all the energy it produces so I think it would be a zero power cloud. As well as solar cells on the ground and inside some of the spheres, the lifts would use regenerative braking, similar to that in some hybrid cars.
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