Rotating Solar-Powered Skyscraper

PieEye writes "Wired is pointing out a recent Gear Factor blog entry that highlights a new skyscraper in the works which will be solar-powered, and what's more will rotate with the sun. From the article: 'The completed tower will offer 200 expensive apartments for people who want to spend lots of money to screw up their circadian rhythm. Singh said they want to build many more such towers, with one for every time zone.'"

Comments

solar apartments?

[Anonymous Coward]

How enlightening.

Perpetual Shadow

[maglor_83]

Give me an apartment in perpetual shadow. No more glare on the TV!

Re:Perpetual Shadow

[WormholeFiend]

Gimme an apartment on the opposite side. I'll grow teh pot, and go smoke it with you while playing video games on your giant flatscreen HDTV

Re:Perpetual Shadow

[mrchaotica]

I mostly asked as a joke, but thanks anyway!

The problem of course, is that if the windows are see-through for maximum sunlight, you have issues with the police/neighbors being able to notice.

Only police in a helicopter, if you're on one of the upper floors.

for cheapskates only

[Schlemphfer]

Rotating skyscapers, for the sake of capturing more sunlight, is so plebian and low-tech. The truly rich build skyscrapers that revolve around the earth, so they're constantly in sunlight.

Re:for cheapskates only

[Anonymous Coward]

The truly rich build skyscrapers that revolve around the earth, so they're constantly in sunlight. No, the truly rich build skyscrapers such that Earth revolves around them.

Re:for cheapskates only

[moosesocks]

Hah, the TRULY rich build a building with sufficient mass such that the Earth revolves around the building!

Eh. This wouldn't be entirely necessary, as the elite classes of the world are already under the impression that the earth revolves around them.

Re:for cheapskates only

[kfg]

No, the truly rich build skyscrapers such that Earth revolves around them.

The truely rich would never even conceive of that, since the universe already does.

KFG

One for every timezone, eh?

[Bananatree3]

I am sure downtown Nome, Alaska would absolutely LOVE a 50 story skyscraper next to the General Store.

Re:I am the only one ...

[ricree]

Come on, this is Slashdot. You're the only one who's even read the article.

Pfft.

[Somatic]

I had like 50 of those in Sim City 2000, /yawn.

Re:And the point is?

[camperdave]

Hmm... Perhaps the next generation of these towers will be wind powered, like those roadside signs that turn in the wind. Why bother with one rotation per day when you could get several dozen per minute in a stiff breeze.

All I asked for was a...

[zifn4b]

frickin' rotating, solar-powered skyscraper, okay?

Rotisserie Residency !

[Anonymous Coward]

Will renters expect to lose fat and develop a lovely golden tan?

Re:Sense of Direction More Likely to be Affected

[chris_eineke]

The 90 degree change in orientation grossly affected my navigation sense for months.

Lesson learned: don't park your trailer upright.

Re:Sense of Direction More Likely to be Affected

[Anonymous Coward]

The 90 degree change in orientation grossly affected my navigation sense for months.

I'm not surprised. I rotated some bottles of vodka 90 degrees from the vertical last night, and I still don't have my sense of direction back.

rotating building

[jcd1982]

fools and their money are quickly parted!

Re:Great

[martin-boundary]

So now I can get home from work an hour early and can catch my neighbour's wife having an affair.

No need to leave your desk. If your workplace is like mine, they probably have a deal with some internet company which regularly sends me photos of my nextdoor neighbour and her antics per email. Don't know the name of the company, but I think it's foreign or something because most of the other words they write in those emails look like gibberish to me.

one for every time zone

[Joebert]

I think the important question is, will they turn in the oppisite direction on either side of the earth ?

yikes

[exspecto]

I would hate the brief moments of panic that occurred when I walked out of my door and thought my car was towed/stolen because it was no longer in the direction I thought it would be.

Re:What about the beds?

[Anonymous Coward]

Above each bed (rotating sign):

            ^
            |
            |
        MECCA

Re:I am the only one ...

[MrAnnoyanceToYou]

I read Slashdot for the pictures. And that's a picture of one ugly building.

Re:Great, Feng Shui

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't know about the Circadian Rythm but I know it would really screw up my Feng Shui.. Unless the rooms counter-rotated...

Re:Interstructure

[ookabooka]

I hope it rotates only 180 degrees (or less) then rotates back. Rigging plumbing, sewage, power, cable, phone, etc for full 360 degree rotation will be tricky.

Why not just go wireless? It's the wave of the future ya know.

Re:Interstructure

[psxman]

Wireless sewage? I believe that's called a diaper.

Re:Sorry - you're a bit new, I assume.

[Vengeance]

Sometimes the coherent ones are smart enough to keep quiet about it, in this paranoid society.

And that's all I have to say on this topic.

Great party pad

[Joebert]

Dude: *groan*, I got a serious hangover, what day is it ?
Other Dude: uhhhhhhh, *peeks out window* it's Waffle House day.
Dude: Fuck, it's Sunday already ?!

Re:Sorry - you're a bit new, I assume.

[indifferent children]

Yes, the GP forgot the all-important: IANAMG disclaimer.