A new office building under construction in London is basically built along the principle of Archimedes' heat ray (http://"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes#Heat_ray"), and it's melted some guy's Jaguar panels and paintwork, cracked tiles and started a shop carpet smouldering. An enterprising journalist used the concentrated light to cook an egg on the news last night.
A bit of an oversight by the architect, unless it was commissioned by Mr Burns or Dr Evil.
Inevitably it has become a bit of a tourist attraction in the City.
http://metro.co.uk/2013/09/02/beam-of-light-from-walkie-talkie-skyscraper-melts-mans-jaguar-3946308/ (http://metro.co.uk/2013/09/02/beam-of-light-from-walkie-talkie-skyscraper-melts-mans-jaguar-3946308/)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675)
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:hmm:
http://languish.org/forums/index.php/topic,10379.0.html
News travels fast in the big city I see. :bowler:
Like timmay has the cred to point out a repeat thread.
Jesus.