Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Vegas Hotel Firing Death Ray at Guests?

Now this is an only-in-Vegas sort of thing.

Yes, guests at Vdara hotel in Las Vegas now have something else to worry about: being burned alive by the glare of the building's "death ray."

What the heck's a "death ray," you ask? Well, first off, it's not as deadly as it sounds, since no one has actually died from it -- at least not yet. But according to the U.K. Daily Mail, the powerful beams of Nevada sunlight reflecting off the glass hotel onto sections of the hotel's swimming pool area have burned some guests and have melted plastic bags.

It is due to the super-mirrored glass and the concave design of the building. The sunlight is concentrated on the swimming pool. The idea of the sun reflecting off of a building melting plastic bags is unreal. What I think the Vdara needs to do is put up some kind of solar array in the swimming pool area and reuse some of this energy. They could also set up solar cooking stoves so pool goers could enjoy "death-ray cooked meals" as well.

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