Remote control cloud for Qatar Fifa stadium

When Qatar was announced as the host of the 2022 World Cup, a prime concern for fans was the Middle Eastern nation’s crippling summer heat. The average August high in Qatar is 105 degrees, not exactly ideal weather for playing (or spectating). But Saud Abdul Ghani, an engineer at Qatar University, proposed a solution. Quite literally, it’s an artificial cloud that would hover over a soccer stadium, protecting fans from the heat.

The cloud would have been built of light carbon, and would carry a giant envelope filled with helium gas. The fake cloud would be manipulated by a remote control, and would use four solar-powered engines for maneuvering between the stadium and the sun, to block direct light and provide shade.

The cost was estimated to be $500,000 per cloud.

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