kokopelli

It’s taken from a small castle/museum in the Italian Alps called Brunnenburg. At the top of the cliff, you can barely see a larger castle called Schloss Tirol, they’ll both show up on Google maps if you search for it. It’s one of, if not the most beautiful places I’ve been and I keep going back

Yeah, it definitely seemed like a folk tale the way it was told. But it’s interesting that it exists at all.

Here’s a photo of the cliffs across the small valley if you’re curious!

Who knew? I was surprised

My vote is for this guy. I visited a place in the Alps where these guys lived in the cliffs and some local family friends said to never leave your baby under 2 months unattended because the “Uhus” can still carry them at that age.

The car is efficient enough for it to do something (20-30 miles a day in summer if I remember), but yes it’s mostly marketing and they say as much. “Solar electric car” sounds a lot better than “this car is pretty normal but it’s super efficient”

I think the general absurdity of it, plus you’re never quite sure where they’re gonna go.

For example:

It’s part of the appeal

Fun fact: your left eye doesn’t go only to your right brain. The left half of your field of vision in your left eye goes to your right brain. Same with the right half of your left eye, and your right eye is split up similarly. How nuts is that?

My dad worked with a guy who is designing a system like this and it makes all the sense.

1. you shade the parking spaces

2. you absorb less heat into the ground than tarmac

3. free energy

4. direct panel-to-car charging for EVs

Yeah but they have thousands of tons of steel going overhead and rocks and dust all around. I don’t really see the advantage compared to a solar farm or a roof where they’re easier to set up and maintain

Damn engineers

That’s both interesting and disheartening