"Death Ray"

A friend of mine recently told me about the Vdara Hotel, a concave glass building in Las Vegas which was accidentally desgned to focus light into a hot spot, or 'death ray' as peole are calling it. The sun refects off the glass building and is focused onto hotel guests on the pool deck below. This spot on the pool deck is so hot it has burned hair and melted plastic. Work is currently in progress to fix the problem, however to complicate matters, the hot spot moves throughout the day depending on the location of the sun. Unfortunately I didn't see this building when I was in Vegas, I'll need to go back to check it out.

Last night I volunteered at the MS QLD Moonlight Walk, which is a 10km fundraising walk through Southbank, Kangaroo Point and the Botanical Gardens held every year. It was a great night with people of all ages involved, and some participants even dressing up for the occassion.

With exams starting 2 weeks from today, I'd better get back to studying. I also have a massive group assignment due on Friday where we are designing a steel portal frame building. It's an interesting assignment but I need to do a lot more work on it!