Video Of The Week - Climate Portal Allows Travelers To Experience Worldwide Weather
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Can't decide between vacationing in the hot and arid deserts of Dubai or the freezing Arctic tundra? Then you may want to head to Stockholm’s Arlanda airport where an innovative climate portal allows travelers to experience worldwide weather with just a touch of a button.
The portal, which will be open to visitors until the end of August offers visitors three choices — "Go Hot," "Go Cold," or "Go Big." The first two allows travelers to experience destinations with extreme climates while the third transports them to metropolitan cities like London or Hong Kong.
The portal begins by retrieving the stipulated destination's most recent climate data from weather stations around the world. The conditions are then re-created with the help of temperature controllers and wind generators. Appropriate sound effects and images complete the experience allowing the visitor to imagine that he/she is actually at the desired location.
For example, visitors wanting to experience the weather in Reykjavik, Iceland, will feel the chill of cold northern winds, hear the barking of the Greenland huskies and also see the country's icy landscape. Those that "Go Big," may feel the sweltering summer temperatures in Mumbai, India, and hear the constant honking by frustrated drivers trying to make their way across the city's congested roads.
Yvonne Boe, the Communications Manager of Stockholm Airport, calls the portal a "direct link to the whole world." She believes it prepares passengers for their journey and ensures that they have all the right gear they need, to enjoy the perfect vacation!
Resources: gizmag.com, cnn.com, accuweather.com
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hachover 9 yearsawesome
maranitaover 9 yearsPretty cool. I want to go to somewhere hot and beautiful!!!:)
bigmeloover 9 yearsThis sounds really cool - & fun! Quite frankly, I've always wanted to undergo weather from different parts of the world, considering that I've only been on vacation twice in my entire life. One day, I aspire to travel the world, & hopefully, experience the climate of many different places. :D
pandy123over 9 yearsThat is also helpful for travelers, so they can feel the temperature in where they are going before they go there. Also, if there is an airport nearby you, you can go there before you pack your things before vacation, so you know what to wear and what to expect.- pandy123over 9 yearsThat is one of the coolest things ever. I might want to do that.
- confuzledover 9 yearsy is it only till end of august?
- EggstAover 9 yearsWow
mine456over 9 yearsthat is awesome!!!!!!!!!- Gianluca Vescusover 9 yearsIt was okay
dulajpereraover 9 yearsInventions like can be really useful. I can't believe that it's a portal. I am guessing that an invention like this could mean that we are only a step away from the next generation. This idea makes it much easier for passengers to choose a suitable place for spending their vacation, and they don't need to even search for places on the Internet.
