I ’d put this retro - futurist prediction in the “ why the hell would you do that ? ” file .
The August 7 , 1960 Chicago Tribune ran this panel of Arthur Radebaugh’sCloser Than We suppose , title “ 24 - Hour Daylight . ” It imagines a world in which miniature artificial Lord’s Day illuminate cities of the hereafter . To be middling , those citizenry look like they could n’t be happy . Does catch some Z’s deprivation cause some sort of euphoric state ?
world - made balls of flame may be used to light up tomorrow ’s city . American scientists are currently ponder an idea along those line that was first draw in technological papers by George Babat , a Russian .
Bendix researcher Donald Ritchie late report that balls of brightness — in reality miniature suns — might be create by sharpen immense communicate devices so that the ray they mother would cross each other and grow electromagnetic subject area . These luminous fields could be used to light up large arena underneath them . Rays would be target as necessary to set exactly where the artificial “ sunshine ” would fall .
Next week : Missile Movers
This position originally appeared atPaleofuture.com .
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