The head of Qatar University’s school of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering recently unveiled the design for the roving hunter-shaders. The robo-clouds will be filled with helium, constructed out of ultra light carbonic materials, and move about via four solar powered engines. What is essentially a large hovering blimp platform will set in place over stadiums and slowly shift position with the sun to cover the field of play.

The initial cost for the project will run about $500,000 per “cloud.” But, according to the design team at Qatar U, the price tag might decrease upon launching commercial versions of the tech. They foresee personal clouds used at beaches and parking lots and summoned by mobile phone. So, if you find yourself in Qatar and feeling overwhelmed by the elements, you simply send a text and a little floating platform will hover above to offer some respite.

– Evan Dashevsky, Extreme Tech.

Fearing extreme heat at the upcoming 2022 World Cup, Qatari scientists are working on artificial clouds to provide shade during the events. As described above: Remote controlled “hovering blimp platforms.”

Awesome. Awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome. Please make this happen.

Via David.