2D beam scanning

laser

lens

CMOS ASIC

Steering Mirror

AR coated dome

“When two Englishmen meet, they first talk about weather”

Samuel Johnson, British lexicographer and literary critic, The Idler, 1758

John ConstableCloud Study

1822Oil on paper laid on board12 x 19 1/4 in (30.5 x 49 cm)Courtauld Institute Galleries, London

Joseph Mallord William TurnerRain, Steam and Speed

c. 1844Oil on canvas35 3/4 x 48 in. (90.8 x 121.9 cm)National Gallery, London

2500 B.C. / Pyramids

1890 A.D. / Steel Era

2012 A.D. / The Cloud / Lifting Humanity

1851 A.D. / Crystal Palace

2008 A.D. / Beijing Olympic Stadium

2012 A.D. / The Cloud / Lifting Humanity

Pedestrian membrane

Photovoltaic sphere

Inhabitable sphere

Hot airInflated sphere

Cloudraising – everyone has a stake

1 pound = 1 pixel

Reaching out to the world