Pragyan Blog » dubai http://www.pragyan.org/blog Let's Celebrate Technology Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:53:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 >> Talk about cooling a desert! http://www.pragyan.org/blog/2008/12/talk-about-cooling-a-desert/ http://www.pragyan.org/blog/2008/12/talk-about-cooling-a-desert/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2008 07:45:14 +0000 Arvind Jayashankar http://www.pragyan.org/blog/?p=92 You think you’re cool? Then what do you have to say about a refrigerated BEACH which is set to open in Dubai. To ensure holiday-makers don’t burn their feet, scientists will lay miles of coolant-filled pipes under the sand at the plush Palazzo Versace hotel where summer temperatures can hit 50°C.

At trichy, temperatures do soar but not quite as high. All of us know about “Delta T“, right? Let’s put deserts aside for now; by how much do you think you can lower the temperature of a liquid? Come on over to Pragyan ’09 and jump into one of the coolest events this year! Check out the event page for further details.

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