ICE CREAM CLOUDS. Now thats a damn good idea… part of me hoped that this was some sort of super trivial thing… like an amazingly revolutionary upgrade to all those old fashioned ice cream trucks that simply hand you a popsicle through the window… a fun mix between science and munchies… like those dip n’ dots or some kind of new ice cream delivery system…but its actually much more interesting.. and if you are lucky enough to stumble across the actual truck, apparently you will still get some tasty ice cream.
From WMMNA:
The Cloud Project takes the shape of a retro van selling ice-cream flavored clouds. An industrial-strength water spray mounted on top of the ice cream van would shoot a mix of liquid nitrogen and ice-cream into the atmosphere as a fine spray, leading to flavored condensation nuclei that will seed ice-cream clouds and give them the flavour of your choice.
Here’s what is actually going on…
“Developments in nanotechnology and planetary-scale engineering point to new possibilities for us to conform the global environment to our needs. These advances combined with a dream to make clouds snow ice cream have inspired a series of experiments that look at ways to alter the composition of clouds to make new and delicious sensory experiences. Using ice-cream as a catalyst for interesting dialogue, the project’s focus is to welcome people into a mobile space that sits outside institutions, letting new audiences experience and imagine emerging scientific developments and their consequences.”