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'Death Ray II'? London Building Reportedly Roasts Cars
A skyscraper under construction "melted my Jag," reads the headline from London's City A.M.
"Beam of light from Walkie Talkie skyscraper 'melts man's Jaguar,' " says London's Metro.
"Who, what, why: How does a skyscraper melt a car?" asks the BBC.
It seems, as the BBC reports, that a 37-story London skyscraper "dubbed the Walkie-Talkie" because of its unusual shape may be acting something like a parabolic mirror:
" 'Fundamentally it's reflection. If a building creates enough of a curve with a series of flat windows, which act like mirrors, the reflections all converge at one point, focusing and concentrating the light,' says Chris Shepherd, from the Institute of Physics."