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gizmodo.com - 12/15/2008
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There's nothing like a good bit of Dubai excess , but this just isn't impressive enough to justify the profligacy: the Palazzo Versace hotel is building a beach with refrigerated sand . The small beach will protect guests' precious feet by piping cold air through a series of tubes underneath ...
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First Refrigerated Beach in the World to be Built in Dubai
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... You read that right. This computer powered, located next to a Dubai hotel, "will protect guests' precious feet by piping cold air through a series of tubes underneath the sand, which will suck enough heat from the blistering surface to offset the beaming sun and 110F temperatures."
The hotel, which is due to open late next year or early 2010, will be controlled by thermostats linked up to computers and feature a cooled swimming pool.
[via Gizmodo - Dailymail]
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