If anywhere in the world could use a bit of A/C, it's definitely the desert-bound city of Dubai. Today it reached a high of 108°F—but Monday will top that by over ten degrees, according to The Weather Channel. We're sweating just thinking about it.According to an announcement from Sheik Mohammad Bin Rashad, the city's constitutional monarch, Dubai has a plan to let incoming tourists beat the heat for good: constructing the largest temperature-controlled city on the planet. Boldly entitled, The Mall of the World, the development plan will include over 20,000 hotel rooms, an indoor theme park, a hospital, theater district, and the largest shopping center in the world. A giant retractable glass dome will cover the Mall's 48 million sqare foot chunk of Dubai, protecting visitors from the aforementioned 118° summer heat. This is almost like the Internet of Things applied to a sprawling metropolitan hub.
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