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Color-Changing, Energy Saving Windows Inspired by KrillScientists and engineers have teamed up to develop a new kind of window that can go from transparent to opaque with a flick of a switch. The material is less than a quarter-inch thick, but is composed of two layers of transparent silicon with a layer of liquid between them. Most of the time, the liquid is oil, but when the sun beats down, colored water is introduced to make the window pane opaque, reducing the sun's heat absorbed into the room. The technique was inspired by krill, a tiny crustacean that can change its own body from transparent to opaque for defensive purposes. This new kind of window pane should be 30% more efficient than using blinds, according to computer models, which translates into a huge saving on air conditioning costs. So far, it has only been made in the size of a regular window pane. If it can be scaled up, this material might be suited to covering existing windows, or being the entire window in new construction, or could even be used as an entire building facade. Read how it works at Fast Company.(Image credit: Øystein Paulsen) #window #windowshade #energyefficiency

Fake Window Provides Live Views From Around the WorldYou know what they say about world travel- by the time you can afford it, you're too tired to do it. Pandemic restrictions are also putting a damper on traveling these days. But there's a workaround. Alex Shakespeare built what he calls the Window to the World. It's an LED screen in the shape of a window that displays livestream views of places you'd like to see! People have done that before, but this one comes with a control panel, a map that allows you to select what window you want to look out of in the world. Just move a cute little magnetic airplane to the location you want to see.

Glass Cube Window is a Skylight and Window All in OneGlass corner windows look amazing but this unidentified window takes it to the next level: behold the glass cubic window that lets you look outside to the left, the right, and to the skies. It's like a skylight and window combo!This corner window cube is perfect for those with top corner offices and an appreciation of great aesthetics and challenging engineering at the same time (hey, it works for aquariums, so why not as this cube window?)Now try to find a cubic window blind or curtains ...Via u/jicuken#window #skylight #glass

LUMIPOD: A Tiny Cabin Perfect for Getting Closer to NatureFrench design company LUMICENE has just made it easier to battle the stress of city living by introducing us to this gorgeous tiny cabin called LUMIPOD.A LUMIPOD is a small pre-fab circular house of just 183 square feet (17 square meters), comprised of just a bedroom and a bathroom, that use the company's signature curved floor-to-ceiling windows. These bedroom windows slide open to connect the indoor and outdoor spaces for the ultimate, immersive outdoor living.In 2019, LUMICENE unveiled the circular cabin in the French Alps, calling it a "cocoon of simplicity settled in the middle of Nature to welcome city dwellers willing to relax away from the concrete jungle." While the current version of the cabin has to be hooked up to water and electricity, the company is working on an off-the-grid version.Images: Oxygen and Kevin Dolmaire#cabin #LUMIPOD #LUMICENE #window #curvedwindow #offthegridhouse #offthegrid #tinyhome #tinyhouse #circular