Glass Turns Opaque With Electricity

Retail applications include using the opaque state as an imagery glass rear projection screen surface on an exterior storefront.

Glass turns opaque with electricity.

Reveal switchable privacy glass uses a low voltage electrical current to arrange liquid crystal molecules into a pattern that makes glass transparent when turned on. Electrochromic glass changes color under electric control. Michelle starr march 14 2016 10 53 p m. Smart tint switchable electric films are designed to variably adjust light between a transparent and an opaque state with ac power.

Scientists have developed a brand new type of electronic window that can switch from transparent to opaque and back again in under one minute. Once you lock the door it triggers an electric current in the glass which turns frosted and opaque. Apply a small voltage and it turns opaque blueish and dark. Our technology allows for instant privacy of windows on demand with the flick of a switch or the turn of a dimmer and is the next generation in switchable privacy glass as well as electronic dimmable window.

Photos by warren gretz courtesy of us department of energy national renewable energy laboratory doe nrel. Is this a diy project possible. The glass developed at harvard can transition between transparent translucent and opaque with the application of an electric current. The transparent toilets turn frosted and opaque once locked.

You can flip a switch and the glass walls go from transparent to opaque. I saw a conference room with glass walls to seperate it from the cubes. Even though similar dimmable glass already exists this invention relies on completely new technology and if it s successfully scaled up we could soon kiss goodbye to ugly window shades. A special film laminated between glass layers allows for instant privacy for any commercial or residential application.

Introducing electric current with the flip of a switch turns the glass clear transparent. Smart glass electric switchable glass can be controlled manually or automatically automated control can be programmed to switch on or off during certain times of day or the system can be connected to light sensors to activate when a certain level of light is detected alternatively it can be programmed to activate with movement sensors remote controls and standard button switches. Here it s transparent and looks much like ordinary glass. When the power is turned off the liquid crystals return to their normal scattered positions rendering the glass an opaque translucent.