With the twist of a knob, the glass in an experimental VW Touareg sport-utility vehicle goes from clear to dark in one to two seconds. At VW’s lab in Palo Alto, it’s known as switchable glass. Inside ...
Yasusei Yamada (Senior Researcher) and others of Energy Control Thin Film Group have developed a new switchable mirror with a visible transmittance of over 70% in the transparent state. Window glass ...
Researchers have demonstrated prototype windows that switch from reflective to clear with the simple addition of a liquid. The new switchable windows are easy to manufacture and could one day keep ...