The best thing to happen to replacement windows since well replacement windows is new Heat Mirror Technology that turns ordinary double pane windows into the premier energy efficient windows on the ...

Windows let light, warmth and a view into rooms, but we don't always want all three of those at once. That's why researchers in Switzerland are developing a relatively simple method to smarten up ...

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 from Imperial College London have developed a material that can turn a transparent surface into a reflective one when an electric current is applied. We’ve all seen, at least in movies, ...

Windows and mirrors embedded with liquid crystals can hide images that appear only when the right kind of light is shined on them. The technique, inspired by a 4000-year-old trick for building “magic ...