The Center for Process Innovation, a
British technology research company, thinks they’ve got the next big
step in aviation transportation figured out. Their idea is this: they
want to remove the windows from passenger planes and replace them with
OLED touch-screens that extend along the plane’s entire length and
display the view from outside through cameras mounted on the plane’s
exterior. Sounds scary? Only if you are afraid of heights and flying.
According to them, windows are one of
the greatest sources of unnecessary weight in passenger planes. Solid
walls are stronger and allow the walls to be built thinner as well. The
OLED screens that replace the windows would display the view outside and
allow passengers to select entertainment and stewardess service.
1. OLED screens along the plane’s length
This possibility should let the
passengers get to see the world from above one hundredth percent, not
only from the tiny windows. This way the passengers can literally feel
like birds and would be able to see the clouds from every side of their
seat.
2. What are OLEDs?
OLEDs are a combination of advanced
materials that give out their own light when activated by electricity
and are typically used to make screens and lighting. Unlike LCD and
plasma displays, they do not need a back light, meaning that they use
less energy and can be much thinner than other displays, while also
displaying a higher contrast. Among ambitions for OLEDs involve printing
them on sheets or wallpapering them on rooms, effectively turing the
walls into lights.
3. But, being able to look through the plane’s wall won’t be the only thing
4. Hold on! Internet on the plane
Okay, maybe this is even more exciting
than everything else, right? (Of course, we are internet addicts!) The
screens will also enable internet and media access. So unless you are
not interested to stare at the clouds right beside you, you can actually
check your e-mail, post some photos of your see-through flight on
Facebook and Instagram or chat with your friends while you are thousands
of meters in the sky.
5. It’s about the weight
The reason given for taking away the
portholes is purely economic. No windows means less weight in the
fuselage, making them cheaper to fuel and fly. So, it’s not really about
the passengers and their fun during the flight. Of course, that story
won’t get good sale as the one with the ultimate flying experience in
the see through planes. The advertising images will have travelers so
happy in their magic flying cloud they don’t notice the turgid coffee
breath of the guy next to them or the constant elbowing by the lady in a
parachute tracksuit who insists on getting up and stretching every half
hour to ward off deep vein thrombosis.
6. Don’t worry it won’t be crazy expensive
Best of all, it will apparently be
cheaper for the customers and manufacturers, more fuel efficient, and
emit substantially less CO2. Cheap, slim, windowless and
environment-friendly: it almost sounds too good to be true. This
revolutionary change could potentially cut down on fuel costs, which of
course would lead to cheaper flights — and allow manufacturers to
produce wider planes, which, thank god means wider seats and more
legroom.
7. What if you sit by the wing? Would you still be able to see without the wing blocking your sight?
Worried a wing might get in the way of
your view? Don’t be. Developers say the cameras mounted on the exterior
of the aircraft would provide unobstructed 360-degree views of the world
zooming past. Passengers would even reportedly be able to set their
screen to show a live stream of a different portion of the plane.
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