No big news this week in cable, hence no Weekly Roundup. So instead, I thought I’d share with everyone a bizarre thing I stumbled upon the other day.
Take a look at the two pictures below. Can anyone spot the difference? Furthermore, can anyone explain the difference?
(Caveat: Aside from being optimized for the web, there was no significant photoshopping performed on either of the images. They were also taken mere seconds apart.)
Before . . .
. . . and after.
We’ll discuss this little gem next week.
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It appears that they use LED glass to block out areas which may invade privacy. I was thinking of suggesting this for the Burnaby Mountain project.
Besides that maybe fog, steam, smoke.
What’s the big deal? Living in the city it’s the deal to be able to look into other appartments (houses are at least 3 levels high and they are on every side of the street).
Driving this privacy issue to the top I’d suggest for instance the London Doubledecker buses should also blur their upper windows.
or don’t spot the difference, since now no one can see anything out the dang window
@LX
“What’s the big deal? Living in the city it’s the deal to be able to look into other appartments (houses are at least 3 levels high and they are on every side of the street).”
May I point you back to this article (especially the 2nd. photo): bit.ly/frGEzO
At the picture below foreground is brighter than the background and you can see reflections of passengers. It’s the same effect, looking through a window into the dark (at night), there you cannot see the people outside, only reflections of your brighter room.
At Algeria at urban transit gondolas the windows have lamellae or the gondolas have a “skirt”, so you can only look ahead and not into patios (protection of private sphere is very important in islamic communities)
I meant LCD (not LED) glass aka Smart Glass. Here is one one of the manufactures bit.ly/eySYz9. Check out the PDF at the bottom.
Thats in Singapore on the Bukit Panjang LRT. When it passes to close to a building the windows turn opaque. A good think to protect the private sphere in a dense populated city. The two newer LRT lines do not heave this feature.
Interesting point the last sentence.