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
These touchscreens will show passengers information about their
flight and let them order stewardess service. So no longer pressing that
coffee button above your head and waiting for the stewardess service to
arrive by your service.
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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