14 DAY TRIAL // Next time you're flying early in the morning and you want to watch the view outside, but hate that sun getting in your eyes, you might be in luck, especially if your airline of choice has adopted the iShade dimmable windows from InspecTech Aero Service. As the company informs us, their iShades are the world’s only instantly dimmable windows flying today, and also the only one to offer 100% privacy because, with the simple push of a button, iShades can be precisely tuned from extremely dark to fully clear, and to any level of view-preserving tint in between. Using a proprietary combination of materials and systems, the new iShade smart windows include the some pretty interesting enhancements, such as a gray tint in intermediate states, and in the dark state a very deep blue-black appearance. In addition to complementing any aircraft interior, the iShades now complement any exterior painting scheme, because the appearance is completely black. Since some customers requested greater light-blockage, and InspecTech has increased iShades’ level of light-blockage to 99.96%, which ensures that all passengers experience maximum darkness for resting. On the other hand, the iShade configuration allows for a greater amount of light transmission when the clearest state is selected, because, by being optically clear and haze-free, when desired iShades can be electrically tuned to allow as much visible light into the cabin as traditional aircraft cabin window configurations. The core technology behind iShades is a light-control film known as SPD-Smart technology, used under license from the developer, Research Frontiers, that's capable of providing for a range of tints (from very dark to clear) where the amount of light, glare and heat entering the cabin can be rapidly varied to any level desired. iShades use a second smart film, which offers on-demand privacy, and soft diffused lighting, at any light transmission level, and these smart films, and other proprietary interlayers, are laminated between thin, lightweight, shatterproof plastic. Unfortunately, relatively few airlines have adopted this technology for the time being, but we're certainly looking forward to more doing so on the future.
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