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G-spec 09-10-2009 02:41 PM
Variable Tint (very cool technology)
 
A member of the VQ community has been working on something pretty neat for us on the forum, I thought I'd share with the rest of you guys here, and this pretty much speaks for itself once you see the YouTube video clips.
The guy is working out of Toronto and I'm gonna go hang out with him this Saturday, so needless to say this Variable Tint stuff might hit the Canadian market pretty hard and possibly very soon... I'll find out more info from him on the weekend when I speak to him face to face..

I will directly quote his post from our forum so you can read in his own words..

Quote:
Originally Posted by t7n7 (Post 4521173)
Hey guys, the first time I saw MEN IN BLACK (1997), Will Smith locks his car.. and his C class Benz just blacks out including the headlight...I told myself that i'll have that in my car one day. Of course, in the movie, they used CGI.. but after years and years of research and talking to several companies, I have finally come up with a solution that is very cost effective & efficient (compared to others) and something that I can deploy onto a vehicle with some modifying.

The tech behind this has been around for ages.. and is not new..just look up SmartGlass, PDLC etc. etc. This is however a first for cars... (this will allow projection , variable control, cheaper, less power, vs others that don't offer everything). This type of glass is usually found in boardrooms, clubs etc.

There is a bus with something SIMILAR, however, it cost the company close to 60K$ to have it installed...

I'm working with Chiefway to introduce the potential of this application to the world. Also i'm an official authorized dealer for Smart-Film.

Anything is possible. This was a goal of mine from childhood that i have achieved and now I want to help everyone else with this stuff.

I might work on a see-through hood with this installed + tail/front lights... maybe in the future..

Some info:

*doesn't cost 20,000$+ for an entire car
*can change the color of your windows via leds
*images/videos/text can be projected (turning your windows into screens via projector)
*tint can be variably changed from 0% to 99% transparency

Not all of the above are in the videos, weather has been a bitch lately, i'll be taking videos of all the other functions and posting them soon.

Enjoy guys.... WEBSITE COMING VERY SOON!!....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w88BDnrncIA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ianPleyddGk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itLqUDlw2tk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrUq-9hoC8I

Anyone that has questions, i'll be more than happy to help and assist you. I'm not advertising since i'm targeting buses BUSES/SHOW CARS/HOMES for now... If you have your own idea and would like to use this application for it, just give me a shout! :D

note: White and Emerald Green are available now. Black version will be available upon demand.

datoad 09-10-2009 02:50 PM
it seems like it turns grey on the youtube video? I'm guessing thats their white tint. Cool tech though

shenmecar 09-10-2009 03:01 PM
Is like that privacy glass thing they have on Maybachs. And at the Aeropostale store at metrotown. Its called electro-transparent glass.

moomooCow 09-10-2009 03:15 PM
pretty cool tech

but why the fuck is the second video upside down, didn't help my headache...

ShyGuy 09-10-2009 03:23 PM
you can't see outside once its tinted...useless imo

Todd Martinez 09-10-2009 03:25 PM
thats really cool

shenmecar 09-10-2009 04:33 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ShyGuy (Post 6586375)
you can't see outside once its tinted...useless imo
well, i mean, a lot of richmonders dont shoulder check, or check their side mirrors before changing lane/merging anyways. So........it wouldnt be much of a difference to them.

KingCrimson 09-10-2009 04:39 PM
The last video is pointless...

Lomac 09-10-2009 04:45 PM
It's a pretty neat idea.

Now what I'd personally be interested in is having the Transitions-style tint like you can get on your eyeglasses. I like having tint during a hot, sunny day, but it can get annoying during a dark, rainy night. With that stuff, you can have the best of both worlds!

Peturbo 09-10-2009 04:45 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ShyGuy (Post 6586375)
you can't see outside once its tinted...useless imo
"*tint can be variably changed from 0% to 99% transparency"

GT4RC 09-10-2009 04:49 PM
If I start seeing this stuff in black im so down.

ajax 09-10-2009 04:57 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lomac (Post 6586505)
It's a pretty neat idea.

Now what I'd personally be interested in is having the Transitions-style tint like you can get on your eyeglasses. I like having tint during a hot, sunny day, but it can get annoying during a dark, rainy night. With that stuff, you can have the best of both worlds!
Thats what i thought when i clicked this thread. Someone should do it, is it just not a film on the front of the glasses?

roastpuff 09-10-2009 05:07 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ajax (Post 6586520)
Thats what i thought when i clicked this thread. Someone should do it, is it just not a film on the front of the glasses?
"The glass version of these lenses achieve their photochromic properties through the embedding of microcrystalline silver halides (usually silver chloride), or molecules in a glass substrate. Plastic photochromic lenses rely on organic photochromic molecules (for example oxazines and naphthopyrans) to achieve the reversible darkening effect. "

From Wiki - you have to embed into the glass, so not just a film.

josel_atr 09-10-2009 05:28 PM
cool.

GT4RC 09-10-2009 05:33 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by roastpuff (Post 6586537)
"The glass version of these lenses achieve their photochromic properties through the embedding of microcrystalline silver halides (usually silver chloride), or molecules in a glass substrate. Plastic photochromic lenses rely on organic photochromic molecules (for example oxazines and naphthopyrans) to achieve the reversible darkening effect. "

From Wiki - you have to embed into the glass, so not just a film.
3rd video, 0:32. I doubt it, theres a strip of glass that wasnt treated that butts up against the weatherstrip, as you would find on film tinted glass. could be wrong though.

roastpuff 09-10-2009 05:49 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by GT4RC (Post 6586582)
3rd video, 0:32. I doubt it, theres a strip of glass that wasnt treated that butts up against the weatherstrip, as you would find on film tinted glass. could be wrong though.
No, what this guy did was different than what ajax is referring to, which is a non-electronic, non-controllable progressive tint via the actual material's reaction to UV.

Props to the dude though, that is cool. :)

freakshow 09-10-2009 06:03 PM
Tech sounds pretty cool & interesting, but he needs better videos..

asian_XL 09-10-2009 06:37 PM
many home developers use this tinting technology on glass bathroom doors/walls.
I have seen it 2 years ago in a million dollar home.

shyguy is right, it is useless, even though it says 0% to 99% transparency, it is not the
same as 0-100% on tinting film. This one will blur everything out, but tinting film is just
darker, it is still visible.

thumper 09-10-2009 06:56 PM
is this zero light/uv transmission? works for me then... all i care about is my interior not heating up and fading/cracking in direct sunlight when i'm parked. i couldn't care less if i can't see in or out then :thumbsup:

Avery 09-10-2009 08:41 PM
Its about $ 250/Meter .. has to be custom cut to each window size perfectly , and as said before its not tint as much as frosted windows , what you can see thru them is very limited more of a parking lot trick.

250/M for the film + the original window

Also.. when no Voltage is going through them they are frosted and once voltage is applied they become clear , so if your battery dies or the transformer fails .. that would be some scary driving.

obselete 09-10-2009 09:10 PM
^just roll your windows down?

Mugen EvOlutioN 09-10-2009 09:28 PM
doesnt look tat good IMO

!Aznboi128 09-10-2009 10:26 PM
^ got to agree

if it was dark and still see thru from the inside out even tho it's 99 would be cool

asian_speedster 09-10-2009 10:58 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by asian_XL (Post 6586712)
many home developers use this tinting technology on glass bathroom doors/walls.
I have seen it 2 years ago in a million dollar home.

shyguy is right, it is useless, even though it says 0% to 99% transparency, it is not the
same as 0-100% on tinting film. This one will blur everything out, but tinting film is just
darker, it is still visible.
is it like this??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvmos...eature=related

they could probably make it black if they wanted to but it may still not be clear.

cool concept!

StylinRed 09-10-2009 11:09 PM
its a pretty cool idea, be great for being different also good for keeping prying eyes out of your interior


Quote:
Originally Posted by Lomac (Post 6586505)
It's a pretty neat idea.

Now what I'd personally be interested in is having the Transitions-style tint like you can get on your eyeglasses. I like having tint during a hot, sunny day, but it can get annoying during a dark, rainy night. With that stuff, you can have the best of both worlds!
that's what i thought this was going to be


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