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Perhaps, if the following video is as prescient as it claims to be, window seats will be a thing of the past.
Business Insider's Peter Farquhar reports on a cabin design offered by CPI (Centre for Process Innovation) that proposes windowless airplanes that would use screen technology instead of the tried-and-true windows, which offer glimpses to the sky below.
The company based out of the United Kingdom is offering a solution to what it might consider superfluous features. Here is a video that should give you an idea of what we are talking about:
CPI has more on the innovation at its website. According to the company, axing windows is about more than just interior design.
Losing the windows, or so the thinking goes, would eliminate some of the weight needed for current fuselage designs. And losing any weight, as CPI offers, is a giant plus:
"Weight is a constant issue on any aircraft. Over 80% of the fully laden weight of a commercial airliner is the aircraft itself and its fuel. For every 1% reduction in weight, the approximate fuel saving is 0.75%. If you save weight, you save fuel. And less fuel means less CO2 emissions into the atmosphere and lower operational cost... everyone wins."
Previously, we brought you the story of Technicon Design's team in France that imagined a private plane with similar windowless features.
The CPI website maintains we are still a decade or so away from seeing windowless technology, which makes sense. Screens need to become thinner, lighter and more affordable if you are going to cover the swath of the fuselage.
Now the obvious notion is things might feel a tad confined without any windows. However, natural light is already at a premium as many passengers close what are pretty much tiny portholes.
Flying certainly seems to have run stagnant when it comes to aesthetics, so perhaps screens that flicker with dazzling arrays of colors would be welcomed by today's cynical traveler.
If you are offering some of the amazing things that come with an immersive screen covering the cabin, we will gladly give up our window seat.
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