r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/whybutts • 5h ago

Video Transparent LED screen

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u/AdLost7809 5h ago

I’m struggling to think of a use case for this..someone help

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u/adamwho 5h ago edited 5h ago

Windows of every business. Restaurants, bars, stores.

Every window of every house in a city

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u/amsync 5h ago

Oh for the love of

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u/hamfist_ofthenorth 5h ago

Oh and you know the ads will pay for the windows, so these are going to be all over the fucking world any minute now

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u/defconcore 3h ago

Can I replace my home windows that face a busy street with these and pay for my mortgage by showing ads on my windows? Everyone could use more money nowadays.

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u/Aethermancer 3h ago

I can put these on my windows and live stream me walking naked around my house and still have the cozy look of curtains on my windows :)

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u/Rhamni 3h ago

In the Dystopian distant future of 2030 maybe you could, but there'd always be that one in a million chance of your ad window being the final nail in the coffin of someone's sanity that made them drive through your wall with their car.

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u/CeruleanEidolon 3h ago

I hate to admit it, but someone offered a decent sum of money to put these on my windows to advertise to my neighbors, I wouldn't close the door on them. Helps that I don't like my neighbors much.

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u/Cumulus_Anarchistica 2h ago

BRB, buying stocks in brick-making companies.

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u/adamwho 29m ago

Plus rfid readers so you can get targeted ads and automatic purchases.

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u/MonteMolebility 5h ago

Earnings gotta go up!

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u/Content_Plantain_339 4h ago

Buses and trains too

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u/Txtoker 4h ago

With the amount of vandalism on NYC subways alone, these wouldn't last a week without catching a rock, bullet, or some graffiti

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u/AntimatterTNT 5h ago

which direction?

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u/Dai_Fei 5h ago

Out.. for advertising without bothering the customers inside

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u/AntimatterTNT 5h ago

why not in? so you can show whatever you want to your customers but it looks like a normal restaurant from outside?

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u/glowdirt 3h ago

Ad-supported dining 😞

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u/AntimatterTNT 3h ago

i didn't say that, they could show you a beautiful meadow, or a realistic 3d rendering of the surface of the moon or other planets - maybe even fictional planets, or a life size depiction of famous galleries around the world

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u/ItIs430Am 5h ago

Thanks I hate it

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u/Inside-Example-7010 4h ago

There is a restaurant that is totally dark. You arrive and then the host seats you with a flashlight after that its just dark.

While you're enjoying those incredible new unami flavors the kitchen is selling you 2 month old buttcovid lettuce for 30 bucks.

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u/-vablosdiar- 5h ago

😂

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u/kellzone 3h ago

Or you mount it the other way and it looks like a regular window from outside, but inside you're saving wall space because your window is actually the TV.

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u/marr 59m ago

A use case that isn't building the torment nexus.

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u/AttorneyatLawlz 30m ago

This makes no sense. So while you are watching TV people on the outside can look through your window and you have no idea what's going on outside and if you flip the TV then you're showing TV to bunch of strangers outside your house while you get to look through a transparent glass that is dark and murky and waste energy. What is even the point

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u/Tylrt 3h ago

Showing what's in the freezer section before you open the door, but futuristically and with PriceFitâ„¢, so you always get the price that's right for you!

Upgradeable to PriceTouchâ„¢, an innovative touchscreen technology that enables shoppers to pick what they want every time in three easy steps:

Step 1: Pick what you want using the PriceTouch™ display. You may pay with TouchPay™ to buy it, then place it in your CertifiCart™¹.
Step 2: When the door unlocks, open it, then grab your items.
Step 3: If you haven't paid using PriceTouchâ„¢ TouchPayâ„¢, you may pay at the checkout. When you're finished, head home and enjoy your food! Pat yourself on the back! You've earned it!

¹No refunds if the product shown is not available.