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Display screens projecting the sky outside could line the cabin of aircrafts if windowless planes become reality Windowless planes could revolutionise air travel as airlines seek to reduce their spending on fuel and new supersonic aircraft are developed. With this in mind, a French design agency has released renderings showing its proposed design for a private jet completely devoid of windows in its fuselage. Instead, the cabin would be lined with thin screens that could display surrounding vistas or screen films and work presentations. Technicon Design states that removing windows from aircrafts will reduce their weight, thus reducing fuel and maintenance costs and giving designers greater opportunities to enhance and beautify their interiors. Gareth Davies, chief designer at Technicon Design, the company behind the concept, said: "Certain elements are already possible...such as the flexible displays. "The idea is to push the boundaries." He added that future technology would hopefully allow people to display whatever images they wanted, the content only being "limited by your imagination." For now, though, the technology remains only in the reach of the super-rich, but with the world's first commercial windowless plane already in the pipeline, it may be only a matter of time before the concept is adapted. US engineering firm Spike Aerospace is planning to launch a windowless cabin on board its luxury Spike S-512 Supersonic Jet in 2018, which the company says will feature similar display screen technology. Video courtesy: Technicon Design Get the latest headlines http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Subscribe to The Telegraph http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=telegraphtv Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/telegraph.co.uk Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/telegraph Follow us on Google+ https://plus.google.com/102891355072777008500/ Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Daily Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.
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"This is the future of dying"
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If it was windowless wouldn't that result in more damage to the plane if it crashes?
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Why not? NASA has been faking space for 50 years.
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As long as there are security concerns, this plane won't be allowed to enter the air spaces of some countries since they have strict regulations that planes entering their borders must have unobstructed windows for a specific period of time before landing that can be observed from outside (by fighter jet pilots) in case of a suspected hijack. It's a nice idea for an ideal time, but given how pedestrian airline flights have become, this technology realistically seems to have a limited future in practice.
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how about radiation effect from the screens??
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Brilliant!! Im all for this
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Give me back my windows!
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That has to be one of the most dope ideas ever. Planes made up of virtual screens XD
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OMG That's Mint^^
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I like the bookcase
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So it's a Mac?
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Make it electric!!
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What if you wanted to sleep or if you were trying to sleep?
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Been doing this in Vegas for awhile now . I was talking about this 5 years ago . Same for R/C airplanes with virtual reality glasses with flight telemetry just like the real deal . The technology is there , so use it .
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Can this Technology work in space as well? For example a window less saucer shape spacecraft liner from earth to mars!
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I'd prefer supersonic planes so we don't have to spend a whole day on a plane to get somewhere.
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Pain less pictures
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There has to be an image/video for april :) ..... You know, the one where the plane appears to be in a nose down attitude going towards those lovely mountains you were looking at..
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Good Lord!!! I absolutely hope not!!!