A simple product that you can still buy at discount big box stores for $10 has been cranked up a notch with developments like solar-powered blinds. This system combines a couple different types of sunlight filtering, controllable with a smartphone app, but the designers did not stop there.
The BRÍ/SO 'brise soleils' by Mitch Livingston have secure tracks that install around the frame of your window, keeping all slats sliding in place and with regular spacing. In window blind mode, you can angle the fins up or down for bringing rays in, and in shutter mode, you can block out all of the light for maximum darkness and privacy.
You might now wonder why solar panels have been installed on the outside of these hi-tech window coverings. This renewable energy powers LEDs, the automatic adjustment of the slats, and even a handy USB charing port on the windowsill.
What's Driving This Trend
- Smart Blinds
- The integration of mobile app controls and renewable energy technologies creates disruptive innovation opportunities.
- Renewable Energy Integration
- The application of renewable energy sources to innovative products creates disruptive innovation opportunities.
- Hi-tech Window Coverings
- The development of high-tech window coverings that provide privacy, sunlight obstruction, and renewable energy generation creates disruptive innovation opportunities.
Who This Affects Most
- Home Automation
- The integration of mobile app controls and renewable energy technologies creates disruptive innovation opportunities for the home automation industry.
- Renewable Energy
- The integration of solar power to provide functionality, electrical energy and mobile charging creates disruptive innovation opportunities for the renewable energy industry.
- Window Treatments
- The development of high-tech window treatments that provide privacy, sunlight obstruction, and renewable energy generation creates disruptive innovation opportunities for the window treatments industry.
