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Window film is an incredible invention with a wide range of uses. Perfect for the home and for any business, it really can be a cheap but very effective alternative to replacing windows or glass panels. For businesses it can be used for both decorative and security purposes, with countless opportunities in terms of style and function.

There are many types of film available right now, to fit any size and shape. Some are purely used for decorative purposes. Decorative window film can give your home a whole new look, adding period features that may have been lost from your house over the years, or you could pick an ultra modern design to create a focal point for any room, or even design your own stained glass creation.

There are many practical uses for this incredible material too. You can choose a frosted film to cut out glare from the sun in your home or office, or to increase your privacy. If you have polished glass walls or office dividers you can use window film to add an image to alert people to the presence of the glass. Walking into glass walls and doors is a common problem and easily avoided! You can also use a decorated film to add a design and pattern to your windows to stop birds flying into them, which is real issue with young birds. Not only is it often fatal to the birds who break their necks on impact, but it can also damage your windows.

Window film can be made to measure so can fit any window of any size or shape. You can personalise it to add character to your home. From a simple house number for a glass panel in your front door, to an entire window sized mural. Usually the film is designed and cut by computer so the sky really is the limit.

You can have your company logo printed onto window film, for a great advertising opportunity. If you run a business, each blank window of your premises is a wasted advertising space!

Your can order rolls of film to fit yourself, it isn't a tricky process and with a little patience you'll get stunning results, but you can also have your window film fitted for you, if you don't have any time to spare to do the job yourself. Either way you'll have an amazing effect for a very good price, as window film is very reasonably priced.

If you haven't discovered this remarkable material yet, then take a look, you'll be amazed at the designs, and you'll be impressed with the prices. You're bound to have a use for this type of film somewhere in your home or for your business.

You can add window films to windows of any shape and size, so whether you need to reduce solar glare, increase safety levels or even show your company logo on your office windows it makes great business sense. Read more via the window film blog today!

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Not long ago, I talked to an interior designer working at a design center for a new housing development. Folks buying new homes in this exclusive neighborhood were given discounts at this interior design center to help with the custom design work needed to fulfill the homebuyer's desires. The lady I talked to said that most folks, that is to say over 90% of them were ordering custom draperies, window shades, blinds, and other window accessories from her for the new homes in that gated community.

Since the homes were rather elaborate, all custom, and large it was amazing the amount of money that each person would spend just on window coverings. Her smallest order was $15,000 and her largest was well over $90,000. Nevertheless, I wonder in the future if people will be spending so much on their window shades, as a matter fact I wonder if the technological advances will change all that, perhaps even putting that entire industry out of business. Let me explain why.

There was an interesting book written many years ago about MIT's Media Lab and even back two and a half decades ago they were talking about the ability to introduce energy or electricity into windows of the future, which might not necessarily be made of glass, allowing them to become transparent or opaque with a flip of a switch, or with the clap of the hands. Indeed, I guess today everything will be controlled through a smart phone app or through speech recognition - maybe through automatic smart grid meter on your home helping you save energy?

There was an interesting article in GizMag Innovation News Online recently titled; "The adventures of tinting: Intelligent glass spells darker future for US hotel," by James Holloway, published on November 13, 2012.

Now then, this makes a lot of sense doesn't it? Businesses will be one of the largest buyers of such products. Consider a large glass office building wishing to save money. If the day is going to be rather hot, the windows will be opaque, or semi-shaded on the side of the building where the sun comes up throughout the first part of the day. Also, corporate offices may be clear glass, but may turn opaque during important business meetings or private sessions when the executives are working on important details.

One graduate student working on these high-tech strategies at MIT explains that in the future cubicles may open up for conference meetings between groups, and then become opaque while people are trying to do the work on their own. The same type of glass might be used on cars, delivery vehicles, service vans, or maybe even on aircraft cowlings for inspections. If these transparent materials are no longer made of glass, but they are made of carbon nanotube truck, you can count on all these possibilities in the future.

And like the article I mentioned above stated; it's perfect for the hotel industry. That's a given, and an obvious great application for all this. Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.

Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on Future Concepts. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net/

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