- lightnsfw ( @lightnsfw@reddthat.com ) 61•4 months ago
If only there was some kind of transparent material we could make freezer doors out of so you could see what was in them.
- mxcory ( @mxcory@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English14•4 months ago
Unfortunately this isn’t Star Trek.
- Swedneck ( @Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ) 9•4 months ago
ironically, transparent aluminum is real
- shadow ( @shadow@lemmy.sdf.org ) 1•4 months ago
Yeah, we call it “ruby” for red, “sapphire” for not-red, and more generally “corundum”
- Trainguyrom ( @Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ) English14•4 months ago
To be entirely fair, the glass doors are terrible for refrigeration efficiency because the glass is far less insulated than the door with the screen is. It might actually save electricity by powering a screen that shows a picture of the product over a insulated door than just having a glass door.
This implementation looks ugly as heck of course but if there’s a big enough energy efficiency gain I suppose it might be worth the trade off
- Snot Flickerman ( @SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English49•4 months ago
Because glass was too complicated.
- ComradeSharkfucker ( @sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml ) 32•4 months ago
It’s so they can use facial recognition to determine which products you are most interested in
- bdonvr ( @bdonvr@thelemmy.club ) 11•4 months ago
They don’t need a screen for that tho
- friendly_ghost ( @friendly_ghost@beehaw.org ) 24•4 months ago
If only there was some technology that would let us see through glass
- Hupf ( @Hupf@feddit.de ) 18•4 months ago
Plot twist: that’s not paper
- Ranger ( @Ranger@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 10•4 months ago
The good news is one they’re replaced if you can score a working unit for little to free it’ll make a awesome TTRPG table.
- tuxrandom ( @tuxrandom@kbin.social ) 2•4 months ago
Any store installing that crap (it fortunately hasn’t arrived in my country yet) will lose me as a customer. I know it won’t hurt them, but I’m not dealing with shit like that.