First screen made of concrete

While screen technology is currently about new resolution and glossy colours, Innovation Lab have been co-operating with Christoffer Dupont, student of engineering; Lene Langballe, student of architecture and Dalton Beton (a Danish manufacturer of concrete components) on a screen made of transparent concrete.

The screen consists of concrete with embedded optical fibres, arranged as pixels, capable of transmitting natural as well as artificial light. The light-admission points are on the back of the screen where the fibres are positioned. The light, or the picture, is then displayed in pixels on the front. The light source can be a projector emitting either pictures or film footage. In principle, the screen is capable of acting as a window since – owing to the combination of the screen concept's light-absorption and optical cables – it has a capacity for transmitting natural light.

The concept might well influence building industry, architecture, design and other business areas.

Video on the webpage. Come and see the screen in Copenhagen, on Dec. 1-3 at the NEXT exhibtion.

See also Litracon's Light transmitting concrete.