A stained glass solar window on the floor of a CES 2024 press event was more than meets the eye. I was looking not just at an art object, but a solar panel capable of turning sunlight energy into ...

Sisters of St. Joseph Chapel, Pittsford, N.Y., 2003 / Third Generation (Valerie O’ Hara, designer). (Photo courtesy of Pike Stained Glass Studios) Back in the early 2000s, I enrolled in a writing ...

For several years now, tech companies have been at work to developclear solar panels that can double as windows, but the Current Window provides a gorgeous stained glass twist on that idea. Created by ...

“You have to be somewhat of a perfectionist,” Ron Johnson said about working with stained glass. “I found my niche because of my pickiness.” Standing in his basement workspace, Ron Johnson ...

New nanophotonics research could expand the color palette for companies in the fast-growing market for glass windows that change color at the flick of an electric switch. A team of researchers has ...

What if the vast, beautiful stained glass windows of cathedrals could be used to generate energy? Dutch designer Marjan van Aubel explored this idea with her project Current Window, a modern, ...