[HN Gopher] Deutsche Bahn Introduces "MetaWindow"
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Deutsche Bahn Introduces "MetaWindow"
Author : metters
Score : 39 points
Date : 2024-05-16 21:14 UTC (1 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.railtarget.eu)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.railtarget.eu)
| esafak wrote:
| The quality of my life would be better improved through public
| transportation and these sound absorbers than almost any app I
| use. Hooray for basic infrastructure.
| lqet wrote:
| > a transparent noise barrier
|
| Most rail noise barriers in Germany are completely covered in
| graffiti [0], so I wouldn't expect them to remain transparent for
| more than a few weeks.
|
| [0]
| https://ga.de/imgs/93/8/5/9/3/0/9/1/9/tok_8596521c60eeaa53ee...
| andersa wrote:
| That's because the current ones are all ugly metal walls.
| Painting stuff on them makes it at least slightly less
| depressing.
| umpalumpaaa wrote:
| If you dive into the graffiti scene a bit you will start to
| appreciate all those graffitis. The story behind some of them
| is super interesting. There is a lot of "competition",
| "collaboration", and group dynamics involved. It is truly
| fascinating. I was living in Cologne (Ehrenfeld) for a while in
| a place with awesome graffiti and every weekend there were
| people taking pictures "collecting" and documenting the
| graffiti.
|
| Edit: Not "all of those" but "many of those"
| lqet wrote:
| That's fair, but even interesting graffiti still won't let
| any sunshine come through. Also, I would rather look out the
| window [0] than appreciate artwork when riding on a train.
|
| [0] https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-
| pfalz/trier/17134459...
| flemhans wrote:
| Sure but it's been like that since forever and doesn't change
| the original point that you may be ever so innovative but
| it's gonna be painted over
| flemhans wrote:
| I can also start a subculture about competing for the best
| type of bank robberies, doesn't make bank robberies a nice
| thing to do. But yeah fascinating
| vasco wrote:
| When graffiti is done on public owned objects or walls,
| it's impact is merely aesthetic. Not like a bank robbery.
|
| And I'd rather see graffiti, even if I find some ugly, than
| ads all over. And there's way more public ads anywhere than
| graffiti. I think local urban expressions like stickers and
| graffiti is pretty cool. The mainstream prefers ads I
| guess.
| germinator wrote:
| They're very cool until it's your apartment or commercial
| building, and you have to clean it up - because let's
| face it, for every clever graffiti, there are fifty that
| are just tags, swear words, or worse.
|
| And your framing is odd - can you only dislike one of
| these things? Graffiti _or_ ads? There are successful
| movements to rid cities and scenic areas of ads, or to
| tone them down.
| Hugsun wrote:
| Implying that graffiti is as bad as bank robberies is wild.
| wongarsu wrote:
| In our city graffiti is allowed on a couple select bridge
| pillars and retaining walls. Those often have excellent
| artworks that anyone can appreciate.
|
| Not that illegal graffiti can't produce great art too, and
| the illegality is a part of what fuels the culture. But I've
| come to the conclusion that if a place is likely to be
| "vandalized" by graffiti anyways you are better off just
| allowing it and see what people do without the time pressure
| of avoiding arrest.
| wongarsu wrote:
| With the goals stated in the article they only really need to
| stay transparent in concept renders of new projects. Once built
| they only need to fulfill the noise insulation targets and be
| less of an eyesore than their solid counterparts
| ghostly_s wrote:
| [0] https://ga.de/imgs/93/8/5/9/3/0/9/1/9/tok_8596521c60eeaa53e
| ea42eea57c8b7dc/w1200_h630_x662_y525_GA_85197421_2005565667_RGB
| _190_1_1_2d14a73e871971ed95a819ea6b69b342_1593349745_2005565667
| _77b22cacaf-f8bed87dc312e74a.jpg
|
| looks much nicer than a blank wall to me.
| thih9 wrote:
| > MetaWindow, a transparent noise barrier boasting unparalleled
| sound-absorbing capabilities
|
| This is about a physical product. Not a software window; and
| unrelated to Meta, of Facebook and Instagram fame.
| lionkor wrote:
| Now the trains have to actually arrive and depart within, say, 5
| minutes of the planned time, and we will be in the 21st century
| finally.
| ivan_gammel wrote:
| A startup with wrong product focus would be insolvent in a few
| months. Deutsche Bahn can rot for decades spending money on
| technology that would not make any difference when a quarter of
| its trains is delayed or cancelled.
| thewarpaint wrote:
| Care to explain how trains being delayed or canceled is related
| to a new technology reducing sound pollution?
| Lorin wrote:
| Ok, now they have an excuse to employ a crew to keep them clean
| like any other window-like product... instead of it just being a
| wall? I don't get it.
| ggm wrote:
| I can't find it any more but I read a paper decades ago on the
| sound modulation effects of different plants, at scale and how
| designed planting around motorways can help reduce local resident
| impact.
| ghostly_s wrote:
| Okay it's clear-ish...but where's the noise level sample vs. the
| alternatives?
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