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A company claims to have created the first transparent computer monitor: it has borrowed technology from aviation

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The idea of ​​“seeing through” the screen is not new. For decades, HUDs have projected data onto the windshields of airplanes. and today many cars offer own versions to show speed or navigation without taking your eyes off the road. That principle, project or reflect information on a transparent elementis the one that Visual Instruments ensures have brought to the desktop with Phantom, a monitor that seeks to mix the digital and the physical and that adjusts its transparency in real time. Phantom does not use a panel that becomes transparent on its own, but rather an optical assembly similar to that of a teleprompter or HUD. The image is reflected in a tilted glass and thus appears to “float” over what is behind, with an opacity control that allows it to go from transparent to opaque. The company presents it as “the first transparent computer monitor.” The key to the invention is in the optics, not in a futuristic panel According to the manufacturer, Phantom is presented as a 24-inch monitor in 16:9 format with 4K resolution. The company sets the brightness in a range from 5 to 5,000 nits and places the color coverage at 100% sRGB, figures that must be confirmed when the product reaches the hands of users and analysts. As for the connection, it is limited to the most common options: USB-C with DisplayPort and HDMIwithout the need for additional software to operate. {“videoId”:”x87bool”,”autoplay”:false,”title”:”How to CALIBRATE your MONITOR for VIDEO GAMES and enjoy it to the fullest”, “tag”:”monitor”, “duration”:”230″} It is worth putting it in context. Transparent screens have been appearing in consumer markets for years. LG has been marketing a 77-inch transparent OLED TV since 2024. Lenovo, for its part, has also developed a concept laptop with a transparent panel. The difference here is key: those products use transparent base panels, while Phantom uses, as we say, HUD-type optics. They are different technological routes, with different commitments and limitations. Aspects such as contrast, color representation with different ambient lights, the presence of reflectionsuniformity or comfort in prolonged use remain unknown. It is also unclear to what extent alternating between the monitor and the background can translate into real relief from eye strain beyond the idea put forward by the manufacturer. Everything will depend on the first independent tests and the measurements that are published when demonstration units exist. In Xataka There is a cheap TV sweeping Amazon: after a week of use it became clear in which situations it can make sense Phantom arrives, therefore, as a suggestive idea that has yet to demonstrate whether it can be sustained in everyday use. The commercial status points to a very early and selective launch. The Founders Edition is limited to ten units intended for early adopters, with shipping expected in Q4 2025, 30-day returns, and a one-year warranty. The price is not final: each unit is custom configured, but the company itself compares it to an Apple Studio Display whose price in Spain starts at 1,779 euros. Images | Visual Instruments | Telstar Logistics In Xataka | Xiaomi TV S Pro MiniLED 2026, analysis: the juggling act of wanting to offer the quality of a high-end and the price of a mid-range (function() { window._JS_MODULES = window._JS_MODULES || {}; var headElement = document.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)(0); if (_JS_MODULES.instagram) { var instagramScript = document.createElement(‘script’); instagramScript.src=”https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js”; instagramScript.async = true; instagramScript.defer = true; headElement.appendChild(instagramScript); – The news A company claims to have created the first transparent computer monitor: it has borrowed technology from aviation was originally published in Xataka by Javier Marquez .

US aviation hides something

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Two events that occurred in the United States, separated for a few days and just a few hundred kilometers between them, look like pieces of the same puzzles: the silent advance of Pastive aviation and the permanent struggle to maintain the technological advantage in a world where heaven remains the decisive scenario of military superiority. An enigmatic accident. On September 23, 2025, an apparatus of 432º Wing of the United States Air Force He crashed In the Nevada desert, a few kilometers from mythical area 51. The Air Force confirmed that there were no victims or material damage, but the striking was the subsequent reaction: the FAA imposed restrictions Temporary to airspace under the argument of “national security”, something reserved for episodes that involve extremely sensitive material. The 432th wing, based in the Creech base, operates mainly MQ-9 Reaper dronesalthough it also houses squadrons responsible for new generation poachers such as RQ-170 Sentinel. The official silence about which model was involved fed suspicion that what happened was not an ordinary accident, but the loss of a system linked to black advanced development programs. Map that shows the approximate location of the coordinates of the center of the TFR of “National Security” that was in force between September 23 and October 1 Manipulation in the place. What is most baffled is that, after cleaning and removal of remains, researchers discovered Signs of manipulation in the area: an inert training device and a plane panel of unknown origin had been placed there after the accident. The Air Force and the FBI They opened an investigation Joint to determine how and why these objects appeared, although officially the area was under surveillance until September 27. That the authorities publicly recognize this detail is atypical, which leads to think that the possible alteration of the sinister place is related to the protection of sensitive information. TO Observer eyesthe fact that someone could add external pieces in a newly insured site raises doubts about the safety of operations and what was attempted to cover up or, on the contrary, to evidence. The only official image of the RQ-170 that the US Air Force has published to date. The drone is seen at the Andersen Air Base of Guam The background of the programs. The proximity to area 51 and the involvement of a wing like Creech’s, where they concentrate so much conventional drones as The most secretThey reinforce the idea that the lost apparatus was not a simple reaper. The MQ-9 They have suffered accidents in everyone And the Air Force has reported them without major mystery, even on stage of active operationsso it is unlikely that a routine sinister had deserved an air closure and the intervention of the FBI. The hypothesis that it was An experimental prototypeof an advanced sensor or a new poaching configuration would explain the secrecy and inconsistencies. The Groom Lake History and of its ultrasecretos programs (from the U-2 and SR-71 Even modern poaches projects) serves as a backdrop to an incident that seems to enroll in the same tradition of invisible evidence for the general public. Another strange object. Almost at the same time, at the Lockheed Martin test center in Helendale, California, He filmed A dark object with rhomboidal formsimilar to a blanket or a steering wing, mounted on a pylon in full radar section test. The images They showed a surface with bluish areas and proportions other than those of any known plane, which gave rise to speculation about whether it was a fuselage module, a partial design of future furtive aircraft or a simple calibration article. Skunk Works It has been using this installation for decades to validate materials, angles and configurations aimed at reducing detectability, and engineers usually assemble the inverted models to minimize unwanted reflexes of support and land. The fact that the test will be carried out in broad daylight suggests that It was not a classified prototypebut part of the constant research flow that feeds next -generation programs. The weight of observation. Plus: the images disseminated from Helendale revived the debate on The limits of observation from public land and the thin line between civil curiosity and operational security. The apparent permissiveness towards the presence of observers, and even the appearance of a reaper drone flying over the area, indicate that the test did not imply especially sensitive material. In contrast, the hermeticism of accident in Nevada It shows how the level of secrecy varies according to what is at stake: an experimental object without strategic value can be exposed in open evidence, while the fall of an apparatus linked to X programs requires absolute control of the narrative. If you want, both episodes reflect how the Armed Forces and the industry manage the thin border between showing technological advances and protecting developments still too delicate to come to light. Two pieces of the same puzzles. The temporary coincidence between the accident near area 51 and the appearance of mysterious object In Helendale reinforces a theory: the perception that the United States is immersed in an accelerated cycle of furtive essayssome more than others, and therefore possibly “hide.” The contrast between opacity in Nevada and the relative opening in California points to that in one case a highly sensitive prototype was lost and in the other it was a routine technical trial, although both respond to the same objective: to improve the next generation of invisible aircraft by radar. Be that as it may, the combination of manipulation at the site of the incident, involvement of the FBI and new forms captured in Skunk Works facilities makes it clear that US secret aviation continues to advance in silence, offering the public just fragments of a technological mosaic that, piece by piece, suggests developments with potential to alter global military balance in the coming decades. Image | David James HenryUncanny Expeditions, Google Maps, USAF In Xataka | The F-47 will not only be the most advanced hunt in the United States: … Read more

We are attending at the beginning of an era dangerous in commercial aviation. One in which if you go to a funeral the ticket will cost you more

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In the United States they are already called “surveillance -based prices” (Surveillance Pricing), and they consist in a simple and scary principle: that companies that sell products and services do it in a personalized way with AI algorithms that will analyze all the information they have about you. Delta, what are you doing. In Delta Air Lines they raised to do that, but the idea He ended up knowing each other and being very criticized. So much that several American senators published an open letter demanding the CEO of the airline to explain those plans. In Delta they intended to eliminate static prices to replace them with dynamic prices that were adjusted to what each client theoretically was willing to pay. How are these personalized prices calculated? Companies such as Fetcher – who collaborates with Delta or Virgin Atlantic – have been working on these systems since 2019. They have deep learning experts (Deep Learning) and have one “Large Market Model“, an AI model that is capable of generating those custom prices based on the information of each user. Spying on to meet you better. In fact his CEO, Roy Cohen, explained That this model is trained “with all the data we can collect”, and on the company’s website they affirm that this type of systems could increase the benefits of airlines by 4.4 billion dollars annually. To collect this data, surveillance -based price systems use all types of third -party channels such as the purchasing history of a passenger, its navigation history, its geolocation, its activity in social networks, its biometric data or its financial statement. If you leave funeral, we upload the price. The former member of the FTC Lina Khan Council He already explained that this type of custom pricing systems could raise disturbing cases. A conceivable example would be that of an airline that uses artificial intelligence to collect a higher rate to a passenger “because the company knows that it has just suffered a death in the family and needs to fly to the other side of the country.” The intention was to abandon static prices. In July the president of Delta, Glen Hauenstein, declared which hoped that at the end of the year 20% of the price of its tickets will be determined individually by these AI systems. At that time that percentage was 3%, the triple that in autumn of 2024, but is that the objective was to completely abandon the current price setting systems to make the jump to these personalized and calculated prices based on what is known about each passenger. The pain threshold. The system would also put to the limit the so -called “pain threshold” of each client, establishing that maximum amount that the data suggests that these passengers want to pay. If you are in a hurry – as in the hypothetical situation of having to go to a funeral – the price would increase, while in a routine trip the price would be comparatively lower. Consumer surplus. There is a theoretical principle that explains very well the intentions of companies such as Delta Air Lines. Is called consumer surplusand it is the difference between what a client is willing to pay and what he really pays. Companies seek to capture that surplus, and AI allows you to do it almost perfectly. That, of course, entails a risk: if customers pay the maximum for what they buy, they will have less income for other expenses. Here it will be more difficult for them to do it. In Europe carrying out this type of plans seems difficult: the General Data Protection Regulation (RGPD) prohibits automated decisions based on personal data and that have meaningful effects on the user unless it gives their explicit consent. Like dynamic, but supervitaminated prices. It really is of all known that there are many companies that make use of the so -called dynamic prices that try to adjust supply and demand. Airlines have always used them —The price varies according to the day and time of the week or the number of days before the flight – but they are also well known in VTC companies such as Uber or Cabify. Said systems, of coursethey have unleashed more than one controversyand there were suspicions that Uber even raised the price if you reserved a trip When you had little battery. However, these systems do not have that massive data collection section and user profiles that raise prices based on surveillance. Image | Simon Ray In Xataka | There are people getting free flights and money at the expense of airlines. Your superpower: be very patient

The record that brings aviation to the stratosphere

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On the Alps of Valais, in a clear summer sky, a white plane advanced slowly, almost silent. He wore turbines or burned chest: it only depended on sunlight. In the cabin, the Swiss driver Raphaël Domjan faced a challenge that a few years ago seemed unattainable: demonstrating that aviation can also gain height without spending a single drop of fossil fuel. On August 12, the Solarstrates project reached 9,521 meters altitude After taking off from Zion. This exceeded the world flight record on a solar plane, which since 2010 held the lot promoted with 9,235 meters, which turned the world between 2015 and 2016, As France remembered 24. Five hours to make history. The ascent lasted five hours and nine minutes, carefully planned for the plane to take off with 100% charged batteries with solar energy. During the journey, they even crossed with a passenger plane, a moment that the team described as the most powerful image of what could be aviation of the future, As Berner Zeitung said. HB-SXA SOLARS It is an ultralight biplaza carbon fiber, with wings covered with high -performance solar panels. It weighs just 450 kilos and does not have pressurized cabin, which forced domjja to bring oxygen on board, According to France 24. Its benefits are modest – dispensing at low speed and does not exceed 140 km/h – but its design allows you to reach heights reserved so far to conventional aviation. Not a drop of kerosene. Beyond the figures, Domjan’s goal is to demonstrate that a clean aviation is possible. “My goal is to show today’s generations and tomorrow that it will still be possible to fly without fossil fuels,” declared CBS. The pilot himself is no stranger to pioneer adventures. In 2012, he completed the first return to the world on a ship driven only by solar energy, The planetsolara futuristic catamaran who showed that the sea could also arise without fossil fuels, Berner Zeitung recalled. That journey, which lasted more than a year and a half and left Monaco, made him an international reference of clean mobility. A record still to validate. The International Aeronautical Federation (FAI) must confirm the record by reviewing the altitude data, which are certified according to the pressure and air density, France remembered 24. The organization is reviewing the flight data according to its standards. SOLARSTRATS The eyes set in the stratosphere. The record flight is not the end, but one more step towards a larger goal: to exceed 10,000 meters, the cruise altitude of commercial airplanes, and then reach the stratosphere, which in Switzerland begins around 12,000 meters. The road has been full of attempts and learning. On July 31, soarstrats reached 6,589 meters; Days later he reached 8,224, although he had to interrupt the ascent due to lack of thermal currents, According to Techxplore. “Being a pioneer means trying something without having the certainty that it will work out,” Summarized Domjjan in statements to the AFP agency collected by RTL. Epilogue. Although the official validation still remains, the image of a small solar plane flying next to a commercial plane is already recorded as a symbol of the transition to a clean aviation. Since the Swiss Alps, the suns has not only beaten a record: it has opened a door to a future in which the unthinkable begins to fly with sun energy. Image | SOLARSTRATS Xataka | The renewable boom clashes with the invisible wall: Spain has more green energy than ever but the system does not endure it

The C929 wants to be the great leap of China in commercial aviation. For now, your heart remains in Western hands

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For years, the domain of commercial sky has been in the hands of two giants: Airbus and Boeing. China wants to break that hegemony, and is willing to do it with its own name in the cabin. Comacthe China commercial aircraft corporationhe has been trying to make planes capable of competing with global references for years. First was the C919. Now, the bet is redoubled with The C929. This new model, even in a preliminary design phase, represents the most serious ambition of Beijing for placing a long -range plane on the international board. The objective is clear: to deal with heavyweights such as the Airbus A330neohe A350 or the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. And the figures accompany: capacity for about 280 passengers, an estimated autonomy of 12,000 kilometers and a design that, on paper, would allow to cover routes such as Beijing – New York. The internal deployment of C919: a discreet but strategic conquest The C919 has not conquered the global sky, but it has begun to take off within China. Since It was officially presented in 2017has gone through years of evidence, certifications and adjustments. SCMP points out thatas of June 2025, about 18 units fly domestic routes, mainly operated by airlines such as China Eastern. It may seem little, but the fact that it works only in China is not necessarily a failure. On the contrary: We talk about one of the largest aviation markets on the planet. And in that context, having its own plane capable of covering regional routes without depending on Western manufacturers is already, in itself, a strategic movement. The real commitment of Comac, however, is the C929. A plane from Width and long scope fuselage which aims to stand up to the most advanced models in the market. The project has won impulse in recent months: Air China signed an agreement To become a launch customer, and a supplier has reported that he hopes to deliver the first fuselage section in 2027. PROMOTIONAL IMAGE OF COMAC C-929 The development of C929 has a peculiar history. In the beginning, it was a joint effort with Russia. The project was then known as CR929, under the baton of a mixed company between Comac and the UAC Russian, called CRAIC (China-Russia Commercial Aircraft International Corporation). However, political tensions, the invasion of Ukraine and international sanctions on Moscow ended up forcing The dissolution of that alliance. Since 2023, Comac has moved on solo, turning C929 into an exclusively Chinese project. Comac has presented this plane highlighting several advanced technologies, including a Optimized aerodynamicsstate -of -the -art engines and integration of smart flight systems. In theory, it is a plane at the height of its western competitors. A C-919 Landing in China But there is a key detail: to fly, the C929 needs much more than Chinese wings. His “technological heart” continues to depend on the West. Safranthe French giant of the aerospace industry, He has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with COMAC to supply the brake system, ice detection, tire pressure sensors and oxygen system. For her part, the American Crane Aerospace will provide sensors for cabin doors. Although these agreements show that Comac is still able to attract international suppliers, they also put an uncomfortable reality on the table: their program remains, to a large extent, Tied to foreign technology. And that, in an uncertain global context, is a latent risk. The Russian precedent that China cannot ignore Russia offers a mirror. The latest Western sanctions cut off the country’s access to key components for its aeronautical industry. The TU-214a half-long reach that could transport between 155 and 210 passengers and fly to about 6,500 kilometers, was severely limited. Many of their critical systems depended on foreign technology. Moscow has worked since then in local substitutions, but possibly at the expense of performance and reliability. China, of course, has proven to be very resilient. He has dodged restrictions in sectors such as semiconductors, and has learned to convert traction obstacles. However, a change in United States commercial policy I could leave them without western engine. “If the US authorities prevent ge supplies the engine, then there will be no CFM engine,” A spokeswoman for Safran warned during the Paris Aeronautical Hall. Images | Comac In Xataka | The C919 Comac

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