We're going to have to create a new category of impractical but interesting design called "Bar Talk Prototypes." For when you're having beers with your buddies, and one of them says something like "Wouldn't it be cool if instead of using blinds, your window was filled with sand, and you could somehow fill and unfill the sand when you wanted the window blocked or clear?"
One of you thinks it's neat but impossible, one of you says it's possible but not worth the hassle, and two of you outright tell your friend he's an idiot. Then he resolves to build the prototype just to shut you all up, like this:
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Flipping top to bottom is awkward, rotation would work better. I've thought about using two panes having offset strips of polarizing material, shift one pane up or down a bit to adjust how much light to let through. Would take up less space than shades and be a lot easier to clean.
Bits of glass inside glass making glass not as clear as glass.