Having lived in both places - Italy and the US - there are good and bad things about both, and it's kind of maddening to not see the good stuff copied faster.

Having lived in both places - Italy and the US - there are good and bad things about both, and it's kind of maddening to not see the good stuff copied faster. Here's an old post about window technology. Screens and shutters. https://blog.therealitaly.com/2007/08/09/window-technology/ https://blog.therealitaly.com/2007/08/09/window-technology/