Gorilla glass!

[Shock]

I was just reading this article on yahoo about a super strong glass invented by Corning Inc in 1962 that might be put to use in highend displays.

http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/article/canadianpress/1759/1962-glass-could-be-cornings-next-bonanza-seller

 

[majorloser]

Armored Screens

Just for the Wii owners out there.

 

[Stereodude]

I know I can't wait for everything to have a layer of shiny reflective glass on top of it.

 

[pzaur]

I also heard that Apple is going to start using it in all future iPhones so users don't break their screen when they lose reception and throw it.

-pat

 

[Fenix]

It's already being used on the Motorola Droid phone, and I believe the iPhone just started using it on the iPhone4.

I've read all kinds of stories of people that have dropped their phones and it stays intact. One guy's phone even dropped off of it's clip while he was riding a motorcycle at about 70mph, and when he picked it back up the glass was cracked, but the phone was still working.

 

[j_garcia]

I am not sure it has been used in TVs yet, but it is used in a number of consumer touch screen devices already.

 

[Sheep]

I know I can't wait for everything to have a layer of shiny reflective glass on top of it.

In a perfect theater there wouldn't be any windows .

SheepStar

 

[s162216]

I've read all kinds of stories of people that have dropped their phones and it stays intact. One guy's phone even dropped off of it's clip while he was riding a motorcycle at about 70mph, and when he picked it back up the glass was cracked, but the phone was still working.

About 10 years ago, my dad had one of those phones that were like a brick (well a bit smaller about 15cm long x 4cm wide x 3cm deep) and it was built of hard plastic. We were on holiday in France, cycling to the supermarket to get some food. Anyway, on the way there it fell out of his pocket. Before he could stop to pick it up though, this van going at about 40 miles an hour or so hit it head on and literally rolled straight over it. My dad at the time was thinking of what his boss was going to say as it was his work mobile. Anyway, he went and picked it up and apart from a tiny crack in the keypad and some dirt on it was intact.

 

[Stereodude]

In a perfect theater there wouldn't be any windows .

SheepStar

Right because I use every device with a display in a theater with no windows and surfaces that only absorb light.

 

[tjohnusa]

Right because I use every device with a display in a theater with no windows and surfaces that only absorb light.

You got a black hole in your theater!?

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

It's already being used on the Motorola Droid phone, and I believe the iPhone just started using it on the iPhone4.

I've read all kinds of stories of people that have dropped their phones and it stays intact. One guy's phone even dropped off of it's clip while he was riding a motorcycle at about 70mph, and when he picked it back up the glass was cracked, but the phone was still working.

Indeed my Droid has original Corning Gorilla Glass, however iPhone4 glass material is similar made, but it's not made by Corning...