this is an interesting project, but we're probably not going to see any results from it for years even if it's actually viable and not just a futurist pipe dream.
this is an interesting project, but we're probably not going to see any results from it for years even if it's actually viable and not just a futurist pipe dream.
So it makes sense that Gorilla Glass, the company that's become synonymous with smartphone glass, is working to close the gap. According to Wired, Corning is in the process of developing ultrathin, bendable glass that's 0.1 millimeters thick and can bend to a 5 millimeter radius, without sacrificing strength and durability. The catch is that those contradictory aims go against the basic principles of physics.
"In a glass solution, you're really challenging the laws of physics, in that to get a very tight bend radius you want to go thinner and thinner, but you also have to be able to survive a drop event and resist damage," John Bayne of Corning's Gorilla Glass told Wired.
I had the pleasure of going to Corning Museum of Glass last summer and I never thought I would be so interested in a museum centered around a centuries' old technology. They had wonderful live...
I had the pleasure of going to Corning Museum of Glass last summer and I never thought I would be so interested in a museum centered around a centuries' old technology. They had wonderful live demos of glass blowing with finesse, but also demos that highlighted glass's scientific properties. There was also a section of the museum dedicated to breaking and stressing glass panes. I don't doubt it would take years (the article even mentions it), but seeing the malleability of glass really made it seem multi-dimensional and capable of more than its current applications hold. If it is indeed viable to make glass that effectively folds, I don't doubt that the company making glass for the iPhone would do it.
If for no other reason to visit Corning, I highly recommend seeing its art museum of only glass exhibits. It really opens your mind about the creative forms glass can take. The shape, texture, and translucency can have such extreme combinations that they remind you that glass is actually just some strange rock that we discovered can make useful items like windows and transistors.
this is an interesting project, but we're probably not going to see any results from it for years even if it's actually viable and not just a futurist pipe dream.
I had the pleasure of going to Corning Museum of Glass last summer and I never thought I would be so interested in a museum centered around a centuries' old technology. They had wonderful live demos of glass blowing with finesse, but also demos that highlighted glass's scientific properties. There was also a section of the museum dedicated to breaking and stressing glass panes. I don't doubt it would take years (the article even mentions it), but seeing the malleability of glass really made it seem multi-dimensional and capable of more than its current applications hold. If it is indeed viable to make glass that effectively folds, I don't doubt that the company making glass for the iPhone would do it.
If for no other reason to visit Corning, I highly recommend seeing its art museum of only glass exhibits. It really opens your mind about the creative forms glass can take. The shape, texture, and translucency can have such extreme combinations that they remind you that glass is actually just some strange rock that we discovered can make useful items like windows and transistors.