Gorilla Glass EST. 1962

[FunN4Lo]

Gorilla Glass was invented in 1962, but they are just now finding a use for it. Who knew?

1962 glass could be Corning's next bonanza seller - Yahoo! Finance

 

[erikfig]

What's the point of this?.............

 

[eliassami5]

What's the point of this?.............

The point is that 42 years after its creation they finally found a use for it...i thought it was cool.

 

[HDTVsportsfan]

The article does mention Droid....

I'm going to leave this open for now....but it's barely Droid related.

 

[iPirate]

I thought it was interesting. What else could you use small glass sheets for? Small being less than 5"x5"

 

[TheStig]

I thought it was interesting. What else could you use small glass sheets for? Small being less than 5"x5"

Really small fish tanks?

 

[dezymond]

I thought it was interesting. What else could you use small glass sheets for? Small being less than 5"x5"

Really small fish tanks?

that better be a krill tank LOL

 

[Ghostwheel]

Well, if nothing else, this article solidifies my resolve to never waste money on any sort of screen protector for my Droid.

 

[Droidfish]

I'm digging the article, definitely on the fence of on/off topic but I see relevance. Thanks FunN4Lo

 

[FunN4Lo]

The article does mention Droid....

I'm going to leave this open for now....but it's barely Droid related.

Barely Droid related?!?

As a good DF member, I searched "Gorilla Glass" before I posted this. There were 20+ pages (not 20 posts... 20+ pages of posts)of references to Gorilla Glass. I looked through several pages (not all) and I did not see a post referencing how long this stuff has been around and how it came to the Droid. I thought with that much attention on DF to Gorilla Glass, some on DF might find it interesting that Moto reached back in time, to produce the high tech device that you have in your pocket

 

[Blackbeard]

Do they still use Gorilla Glass on the Droid? I had heard rumors that they switched materials because of all the screens cracking.

Sure enough, I dropped my phone and the screen cracked. When I sent it to Motorola to be repaired, the service center diagnostic checklist that they sent back said this:

Resolution: Repair
Part: Mylar

So are they using Mylar now?

 

[lyam]

Do they still use Gorilla Glass on the Droid? I had heard rumors that they switched materials because of all the screens cracking.

Sure enough, I dropped my phone and the screen cracked. When I sent it to Motorola to be repaired, the service center diagnostic checklist that they sent back said this:

Resolution: Repair
Part: Mylar

So are they using Mylar now?

Mylar is plastic. Don't capacitative touch screens require glass?

 

[Backnblack]

I thought it was interesting. What else could you use small glass sheets for? Small being less than 5"x5"

Welding shields
Windshields for the Gecko

 

[Backnblack]

Do they still use Gorilla Glass on the Droid? I had heard rumors that they switched materials because of all the screens cracking.

Sure enough, I dropped my phone and the screen cracked. When I sent it to Motorola to be repaired, the service center diagnostic checklist that they sent back said this:

Resolution: Repair
Part: Mylar

So are they using Mylar now?

They are still using GG..

 

[hemorrdroid]

What's the point of this?.............

I thought it was informative, no reason to be an a**. Not every bit of information on the site is going to interest you.