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Technology in 2020
Freedom Kira:
You might want to look into AMOLED screens and Gorilla Glass, on the topics of strength and flexibility.
Natheria:
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on April 05, 2011, 02:37:59 AM ---You might want to look into AMOLED screens and Gorilla Glass, on the topics of strength and flexibility.
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The whole video was pretty much displaying the possibilities of gorilla glass along with other super resistant types of glass Corning has and is developing (like Gorilla Glass). That coupled with the development of AMOLED and most of what was shown in that video is already possible.
Freedom Kira:
Gorilla Glass actually has quite the history. The design was completed around the 60s, but soda glass became more popular because it was cheaper. The original intent of Gorilla Glass was for car windshields, since that stuff is extremely strong and doesn't need to be as thick as regular glass for the same amount of strength, meaning the same number of sheets of glass would weigh less. And when it breaks, it shatters into tiny pieces, which minimizes the risk of injury in vehicles.
Thanks to soda glass, Gorilla Glass technology ended up lying dormant for several decades. Now that it has a new niche (i.e. electronics, touch screens, etc.), the technology is booming. Probably a good time to invest in Corning now.
I decided to read into it one day, since Nokia's N8 (which I have) uses that stuff, and it's supposedly scratch-proof. So far, not a scratch on it. I've only had it for about a month and a half though.
mgz:
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on April 05, 2011, 04:56:34 AM ---Gorilla Glass actually has quite the history. The design was completed around the 60s, but soda glass became more popular because it was cheaper. The original intent of Gorilla Glass was for car windshields, since that stuff is extremely strong and doesn't need to be as thick as regular glass for the same amount of strength, meaning the same number of sheets of glass would weigh less. And when it breaks, it shatters into tiny pieces, which minimizes the risk of injury in vehicles.
Thanks to soda glass, Gorilla Glass technology ended up lying dormant for several decades. Now that it has a new niche (i.e. electronics, touch screens, etc.), the technology is booming. Probably a good time to invest in Corning now.
I decided to read into it one day, since Nokia's N8 (which I have) uses that stuff, and it's supposedly scratch-proof. So far, not a scratch on it. I've only had it for about a month and a half though.
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i love gorilla glass - me and my friends always joke around about it. Gorilla glass, of gorillas by gorillas for gorillas.
My cowon s9 has gorilla glass and sure enough i managed to scratch it
Zalamander:
I think the video was a bit too touchscreen abitious, like everything in the future is about touch screens. However we already notice today that many thing aint just possible with touchscreens and many people rather use physical buttons.
This glas technology already exist.
The main problem with the vision is, will we be able to invent a new much more efficient battery technology that will allow us to make more powerful mobile devices then we have today with longer battery time.
Battery is one of the big dilemmas since it reached a dead stop long ago, not much have happend in battery efficiency(size/power) the past 15 years. The market desperatly need a completely new battery technology reinvented from scrath, its something they are working on however and its predicted to reach results in about 4 years. I think it all depends on this.
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