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You have probably heard of this since it is now on its third iteration, Gorilla Glass 3. It's seems Gorilla Glass 4 will be coming to auto makers as well. I remember when the original was coming out for phones a few years ago. This is one cool invention that keeps getting better.

http://thediplomat.com/tech-biz/2013/07 ... g-to-cars/
On top of the good news for consumer electronics, Gorilla Glass may be coming to automobile dealerships as well. Gorilla glass is lighter and stronger than regular glass, so incorporating it into the construction of future vehicles could reduce weight, thus boosting fuel economy. Evenson also claimed that cars using Gorilla Glass would suffer from less road noise than cars with ordinary windows. He expects at least one luxury automaker to include Gorilla Glass by the end of the year.
“[Evenson] showed an image of a thin sheet of glass that appears to have a hole at its center. The hole, as Evenson revealed, turns out to be the portion coated by Corning's new anti-reflection solution. There was actually no hole on the glass! It was an optical illusion that demonstrated the kind of technology that would seem to be the perfect solution to the visibility limitations of most displays outdoors, under bright sunlight.”


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BUY CORNING STOCK NOW

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Gorilla glass is a very deceiving name. I for one am not convinced (having seen so many cracked/broken i-phone screens) that it belongs in cars.

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Jesda wrote:BUY CORNING STOCK NOW
I wonder if the price of a stock, in this case, Corning is evaluated based on future trends 2 or 3 years out or do investors/markets only care about matching/surpassing Q3 figures to Q3 predictions?

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NolimitZ32 wrote:Gorilla glass is a very deceiving name. I for one am not convinced (having seen so many cracked/broken i-phone screens) that it belongs in cars.
Think about how thick it is for the phone compared to a car window. Gorilla Glass 3 isn't even on products yet (according to what he says at the end of the video, it may be in products now like the S4

Here is a relevant video,

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__O0EssuS9c[/youtube]

Check out 4:31 ish to see how much pressure it can resist.
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Fair enough, but until I see some real world data & testing, I'm not convinced, not against it, just not convinced yet.


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