Thanks for sharing this. I think in the near future we are going to be entirely dependent on electronic corning glasses. But this kind of technology requires a lot of power resources. We are already depleting a lot of power resources. I hope a new renewable and cost effective energy source will be invented soon. I think this should also be included to this thread too youtube.com/watch?v=dtNXXBmCQPM. And I think if we have this technology youtube.com/watch?v=9s2oYUy_cVY&feature=player_embedded then we will have a glass world within two decades.
I know it's a "concept" video and there's alot of good ideas in there, but I don't think I want to have a computer screen in front of my face 24/7. I kind of have enough of that already today. One "concept" thing they seemed to miss was in the car. In the future HUD (Heads-Up-Displays) like used in fighter jets today will find their way into regular cars. That's something I'd like and can't wait for. One other thing, the public interactive "city map" that they showed in the video... I was in Paris a few weeks ago, and there was a "regular" (paper) city map there behind a plexiglass to protect it, and there was a couple of 5 year old kids there trying to "touch and drag" things on it, and were complaining to mommy and daddy that it must be broken :rotfl: I think these kids got to go work for Corning in a few years once they get out of Kindergarden :wink: :wink:
Isn't it convenient how Corning makes glass and the world will be one big glass display! (NOT!). Why do the displays need to be made of glass? There are already patents on the horizon that will introduce the world to plastics just as capable and much lighter. For sure i would not want all that glass in my car (what a bloody mess that would be!), nor in offices geographically located in earthquake-prone areas. The thin, flexible sheet they show is interesting but again, plastic can do it cheaper, with less weight and less potential damage to health and life. No thanks Corning. I think this will go the way of flying cars and hoover boards and colonies on Mars.
Wired has a good article this month about Corning and Gorilla Glass Glass Works: How Corning Created the Ultrathin, Ultrastrong Material of the Future | Wired Science | Wired.com
