Gorilla Glass 2 to Debut at CES: The Tough Gets Stronger
Over the last couple of years, we've seen Gorilla Glass become a staple component in smartphones. Last year, at CES 2011, we got a chance to hit the Corning booth and test the strength of Gorilla Glass versus regular, untreated glass. It was embarrassing but comforting to learn that we were unable to break the Gorilla Glass, and we thought it was a pretty neat interactive demonstration. However, it seems Corning may one-up themselves this year with the debut of Gorilla Glass 2.
Corning yesterday announced that it would be introducing the world to the next generation of Gorilla Glass at CES next Monday and said that the new Gorilla Glass will be aimed at manufacturers looks to make slimmer devices.
"Corning Gorilla Glass has been a tremendous success for Corning, enjoying excellent market acceptance across mobile device industries," said James R. Steiner, senior vice president and general manager, Corning Specialty Materials. "Handset and tablet device manufacturers are clearly driving toward higher functionality from thinner designs. Corning's latest innovation in Gorilla Glass technology is very well positioned to meet these challenges and enable broader touch technology penetration."
We'll be at CES 2012 to bring you live coverage, so stay tuned for more on Gorilla Glass 2.
Exactly, we need somethin to make the whale tanks from.
Or the idiot who sues because it isn't made of gorillas.
Or the idiot who says that gorilla glass is animal cruelty.
Take your pick.
Or the idiot who sues because it isn't made of gorillas.
Or the idiot who says that gorilla glass is animal cruelty.
Take your pick.
Yes, if you take a hammer to it or run it over with a car it might break; but I dropped my original Galaxy S a million times on asphalt and had it thrown into concrete walls by angry (X) girlfriends and of course the sides of the phone took some scratches, but the screen was still impeccable.
Exactly, we need somethin to make the whale tanks from.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elKxgsrJFhw
Maybe Samsung does more thorough drop testing..??
How about aluminium oxide? I think sapphires are pretty hard. Synthetic sapphire glass is hard, but brittle. Scratch resistant, but it can still shatter.
Transparent alumina is commercially available...close but not quite transparent aluminum *yet*
Yeah was gonna say, if you read the chemical make up of gorilla glass, it's actually moving towards transparent aluminum. Should be there within 10 years I'm guessing.
The brittle aspect is the major kicker as aluminum oxide are ceramics that need to be thicker, special additives that can affect the viewing quality, and/or just too damn expensive for the application. AlO_ may be overkill in this situation (remember this is transparent armor kind of sh!t).
SCIENCE!