Article

2022-02-03 Science & Technology

Say goodbye to smashed phone screens! Scientists develop a new material that is as light as plastic but stronger than STEEL ‐ and is up to six times more difficult to damage than bulletproof glass

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-02-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Ah'm thinkin body armor and spaceships.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-02-03 07:27|| 2022-02-03 07:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Won't be used in phone screens. I assume the material is not cheap.

Posted by Chris 2022-02-03 09:33|| 2022-02-03 09:33|| Front Page Top

#3 ^2 Bakelite was pretty cheap from the get-go and it was a revolution in materials science, IMNSHO.

Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2022-02-03 12:10|| 2022-02-03 12:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Sidebar, at the bottom of the article:

Will your next phone have a screen made of DIAMONDS? Firm claims new type of shatterproof glass could be released as soon as 2019

Posted by Bobby 2022-02-03 13:03|| 2022-02-03 13:03|| Front Page Top

#5 could be released as soon as 2019

Always, always the great invention is a mere five or ten years from factory production.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-02-03 15:00|| 2022-02-03 15:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Been using a phone w/ gorilla glass for years. Dropped, poked, skewered, stepped on, spilled on w/o a scratch.

Posted by Ulelet Snusotch7182 2022-02-03 15:04|| 2022-02-03 15:04|| Front Page Top

#7 Was in a H2S training and one of the hands had replaced his gorilla glass screen protector and was flexing the damaged one when it exploded and sent glass fibers and bits everywhere. Cool, other than having to get that crap off.

Posted by Silentbrick 2022-02-03 15:08|| 2022-02-03 15:08|| Front Page Top

#8 Hydrogen Sulfide?
You a rig man?

Posted by Skidmark 2022-02-03 17:23|| 2022-02-03 17:23|| Front Page Top

21:40 swksvolFF
21:39 swksvolFF
21:06 CrazyFool
21:05 CrazyFool
21:04 CrazyFool
20:55 Lord Garth
20:15 Procopius2k
19:56 Woodrow
19:54 Woodrow
19:53 Woodrow
19:51 Woodrow
19:50 Woodrow
19:46 Woodrow
19:46 Woodrow
19:45 Woodrow
19:39 CrazyFool
19:32 CrazyFool
19:32 ruprecht
19:29 Ulelet Snusotch7182
19:27 ruprecht
19:26 Procopius2k
19:19 Procopius2k
19:16 KBK
19:12 Thing From Snowy Mountain