Posted on 08/02/2010 2:48:22 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
CORNING, N.Y. (AP) -- An ultra-strong glass that has been looking for a purpose since its invention in 1962 is poised to become a multibillion-dollar bonanza for Corning Inc.
The 159-year-old glass pioneer is ramping up production of what it calls Gorilla glass, expecting it to be the hot new face of touch-screen tablets and high-end TVs.
Gorilla showed early promise in the '60s, but failed to find a commercial use, so it's been biding its time in a hilltop research lab for almost a half-century. It picked up its first customer in 2008 and has quickly become a $170 million a year business as a protective layer over the screens of 40 million-plus cell phones and other mobile devices.
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LMAO !
I have the same tv (35” Trinitron) I still think it looks better than most new fancy hi-def screens.
Everytime I hear the name Corning it calls to mind the glasses we used to get when we filled up with gas. One time we got an entire case of glasses with a fill up.
ahhh..The Golden Age.
They better be careful with the “Gorilla” moniker.
There is Gorilla Glue out there and Gorilla Tape, it’s a pretty good bet that the Gorilla folks will go after them for trademark infringement.
It’s true. I’m on Wii “time out”...:(
ahh.....my hometown strikes gold. awesome. still have a ton of family working for Corning.
LOL
Gorilla glue is good as long as you don’t get it on your hands. It takes a while to scrub or wear off
Perhaps American Tourister could incorporate some of this glass into their suitcases? Or maybe they should sue as well!
8~)
I don’t think I’ll ever forgive Corning for selling off its consumer Pyrex division and name. The new company now uses a cheap and unsatisfactory material—but still markets it as “Pyrex”.
Some tubes have a rich film like quality.
I also have an old Zenith Space Command that has beautiful rich saturated colors I don't see on the new screens.
But it's old and you have to give it a real Fonzi punch up to get it to turn on.
Amen.
My 2 Sonys will outlive me.
Me too, I was afraid to say it for fear of getting jumped by techy bullys.
Some tubes have a rich film like quality.
I also have an old Zenith Space Command that has beautiful rich saturated colors I don’t see on the new screens.
But it’s old and you have to give it a real Fonzi punch up to get it to turn on.
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I like how vacuum tubes sound, also.
Just barely. They had to make billionaires out of a few lawyers for the priviledge. (No doubt some of that money found it's way into anti-business Democrat campaign coffers.)
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, class-action lawsuits claimed that Dow Corning's silicone breast implants caused systemic health problems. The claims first centered around breast cancer, and then migrated to a range of autoimmune diseases, including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and various neurological problems. This led to numerous lawsuits beginning in 1984 and culminating in a 1998 multi-billion dollar class action settlement. As a result, Dow Corning was in bankruptcy protection for nine years, ending in June 2004. A number of large, independent reviews of the scientific literature, including the U.S. Institute of Medicine, have subsequently found that silicone breast implants do not appear to cause breast cancers or any identifiable systemic disease.
Late night TV still shows ads for shark lawyers looking for yet more asbestos cases so they can pad their fat pockets even more. I thought that there was a $$ or date cap on awards for this scam. While there were no doubt legitimate cases where asbestos caused health issues, they are now looking for any smoker who went to a school with asbestos tile ceilings, was employed in a workplace with asbestos-lined pipes, or came in contact with asbestos in any form, loose or in a non-airborne application.
I love to let the little kiddies show me a riff on their solid state "tube modeling" amps.
Then I warm up my old tube amp and show the what "actual" harmonic distortion sounds like.
Don't get me started... but at least asbestos is associated with actual disease. Silicone did NOTHING and still they managed to steal billions.
Transparent aluminum
Transparent aluminum
I’m thinking thin layers of this sandwiched with a malleable plastic (Lucite?) film would create a really good ballistics glass.
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