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New glass almost as tough as steel [Transparent Aluminum!]
phys.org ^ | 11/04/2015 | Staff

Posted on 11/04/2015 1:21:58 PM PST by Red Badger

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To: NY Cajun

“Practical consumer applications?”

You could use it to hold a whale in a Klingon spaceship.

Or perhaps an iPhone that doesn’t explode when you give it a nasty look.


21 posted on 11/04/2015 1:32:15 PM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Jonty30

Try the new Motorola’s....

They just released a unbreakable screen.


22 posted on 11/04/2015 1:32:47 PM PST by Cold Heat
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To: NY Cajun

Look at the photo yesterday of a brand new Apple TV remote that fell off somebody’s sofa and the new touch screen shattered when it hit the floor.


23 posted on 11/04/2015 1:32:48 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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To: Cyman

Time to move on to something else...........like Stainless Steel lighter than aluminum......................


24 posted on 11/04/2015 1:32:59 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Red Badger

Won’t scratch and won’t shatter are conflicting requirements.

http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/07/corning-project-phire/


25 posted on 11/04/2015 1:33:11 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Red Badger

Yeah, I mean, it was the weirdest thing. This Scottish guy walks in and starts talking to the computer. It was like he’d never even seen a keyboard or anything. Then he gives us this formula, and said something about Wales.


26 posted on 11/04/2015 1:33:38 PM PST by Yashcheritsiy (It's time to repeal and replace the GOP)
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To: Red Badger

Nuclear wessel.


27 posted on 11/04/2015 1:34:54 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: thackney

I’ll settle for non-scratch..................


28 posted on 11/04/2015 1:35:06 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Cold Heat

Hopefully I wont need to. :)


29 posted on 11/04/2015 1:35:50 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: AppyPappy

I’ve had some Nuclear Wassail!...........................


30 posted on 11/04/2015 1:35:53 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Red Badger

Sapphire then.

Unless you carry it in your pocket with loose diamonds...


31 posted on 11/04/2015 1:36:04 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney

Well that let’s me out. I carry loose diamonds all the time..........................Sometimes clubs or spades, too.................


32 posted on 11/04/2015 1:37:11 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: freepertoo

Are you sure it wasn’t Scottie who was working directly with these people?

Transparent aluminum, wasn’t it? Now if we can only develop an invisibility cloaking technology....


33 posted on 11/04/2015 1:40:04 PM PST by alloysteel (Do not argue with trolls. That means they win.)
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To: Red Badger

Nuclear Wessells


34 posted on 11/04/2015 1:41:06 PM PST by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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To: Red Badger

I guess now we can manufacture Wonder Woman’s jet. No mile high club in Wonder Woman’s jet. Never know who could be watching.


35 posted on 11/04/2015 1:44:10 PM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: Red Badger

I think he was asking about the “Nuclear wessels”....


36 posted on 11/04/2015 1:44:10 PM PST by NCDave (AKA, "That idiot over there")
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To: Red Badger

Ahhhh... I was so close. But you convinced me.


37 posted on 11/04/2015 1:45:07 PM PST by Cyman
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To: NY Cajun

Hail proof _______ transparent things.

The windshield I’m about to pay $200 to replace comes to mind.


38 posted on 11/04/2015 1:45:42 PM PST by HLPhat (This space is intentionally blank.)
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To: freepertoo

First thing I did when I saw the article was forward it to all my Trekkie friends :)


39 posted on 11/04/2015 1:48:57 PM PST by Dawn53Fl
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To: Red Badger

Nuclear Vessels ... The Enterprise


40 posted on 11/04/2015 1:49:50 PM PST by The Klingon
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