New glass almost as tough as steel [Transparent Aluminum!]

phys.org ^ | 11/04/2015 | Staff

[Jeff Chandler]

Yes, used by whales for time travel in Star Trek.

So Spock could talk to them, I think. That was one of the "Old Men In Pajamas" series.

[CrazyIvan]

“Practically consumer applications?”

People who live in glass houses could now throw stones?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

NOW we can really build the SEAVIEW!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_to_the_Bottom_of_the_Sea

[Jeff Chandler]

Practical consumer applications?

Highball glasses that don't shatter when you're had too many and drop them.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Badger.

...glass imbued with extra amounts of an oxide of aluminum, by using what they call aerodynamic levitation... causing the mix to be held in the air while it is forming, by pushing it from below with oxygen gas and then using a laser as a spatula to mix the materials together. The end result is a glass with more alumina in it than any other produced to date... stronger than most metals, and almost as strong as steel.

[Red Badger]

This is really huge! Just think of all the possibilities! Now, maybe that Visions Cookware can make a comeback!..............

[Gamecock]

Practical consumer applications?

Well, according to the article a wide variety of applications, from automobile windows, to skyscrapers to smartphones and tablets.

[Red Badger]

We’ve got those already.... they’re called Dixie Cups.............

[Red Badger]

People who live in glass houses could now get stoned?....................

[Red Badger]

Well,, if the glass pops out of the frames then you’ve got falling guillotines..............

[Jeff Chandler]

they're called Dixie Cups

The red ones?

[Red Badger]

In the entire universe................

[Red Badger]

KRIZZ KALIKO

“Dixie Cup”
(feat. Big Scoob & Twiztid)

Ever drunk as ever baby
Wayne Hennessey
Scoob! Salut!
Twiztid! Salut!

I’m fillin’ up my Dixie cup
Throwin’ up and I’m liquored up
Stumbling and I’m spilling stuff
Like hell yeah

Double fistin’ my Dixie cup
Twisted and I’m liquored up
Toasted and I lift it up
Like hell yeah

Put your cups up and I’m drinkin’, tryna get fucked up
They buyin’ it for me, I’m locked up and I’m looking for Scoob
They showin’ cleavage so free drinks can get the recievage
But I ain’t buying cause you ain’t leavin’ with me
What I’m gonna do?
I’m off in the dark and now I’m clear, I don’t drink any beer
I try to cut ‘em off they keep handin’ ‘em here
Now I’m too drunk to steer
Get drunk like we’re supposed to
Pop off the top of the oranges drink some mimosas
But when I get closer she tell me she goes to shows, now listen closely
Salut! Drink until my face is black and b-lue
Tippin’ the waitress so she gon keep on goin’ by you
I’m off that KC tea, Caribou is super doo
I tryna get drunk as a skunk so give liquor me too, Kali

I’m fillin’ up my Dixie cup
Throwin’ up and I’m liquored up
Stumbling and I’m spilling stuff
Like hell yeah

Double fistin’ my Dixie cup
Twisted and I’m liquored up
Toasted and I lift it up
Like hell yeah

Drunk as fuck right now, I ain’t lyin’ nigga
Been sippin’ all night, I’m prime nigga
Drunk and stupid, ‘bout to lose it, did I say I’m stupid?
Old job, me and Brook how we keep it movin’
Look at daddy, brought my body, colors rossipatti
Mr. Potti when I’m pissin’, help me somebody
Almighty if you listenin’, help me please God
I’m outside, nothin’ drive, can you steer the car?
Lift the door head spinnin’, I ain’t getting 4
Pedal to the metal, rebel so I’m pushin’ hard
Pistol cop, tryna make it back to the block
Runnin’ red, tiers spin, must evade the cops

I’m fillin’ up my Dixie cup
Throwin’ up and I’m liquored up
Stumbling and I’m spilling stuff
Like hell yeah

Double fistin’ my Dixie cup
Twisted and I’m liquored up
Toasted and I lift it up
Like hell yeah

I guess tonight’s the night that we blame it all on the Dixie cup
It’s barely 6 o’clock and already I’m feelin’ super drunk
And like my spirits her shirt keeps liftin’
And if I had to sum it up with one word
Bottles are poppin’ and everybody’s wonderin’ if we’re gonna stop
All I keep thinkin’ is let me keep drinkin’ until I go puke in the parkin’ lot
Until they call the cops, now I gotta find another way to get my shots
I don’t remember which way I came so I’m a stay away from my trucks

Pour me up, I don’t want you watchin on my Dixie cup
Keep it 100 proof ‘til I’m drunk n’ stuff
Cause I’m over at the bar tryna love a slut
Cause I like to cut and I put ‘em in the butt till I bust a nut
Cause I’m crazy like that so don’t you know
So I puke a little n blink my eye
Tryna see if I can that six piece home
Ciroc and Grey Goose, three olives I’m vodka
Friendly rum chowder bought a bottle bottom’s up for my liquor medley mix-ologist
My apologies for drinkin’ you dry
So put the bill on my tab, you throw the deuces it’s time to ride

I’m fillin’ up my Dixie cup
Throwin’ up and I’m liquored up
Stumbling and I’m spilling stuff
Like hell yeah

Double fistin’ my Dixie cup
Twisted and I’m liquored up
Toasted and I lift it up
Like hell yeah

[Patriot Babe]

Bingo! I would also like them to be used in cars. Someone broke into my car by shattering the passenger window. I wish the windows had some alarm inserted in them incase it was broken into. This new invention would solve the problem. I think Oakland is using these windows in hard crime areas. I remember our local news reported it.

[Pontiac]

Yep

[JohnBovenmyer]

Index of refraction 1.94, which IIRC is higher than my current glasses, which are the highest currently available. So add thin and light to your eyeglass adjective listing! Albeit also probably add expensive.

[Red Badger]

Couldn’t be that much more expensive. The ingredients are the same, just mixed differently!...........

[Jeff Chandler]

So it’s not a bra worn by snotty country singers?

[Red Badger]

Occasionally.............

[Roger Kaputnik]

Glass-Bottom Boats