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The Glass Age, Part 1: Flexible, Bendable Glass

Corning Incorporated0 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
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A Corning-sponsored video in which Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman introduce flexible, bendable glass. It covers the history of glass innovation with demonstrations of bendable optical fiber and ultra-thin glass.

Pointed to for nice demonstrations of bendable glass, though commenters note it feels like an infomercial.

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@Someone2019 · in “Ask HN: Do we need foldable screens or it it just another fad?”

There’s no reason it can’t be glass. Glass can be made highly flexible: [LINK] says a bend radius of 15 times the diameter of the glass typically is a safe assumption. That factor 15 doesn’t directly apply to plates of glass, and still might give too high a radius, but this is a hotly researched field. For nice demos, look at [VIDEO] (And of course, there’s [LINK] , invented about 2,000 years ago.

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@krispbyte2019 · in “Show HN: SponsorBlock – Skip sponsorship segments of YouTube videos”

Would this block the whole video about the Glass Age[0] by the MythBusters since the whole thing was sponsored? :) [0] [VIDEO]

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@shagie2023 · in “Prince Rupert's Drop vs Molten Glas”

In the "yet another PRD video" ... though one of the earlier ones... The Mythbusters did a pair of videos for Corning eight years ago (and yes, they have the feel of infomercials - it isn't subtle at all... they're still neat): The Glass Age, Part 1: Flexible, Bendable Glass - [VIDEO] The Glass Age, Part 2: Strong, Durable Glass - [LINK]

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