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Thursday, April 7, 2016

Flexible Glass

How ‘Flexible Glass’ Could Change Everything About Technology

Glass makers are hard at work on "flexible" materials, opening the door to radically new forms of consumer technology

Tim Bajarin | April 5, 2016



A few months back, I was invited to meet with SCHOTT, a German glass firm visiting San Francisco to show off what they call “flexible glass.” Company representatives showed me an ultra-thin sheet of glass that could be flexed and bent like a piece of paper, without breaking.
This wasn’t the first time I’d heard of flexible glass.

"This is the glass of your future device." Source: http://www.cnet.com/news/hands-on-with-cornings-bendable-willow-glass-exclusive/

<more at http://time.com/4282322/flexible-glass/; related articles and links: http://www.us.schott.com/advanced_optics/english/products/wafers-and-thin-glass/glass-wafer-and-substrates/ultra-thin-glass/index.html (Ultra-Thin Glass - Flexible, Slim and Tough) and https://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/products/display-glass/products/corning-willow-glass.html (Corning Willow Glass. Thin and flexible glass substrate for ultra-slim displays)>

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