Glass That Bends the Rules of Manufacturing
Corning developed a thin, flexible glass, but the real breakthrough was figuring out how to mass-produce it.In 2011, a Corning researcher named Terry Ott faced a problem that nobody else had needed to...
View ArticleYour Next Smartphone Screen May Be Made of Sapphire
Manufactured sapphire is incredibly strong and scratch resistant. Now falling costs and technology improvements could make it competitive with glass.Manufactured sapphire—a material that’s used as...
View ArticleMobile Summit 2013: Corning’s Gorilla Glass Is Coming to Cars Next
The strong glass that is used in 1.5 billion consumer electronic devices worldwide could soon help make more fuel-efficient, quieter cars.Corning’s durable Gorilla Glass is used in the displays of...
View ArticleWhat Tech Is Next for the Solar Industry?
Solar manufacturers are eager to implement several new technologies that could make solar power cheaper, and the panels easier to make.Solar panel installations continue to grow quickly, but the solar...
View ArticleFlexible Glass Could Make Tablets Lighter and Solar Power Cheaper
NREL shows that Corning’s Willow glass can be used to make flexible solar cells that could be installed in place of roofing shingles.Researchers at the U.S. government’s National Renewable Energy...
View ArticleSapphire Screens Would Test Apple’s Manufacturing and Design Skills
To make sapphire screens, Apple would need to source high-quality raw material and be clever about incorporating it into devices.Today Apple senior vice president for design, Jony Ive, called out the...
View ArticleChemical-Sensing Displays and Other Surprising Uses of Glass
An inside look at Corning’s labs suggests what’s next for the inventor of Gorilla Glass.Someday your smartphone might be able to help you in a new way when you’re traveling: by telling you whether the...
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