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Rapunzel1701 
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 05:52 AM
Transparent Aluminum
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 06:37 AM
Rapunzel1701, on 28 April 2012 - 05:52 AM, said:
Transparent Aluminum
Not quite, but I wouldn't be surprised if some transparent metal is just around the corner.
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 10:51 AM
As a poi t of interest here, Canon, and then Nikon have had glass similar to the MIT "breakthrough" multifunctional glass for a few years now. The front of some of their newer optics use a glass coating that consists of tiny glass shapes that lessen reflections remarkedly, without using anti reflection coatings as has been traditionally used. It also prevents water from staying on the lens.
Other companies have invented ceramics that have anti bacterial properties due to the unsurfaced shape properties, though I don't know if any are transparent.
Other companies have invented ceramics that have anti bacterial properties due to the unsurfaced shape properties, though I don't know if any are transparent.
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 10:54 AM
CannibalCat, on 28 April 2012 - 06:37 AM, said:
Rapunzel1701, on 28 April 2012 - 05:52 AM, said:
Transparent Aluminum
Not quite, but I wouldn't be surprised if some transparent metal is just around the corner.
There is transparent aluminum, as there are transparent lab examples of other metals. The problem is that in order to make metal transparent, it must be no more than a few microns thick. That renders it useless for the purposes for which metal is usually used.
There is no other way to accomplish this.
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 12:15 PM
BeaForni, on 28 April 2012 - 08:20 AM, said:
Why do we have big screen TVs? How about a pair of glasses that project a TV? It could fill the entire field of vision, like a movie screen.
Sounds good, but I don't think the technology is ready yet. At least, not at an affordable price.
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 08:28 PM
Ummm...Apple wants filed a patent in 2011 for a building roof that opened to the public in 2009? Isn't that about a year late for a US patent filing, which has to be within a year of public disclosure of the design?
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