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Mythbusters vs. Gorilla Glass: Adam and Jamie have a smashing time
VIDEOS:
Gorilla Glass
keeps your phone safe, but will it crack under the pressure when the
Mythbusters bring out their hammers and air cannons?
The latest generation of phone-protecting Gorilla Glass is
here, and who better to test it out than the Mythbusters. Here comes the
pane!
In new videos made by US glassmaker Corning to promote
Gorilla Glass 4,
the ever-enthusiastic Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman from Discovery
Channel's "Mythbusters" TV show claim we live in the "glass age". The
video adverts talk us through a brief history of glass -- including
advances in the last 150 year that would "seem like magic" to people in
the past -- and show off the properties of different types of glass. The
different types of glass are subjected to all kinds of abuse from
hammers, drop tests and air cannons, with lots of 10,000fps slow-motion
footage of glass smashing, shattering and exploding.
From its origins making train lanterns and Pyrex, New
York-based company Corning has moved into high-tech glass creations such
as optical fibre and
Willow Glass,
which is as flexible as a piece of paper. Corning's Gorilla Glass is
the toughened glass used to cover the screens of smartphones,
laptops and other gadgets: the
Samsung Galaxy S5 and
Galaxy Note and Google Nexus tablets among them.
The
fourth generation of Gorilla Glass is being shipped to manufacturers now, and is expected to appear on new devices in the next couple of months.
Other Mythbusters shilling their fact-finding reputation include
Grant Imahara, who recently appeared in
ads exploring how McDonald's makes a meal of things -- taking on that pink slime myth in the process.
About the author
Rich Trenholm
Rich Trenholm is a senior editor
at CNET where he covers everything from phones to bionic implants.
Based in London since 2007, he has travelled the world seeking out the
latest and best consumer technology for your enjoyment.
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