News

Amazing Invisible Glass Kills Glare Dead

Reflections and glare on your electronic devices is irritating and causes eye strain. Nippon Electric Glass is battling glare for eyeballs everywhere with their so-impressive-you-can’t-even-see-it Invisible Glass.


August 18, 2011
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New Apple Store May Be Entirely Made Of Glass

Forget about the Apple glass cube. This store has been presented today at the Santa Monica Planning Commission by an “unknown retailer”. Who could be the retailer? There’s only two possibilities here: Apple or Apple.


May 31, 2011
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A Glass Bathtub For The Stylish Exhibitionist

Design-driven architecture firm Stern McCafferty created a striking bathroom that has an aquarium-style tub as its centerpiece. Not a concept, this lovely tub is actually installed in a house at the South End of Boston.


May 18, 2011
Gadgets

Save Your Wine Glass From The Dishwasher’s Horrors

I’ve lost nearly as many wine glasses to the dishwasher’s fickle flow as I have to my own 2am clumsiness—and that’s saying something. But the clunkily named Tether Stemware Saver might just save me from those shards.


May 4, 2011
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This Gorgeous Sheet Of Glass Is Actually An Expensive As Hell Radiator

I won’t fault anyone for spending $US3,640 on this radiator because it looks so flipping cool. Called the Matières à Chaud (Hot Matters) and designed by 5.5 Designers in Paris, its sheet of glass (only half an inch thick!) uses Quantum Glass to heat the room up.


May 2, 2011
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The Glassblower Forgot To Take His Pipe Out Of These Lamps

Who knew that leaving attached the tool used to create these stunning blown glass lamps would make for such a beautiful effect? When hung together, they almost look like snowflakes sprinkling down from the sky.


April 25, 2011
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Sticky Tape Magic Trick Turns Frosted Glass Clear

If you’ve ever worked in a cubicle surrounded by frosted glass partitions, you may’ve seen this trick before – but for those of you who haven’t, come in and let us surprise you with this magic trick.


March 26, 2011
Computing

Watch iPad 2 Glass Bend To Incredibly Extreme Angles

When watched this video of someone bending the iPad 2′s display glass I couldn’t believe my eyes. Play it and see what I mean for yourself.


March 1, 2011
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Bank Robber Proves That ‘Bulletproof’ Doesn’t Mean ‘Axe-Proof’

Let’s say you really, really need to rob a bank, like in under four minutes. But there’s all this pesky bulletproof glass between you and the terrified tellers! If you can relate, take a tip from this industrious Chinese bank robber, who understands that “bulletproof” glass doesn’t mean you can’t axe the bejeezus out of it.


February 26, 2011
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How To Build A Glass Tower That Doesn’t Fall Down

A skyscraper of glass had long been one of modernist architecture’s dreams. Boston’s Hancock Tower was supposed to idealize that dream. Instead, its 500 pound windows started crashing to the street. What went wrong then, and what goes right now?