Gorilla breaks glass at atlanta zoo news report atlanta zoo, broken glass. The 159yearold glass pioneer is ramping up production of what it calls gorilla glass, expecting it to be the hot new face of touchscreen tablets and highend tvs. The thinness of corning gorilla glass combined corning. Akhans miraj diamond glass is the new alternative to the.
Can gorilla glass actually save my mobile screen from. Family runs in terror after gorilla charges them and. Gorilla glass and dragontrail glass are both very hard and tough glasses. If you have been on the internet lately, you may have heard of jerryrigseverything and his durability tests. That gorilla then charges and throws its black and grey furry fists into the glass, sending cracks shooting out. Gorilla cracks glass at henry doorly zoo, video catches. The fractography and crack patterns of broken glass springerlink. In 2014, 7 years after the launch of the iphone, corning released gorilla glass 2 20% thinner and lighter than the original glass. London zoos gorilla kumbuka is pictured eating his lunch one day. Gorilla races toward girl, cracks zoo exhibit glass, almost. Gorilla races toward girl, cracks zoo exhibit glass. Gorilla glass 5 tops even that drop height, surviving falls from 1.
Looks like a sign instructing visitors not to provoke the gorillas might be a good idea. Nov 30, 2016 gorilla glass is chemically strengthened glass. As we carry around computers, tablets, smartphones, mp3 players and other devices, we risk damaging them through everyday use. Silverback gorilla cracks enclosure glass after little girl beats her. Corning gorilla glass can be breaked but it is harder than a normal glass. Gorilla glass 5 was introduced in 2016 for use in the samsung galaxy note 7. Transparent and tough bulk composites inspired by nacre nature. Gorilla glass 4 is thinner and more damage resistant. Back at the harrodsburg plant, a man wearing a black gorilla glass tshirt is guiding a 100micronthick sheet of glass about the thickness of aluminum foil through a series of rollers. Deposited hard coating increases the critical load at which glass substrate cracks. Typically, people who buy their phones in this way save around 30% on their phone bills in the 2 years they would otherwise have spent with their phone company. Apr 18, 2015 video shows gorilla charging toward exhibit window and cracking the glass at a zoo in nebraska.
Gorilla breaks glass at atlanta zoo news report youtube. Tempered glass is very strong when you hit it from the front, but if you make a tiny nick on the edge the internal stresses cause the glass to instantly shatter. According to the zookeeper, this is not the first time a gorilla has cracked a glass window at the zoo. Apr 08, 2011 fox 5 news report of gorilla breaking glass at the atlanta zoo. Many authors observed gorillas feeding on invertebrates and. They appear to combine synergistically to increase the practical strength of gorilla glass. The willis towers glass skydeck cracks under peoples feet again. Apr 17, 2015 according to the zookeeper, this is not the first time a gorilla has cracked a glass window at the zoo. Gorilla glass 6 superior glass durability protection. Jul 02, 20 as it turns out, this shrinking of gorilla glass is the first kind of observation of this kind of movement in glass, even if it was observed in specially treated glass. Witnesses said the gorilla launched himself at the glass pictured earlier. Gorilla glass is a brand of chemically strengthened glass developed and manufactured by corning, now in its sixth generation, designed to be thin, light and damageresistant. This probably speaks to why you dont want to take on a big company like corning unless you can obliterate them because initially this battle was for smartphone screens where gorilla glass is the dominant, highquality, entrenched material. Chicagos famously terrifying glass skydeck cracks again.
Jul 11, 2018 gorilla glass 2 is a newer form of gorilla glass that is up to 20% thinner than the original material, yet still as tough. Family runs in terror after gorilla charges them and cracks the observation glass. Gorilla cracks glass at henry doorly zoo, video catches fire. The demos you see always test the front surface and never the edges. Family runs in terror after gorilla charges them and cracks the. Aug 25, 2017 corning gorilla glass can be breaked but it is harder than a normal glass. So how could glass go from the bottom to the top of this range. Gorilla terrifies visitors as he breaks through the glass travel. Fox 5 news report of gorilla breaking glass at the atlanta zoo. This ability to survive and endure multiple drops is up to 2x better than gorilla glass 5.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of corning. Observation glass cracks 103 flights above street and. Corning scientists engineered tougher and more durable corning gorilla glass 6. Family runs in terror after gorilla charges them and cracks. A young girl is seen playfully imitating the gorilla at omahas henry doorly zoo. Zookeepers yesterday boarded up the glass partition which cracked as the.
The adhesion energy of bam films on gorilla glass is 6. Keeping it super simple, gorilla glass is better than normal glas. The 12second video opens with a little girl staring into the gorilla enclosure at the hubbard gorilla valley, waving at a nearby gorilla. Terrifying, he breaks the glass causing it to crack. Four men had a terrifying few moments when the glass floor they were standing on 103 stories above chicago in the willis tower observation deck. Silverback gorilla cracks glass of enclosure video world. Lets learn the difference between these two types of glass. Hey there glp i bought a refurbished samsung g7 galaxy a couple of weeks ago and i have dropped it on the ground, the front screen is cracked and now looks like someone threw a brick at it but the device still works properly, so there is that.
Sep 05, 2017 the latest phone to don this shatterproof display is the moto z2 force and it features an adequate number of differences compared to the latest iteration of cornings gorilla glass, gorilla glass 5. The topographical features which appear on the fracture surfaces of broken glass objects and the resulting crack patterns which develop are natures documentation of the fracture event. May 29, 2014 four men had a terrifying few moments when the glass floor they were standing on 103 stories above chicago in the willis tower observation deck appeared to develop cracks. May 30, 2016 gorilla glass can be produced in thicknesses ranging from 0. Watch this gorilla crack its glass cage after racing. The family understandably fled when the glass cracked. Jan 04, 20 gorilla glass probably has a more interesting path than any other piece of hardware on or in your device. My oldest son, one and a half at the time was holding his hand up at the glass and the gorilla was putting up his hand to match and all the sudden freaked out and charged the glass three times.
Gorilla showed early promise in the 60s, but failed to find a commercial use, so its been biding its time in a hilltop research lab for almost a halfcentury. I have never seen anything that says apple uses gorilla glass. This chimp loved the attention he was getting from the people on the observation deck at. Gorilla glass can be produced in thicknesses ranging from 0. Apr 17, 2015 gorilla races toward girl, cracks zoo exhibit glass, almost fulfills our nightmares. Observation glass cracks 103 flights above street and scares. Video shows gorilla charging toward exhibit window and cracking the glass at a zoo in nebraska. Oct 10, 2017 the glass skywalk hangs 1,180 meters above a valley and stretches 266 meters in length. Can gorilla glass actually save my mobile screen from breaking. Chemically strengthened glass finds a new application. The glass skywalk hangs 1,180 meters above a valley and stretches 266 meters in length. What this means is that there are other elements that are introduced into the glass before it solidifies. They are considered after a brief discussion of glass strength. The toughening effect observed is reflected in stable crack.
Why does gorilla glass shatter so easily when you drop. Pdf antiscratch almgb14 gorilla glass coating researchgate. Gorilla glass is a brand name for cornings tempered glass. Gorilla races toward girl, cracks zoo exhibit glass, almost fulfills our nightmares. Gorilla glass 4 was tested to survive about 80% of the falls from a height of 1 meter onto rough surfaces.
With the scratch resistance of gorilla glass already established, there was a. The aim of this study is to give detailed information about the latest developments applications in the glass science and technology. The manufacturing company corning has developed a product it calls gorilla glass. Glass walls and glass windows built into vertical walls. The visitors had been spending time observing the gorillas. What are the advantages and disadvantages of corning gorilla. Gorilla glass device glass damage and scratch resistant. Silverback gorilla cracks glass of enclosure video. In this aspect, smart glass, security glass, thin glass. The company designed the glass for our electronic lifestyles.
Apr 17, 2015 a silverback gorilla cracked the glass window of its enclosure at a omaha zoo thursday, sending watchers scattering out of the building. If you were to use this glass for a screen on your electronic devices, youd end up with a very clear covering. Here i am making a clear comparison between these two to find out what makes them different from each other in terms of their properties and usage. See more ideas about primates, silverback gorilla and omaha zoo. Chemically strengthened glass is formed as large sheets or in other shapes, cut to size, and then subjected to a glass hardening liquid chemical treatment, generally an ionexchange process that. Watch this gorilla crack its glass cage after racing toward. Then, the camera pans to a gorilla deeper into the exhibit. Silverback gorilla charges and cracks safety glass. Definitely the glass will break and it depends on how it falls to a surface. A silverback gorilla cracked the glass window of its enclosure at a omaha zoo thursday, sending watchers scattering out of the building. This incredible footage shows a young girl at henry doorly zoo in omaha, nebraska, beating her chest while observing the primates. Heres why the glass chamber has experienced multiple instances of shattering. Kumbuka, an 18yearold male western lowland gorilla escaped its.
Difference between gorilla glass and tempered glass. The thinness of corning gorilla glass combined with its exceptional optical quality and high transmission optimizes the users viewing experience. Gorilla glass 2 is a newer form of gorilla glass that is up to 20% thinner than the original material, yet still as tough. Gorilla glass 3 resists deep scratches and is more flexible than its predecessors. Jan 26, 2011 the topographical features which appear on the fracture surfaces of broken glass objects and the resulting crack patterns which develop are natures documentation of the fracture event. Cornings gorilla glass stands up to abuse with scratch and impactresistant qualities. Strength is central to the fracture surface features for it determines the strain energy release rate and the dynamics of crack extension. What phone has gorilla glass and what is gorilla glass. Much like the first edition print of any comic book heros tale, corning glass was born.
There is a scale of hardness for every object which is measured between 0 to 10 the hardest is diamond its scale is 10. Jul 22, 2016 gorilla glass 5 tops even that drop height, surviving falls from 1. Corning glass has a line of ceramichybrid glass with the registered name gorilla glass. Subjected to a new and rigorous test methodology in our labs, on average, gorilla glass 6 survived 15 consecutive drops from 1 meter onto rough surfaces. To give gorilla glass its ability to withstand scratches and cracks, corning gives these sheets of glass a little bath. Tourist terrified by new glass walkway that cracks under. Every other manufacture says point blank they use it.
I have dropped my 5 screen as far as the floor from a desk and no break where others have dropped theirs and it cracked. The best way to save money on your phone and plan is to buy the phone outright and add a sim only plan. Cornings gorilla glass 5 can be tagged as a benchmark in the field of screen protection solutions. As it turns out, this shrinking of gorilla glass is the first kind of observation of this kind of movement in glass, even if it was observed in specially treated glass. Other glass crack patterns such as those from impact and thermal.
Only option there is, is what dark jedi suggests, search for a replacement glass, take phone apart and reinstallelse if ou have warranty. Gorilla break glass at henry doorly zoo and aquarium in omaha, nebraska caught on camera. Described as thinner, and lighter weight than other glass, gorilla glass is also reported to be harder than other glass and equal hardness to that of a sapphire. Akhan semiconductor claims that their diamond glass. Gorilla glass is the brand name of a special type of glass that is manufactured by a company named corning other companies that manufacture this type of glass include asahi glass co.
Just for fun, shattering glass is added as a special effect to give the alreadyterrifying experience extra. Corning gorilla glass 2 exhibits tighter strength distribution. How gorilla kumbuka made a bid for freedom by smashing a. As a brand, gorilla glass is unique to corning, but close equivalents exist, including agc inc. Corning responds to note 7 and gorilla glass 5 scratch tests. Today we associate the name with gorilla glass, which is widely used in the mobile industry, but corning is also a big manufacturer of display glass. Observation from the zdirection reveals the history of the fracture. Unbreakable screen protectors guard mobile phone screen from scratch, dust, water and oily substances. But its not damageresistant like gorilla glass its just aluminosilicate glass. Aug 19, 2016 corning responds to note 7 and gorilla glass 5 scratch tests. Gorilla glass currently ships on more that 750 brands devices and more than 20% of all smartphones globally have gorilla glass screens.
Touchscreen mobile phones, are nowadays common use devices. Apr 18, 2015 a silverback gorilla cracks the glass of its enclosure in nebraska after charging a family watching the animal. Everything you need to know about corning gorilla glass. Corning witnesses gorilla glass shrinking, perhaps proving. It is important to protect touch screens as phones dont. Both these glasses are scratch resistant and are very difficult to break. Until apple comes out and says they actually use gorilla glass they may have, but i havent seen it or gorilla glass 2, or until i see apple put their name on this list, i will continue to say apple doesnt use gorilla glass.
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