A new technique makes it possible to bend sheet glass into complex or unconventional shapes with the help of laser beams. This opens up a whole new range of potential products for architects and ...
PALO ALTO, California — “We don’t make that kind of glass,” said Waguih Ishak, director of Corning Inc.’s West Coast Research Centre, pointing to the windows lining his office and, beyond that, to the ...
Researchers take advantage of glass property of becoming malleable when exposed to high temperatures. Bend it: prototype sheet glass with tiny radii, produced by laser-based forming. A new laser-based ...
At times a shimmering gray, at times more of a greenish color, the glass facades of high-rise buildings are mostly fairly similar in appearance. They become unique when individual glass elements are ...