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Transparent Wall - Screen of the future
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Transparent Wall - Screen of the future

South Korean scientists have recently developed a dual-sided, transparent touchscreen that allows multiple users to simultaneously use the device.

December 11, 2018
Intelligent blind for the blind
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Intelligent blind for the blind

British scientists have introduced a smart glass that can help people identify objects or translate street signs into sounds.

December 11, 2018
Samsung will also have smart glasses
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Samsung will also have smart glasses

A blogger from Russia, Eldar Murtazin, has revealed on Twitter that Samsung is developing a smart glass similar to Google Glass and will launch in April or May 2014.

December 11, 2018
Very thin glass
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Very thin glass

The world record for thinning glass was broken by an accidental discovery by scientists at Cornell University in the United States and Ulm University in Germany and the…

December 11, 2018
360T glass disk, lasting more than 1 million years
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360T glass disk, lasting more than 1 million years

The University of Southampton's Center for Optical Research (OCR) and Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands) have been working on glass disk manufactur…

December 11, 2018
Anti-glare screen self-cleaning
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Anti-glare screen self-cleaning

Mobile device manufacturers are experimenting with new anti-glare glasses with antimicrobial functionality.

December 11, 2018
Google anti-glazed device
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Google anti-glazed device

Japanese scientists have created an eyeglass device called 'Anti-Glass', for those who want to avoid the sight of the Google mirror.

December 11, 2018
Looking through the fire
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Looking through the fire

Austrian scientists are working on a virtual reality display system that aims to help firefighters see through fire to determine where the fire breaks out and where they…

December 11, 2018
Future iPhone made from cement?
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Future iPhone made from cement?

A team of scientists from Japan, Finland, the US and Germany used lasers to turn liquid cement into a semiconductor form that could be used to make computer chips, or ev…

December 11, 2018
Make a table lamp with a bottle
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Make a table lamp with a bottle

Alcoholic beverages, commonly used in glass bottles, have been reused in the process of reusing the LED table lamp, which is an initiative of Satechi Touch.

December 11, 2018
Optical fiber is as fast as ... speed of light
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Optical fiber is as fast as ... speed of light

Researchers at the University of Southampton, UK have just created a new type of fiber optic cable that can transmit data at a rate of 99.7% of the speed of light.

December 11, 2018