Fog-free glass
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One of the most instantly recognizable features of glass is the way it reflects light. But a new way of creating surface textures on glass, developed by researchers at MIT, virtually eliminates reflections, producing glass that is almost unrecognizable because of its absence of glare - and whose surface causes water droplets to bounce right off, like tiny rubber balls.
The new "multifunctional" glass, based on surface nanotextures that produce an array of conical features, is self-cleaning and resists fogging and glare, the researchers say. Ultimately, they hope it can be made using an inexpensive manufacturing process that could be applied to optical devices, the screens of smartphones and televisions, solar panels, car windshields and even windows in buildings.
The technology is described in a paper published in the journal ACS Nano, co-authored by mechanical engineering graduate students Kyoo-Chul Park and Hyungryul Choi, former postdoc Chih-Hao Chang SM '04, PhD '08 (now at North Carolina State University), chemical engineering professor Robert Cohen, and mechanical engineering professors Gareth McKinley and George Barbastathis.
Read more at web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/gl...
Footage courtesy: Kyoo-Chul Park, Bavand Keshavarz, & Hyungryul Choi
Music by: Tortue Super Sonic (freemusicarchive.org/music/Tor...)
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I dearly wish my car had a windscreen made of this glas! ^^
They leave a trail of cleanliness in the video. :P
"It's just too good to be true... Can't take my eyes off you..."
Patience, young padawan. They will show us the glass soon enough.
The water droplets stay intact but it seems that they leave a trail looks really fun to experiment with xD
I can't wait to install this on my sliding door
now we need dust free glass
Nice music! Reminds me a bit of old Massive Attack.
Actually, they're not leaving a trail. They're picking up the dust on the glass's surface. That's why it's called "self-cleaning".
So, are they actually going to show us the glass? Or just show us the zoomed in version so we have to imagine what it would look like.
Leave it to MIT to save us :)
Hydrophobic materials repel water. Hydro means water and phobic comes from phobia which is fear which generates a repellant action. This can also be done with a simple coating available for phones to make them waterproof. I'm not sure what makes this special.
The power of nanotechnology!
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke -
Is it scratch-resistant like regular glass?
for more info: web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/glare-dust-and-fog-free-glass-0426.html
I need PaintBall mask with this glass !!!! nice!!!
Now sell this to the car manufactures so by the time im ready to buy another car i dont have to really worry much about dirty windows on my car
No fogging allowed here ;-)
Are you sure that's dust? Dirtiest window ever bro.
what kind of sorcery is this?
whats the name of the song??? urgent!!!!!!
I would love some of this shit on my specs
I WANT ONE! (one of the little bouncy water balls XD)
That's pretty impressive, but what about other substances like bird shit, and bugs that get splattered on your windshield when you're going 50mph?
Like to order lens for my glasses please.
wow i want it
And why are there only 46 comments on a video which has 350,000 views? Weird.
Awesome idea. But, as always when I see an awesome invention on youtube, I can't help thinking "probably they'll patent it and sell to some monopoly who will bury the technology".
Check out gorilla glass. It's impact resistant (to a degree).
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ross technologies neverwet
Then how can I make beautiful window art D:
Patience, young padawan. The comments will come soon enough.
ITS SCIENCE :D
....so am I the only one that sees porn here?
that "dark" is dust...learn to read FFS!