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MIT Researchers Invent 'Super Glass'
redletterdave writes "On Thursday, researchers at MIT announced a breakthrough in glass-making technology, which basically involves a new way to create surface textures on glass to eliminate all of the drawbacks of glass, including unwanted reflections and glare. The research team wanted to build glass that could be adaptable to any environment: Their 'multifunctional' glass is not only crystal clear, but it also causes water droplets to bounce right off its surface, 'like tiny rubber balls.' The glass is self-cleaning, anti-reflective, and superhydrophobic. The invention has countless applications, including TV screens, as well as smartphone and tablet displays that benefit from the self-cleaning ability of the glass by resisting moisture and contamination by sweat."
"There's just one, small, minor problem. It causes cancer," the researches have admitted. "But we think sales for this will take off in the next 2-3 years. We've already applied for the patents and I've already bought my yacht." .. I think I'm just being paranoid here. But there's always this feeling that any new material or substance will 'cause cancer,' most likely caused by reading too much junk news on bad reported science. 8)
lol oh goddddd what a dumb comment . slashdot, full of people who love quibbling over dumb technicalities
and this post was MODDED UP. you people are idiots