Researchers at MIT are working on a nano scale surface
that lets water seemingly bounce off. The picture of the cones used to
accomplish this is somewhat mind blowing to me. Not only the fact that we have
the technology to design something that minuscule, but that we can design
things in nano scale that have predictable effects at a usable scale.
I worked in Ophthalmology for 9 years. According to your link, the glass is glare free too. This discovery is great for eye glasses. I dislike the anti-glare coating sold by the opticians because I've seen 2 month old glasses with this coating look several years old. The coating has a rainbow effect if you look at it a certain way in the light. If glasses with anti-glare coating are cleaned with the wrong solution, the coating will scratch off. With this new glass, no one will need the anti-glare coating. The glass will already have that property.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting. I always have a problem with fog, when i drive. It would be great if this fog-free glass is applied to car windshield.
ReplyDeleteWould this product be safe to use as a glass to drink out of? Or would it particularly stick to the said examples above? I guess it would be kind of difficult to drink out of a glass where water bounces off of it.
ReplyDeleteThis technology is so cool! I think that having glare free glasses, car windows, tv screens, and other things would be very helpful and a lot more safe. There is nothing worse than trying to drive with a glare from your glasses and the car window at the same time. This creates more blind spots that you do not really need! I hope they can keep the cost of this material down so it can be used more in every day objects. I wonder if this glass glare free material can be used to apply to any other type of mateirlas that have glares!?
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