[HN Gopher] Five glassy mysteries we still can't explain
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       Five glassy mysteries we still can't explain
        
       Author : sohkamyung
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2022-06-09 05:30 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | ggm wrote:
       | The "slumping glass" meme is surprisingly old: my mum passed it
       | on to me, she a trained architectural historian.
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       | Metals as glass, sintered metal objects, glass as a state not a
       | chemistry (recipe) per se, fascinating stuff.
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       | "Transparent aluminium" wasn't so movie crazy after all
        
         | LeoPanthera wrote:
         | Aluminium oxynitride, which is in fact transparent, was dubbed
         | "transparent aluminum" after Star Trek. Fun stuff.
         | 
         | I wonder how many inventions are inspired or named after that
         | show. "The Next Generation" particularly featured touch screens
         | and tablet computers long before those things were common. And
         | original series communicators bear more than a passing
         | resemblance to cellphones.
        
           | shkkmo wrote:
           | > "The Next Generation" particularly featured touch screens
           | and tablet computers long before those things were common
           | 
           | And called them PADDs amusingly enough.
        
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