Ultrathin and flexible Willow Glass
via gizmag:
Corning announced details of a major new glass design at the eighth annual Display Week in Boston, a trade event hosted by the Society for Information Display. Named Willow Glass, Corning’s new glass is manufactured in such a way that allows it to reach temperatures of up to 500°C (932ºF) while maintaining a thickness of just 100 microns – or about that of a sheet of paper. […] Where Willow Glass differs from Gorilla Glass, however, is its unusual thinness and flexibility, two properties which seem to all but guarantee that it be utilized by smartphone and tablet manufacturers in new and novel ways. Indeed, Corning states that Willow Glass also performs exceptionally well with touch sensor technology, though as samples of the glass are only just being sent out, we can expect a significant wait before it starts appearing on devices. […]