glass
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Why Beer Isn’t Sold In Plastic Bottles
Plastic as a material has pretty much changed the way we live our lives- it’s cheap, can be moulded into practically any shape and is, for the most the part, easily recyclable (when people bother to). So why is it that we still use glass bottles and cans to store our beer in? Is it…
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A See-Through Glass Pot That Definitely Boils While You Watch It
Designed by Massimo Castagna and made in Italy, this gorgeous all-glass pot defies the saying “a watched pot never boils”, because it encourages chefs to stare in awe at whatever they’re preparing for dinner, while it cooks.
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Apple Patent Describes How To Create Seamless All-Glass Devices
Imagine a phone or tablet encased in one solid, seamless, curved slab of glass: hell to repair, but heaven, surely, in the hand. Well, a new patent obtained by Apple describes how it might manufacture such a thing, if it were ever to choose to.
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Here’s An Easy Trick To Make Glass Totally Invisible
Even when you are only seeing one test tube disappear into this beaker, there are another two more inside. In fact, there’s also a beaker hidden inside, completely invisible to the eye. How is this sorcery possible? SCIENCE.