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Glasses made from recycled phone-screens: Yay or Nay?

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It’s a heart-sinking feeling when you pick your phone up from the floor to see a crack running right across the screen from one corner to another. You’re faced with two choices. Live with the cracked display, accepting its imperfections because nothing in life is truly perfect… or get the glass on top swapped for a brand new one. There isn’t much you can do with that broken piece of glass once it comes off your phone… that’s until now.

Pentatonic is converting disposed phone glasses (a large-scale yet less publicised waste problem) into literal glassware. Partnering with waste management firms that carefully sort through and separate the glass, Pentatonic melts them, and forms them into tumblers that are food-safe, dishwasher friendly, and let’s not forget, absolutely scratch resistant!

Kitchenware by GorillaGlass… has a nice ring to it.

Designer: Pentatonic

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CES 2014 in Las Vegas Highlights: Liquids Pink case for iPad from White Diamonds

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The much awaited Consumer Electronics Show (CES), also known as International CES is just only a few days away from now. We have been eagerly waiting for this event since last and can’t wait anymore...
    






CES 2014 in Las Vegas Highlights: Arrow case for Samsung Galaxy S3 from White Diamonds

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The much awaited Consumer Electronics Show (CES), also known as International CES is just only a few days away from now. We have been eagerly waiting for this event since last and can’t wait anymore...
    






Google Glass Meets Prescription Lenses–Something Every Geek Will Love

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OK, I admit it.  I’m a geek.  And my glasses have been a badge of honor that I have worn all my life. And when Google Glass become available, it was love at first sight.  Well, almost.  As a Google...
    






iPhone 5C Has Scratch Resistant Plastic Casing with Color Choices Depicts by ‘C’

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The iPhone 5C by Apple is about to arrive in a variety of colors. Bright funky red and green, white, aquamarine blue and yellow are the five hues it comes in. As for the dimensions they are: 124.55...

SCHOTT claims Xensation glass is toughest, tells Corning to come get some

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SCHOTT claims Xensation glass is toughest, tells Corning to come get some

Corning and its Gorilla Glass might get most of the press, but SCHOTT claims that it, not the 160-year-old New York-based manufacturer, makes the toughest sheets for smartphones. The German company launched Xensation Cover Glass, a break and scratch-resistant alumino-silicate, at SID. Originally announced last year, the material had undergo stringent testing from potential customers before being brought to market. Now Xensation is ready to make its debut in consumer products, which should start shipping in the third quarter of 2012. Unfortunately, SCHOTT wouldn't divulge who might be making those products, but it did take the opportunity to brag that Xensation has a 20 percent higher bending strength than "competitor glass types." Which means future phones featuring the panels might be a bit less shatter-prone than some currently popular offerings. Want more? There's an anti-glare version for all you gloss-hating types. Check out the PR and promo video after the break.

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