TIL - In the 1970s East Germany in effort to create an export invented nearly unbreakable glass. Attempting to export no one wanted a product that doesnt break. 120 million glasses were made before reunification, they are still used 50years later. Today the technology is used to make Gorilla glass.
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Yeah, that's awesome, right? There was just recently a very interesting feature in the German "nano" TV magazine (starting at 20:50) about this "superfest" glass: https://www.3sat.de/wissen/nano/240315-sendung-epigenetik-armut-hinterlaesst-spuren-im-erbgut-nano-100.html 👨🔬📺
via @3sat
NANO vom 15. März 2024: Armut hinterlässt Spuren im Erbgut
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https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?locale=de_EP&CC=DD&NR=157966A3&FT=D&KC=A3#
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Superfest Glas online kaufen | eBay
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“With Coca Cola, for example, they said: Why should we use a glass that doesn't break? We make money with our glasses. […] The dealers said understandably: Who would saw off the branch he was sitting on?” (Eberhard Pook)"
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