Sunday, March 11, 2012

The Rock Timeline

A Day Made of Glass (Part 2) ridicules our low tech lives

 Prasad:

New York based glass manufacturer Corning made a huge splash last year when they released a YouTube video dubbed "A Day of Glass." The concept video features the company's vision of a future where high tech glass would make our lives simpler. With companion technologies, highly engineered glass propagated Corning's vision for the future of glass based gadgetry. Corning has now released a sequel to the video called "A Day Made of Glass 2," which develops the futuristic vision introduced to the world a year ago.

A Day of Glass 2
A Day of Glass 2

As the video shows, glass in the future would not be just glass, it would be a highly sophisticated machine in itself that would allow us to turn virtually ever surface in our homes and offices into touch enabled displays. This means that we would be able to use handheld tablets to instantly scan and project all kinds of data as well as use it to interact with other glass displays. The glass in the windows in our homes and automobiles would be intuitive enough to tint itself with a single touch command.

A Day of Glass 2
A Day of Glass 2

The high tech glass would improve the efficiency of photovoltaics and make classroom learning fun (hah! Fat chance of defiant teens ever falling for that old lie!) The most promising technology showcased in this video is the 3D holograph projecting display that would let doctors section off any part of the virtual patient and get a closer look at what's happening inside them. Watch the video for more.

A Day Made of Glass 2Corning vision of the future of glass.