The finds, covered in colorful coral and all, are exhibited at the Punta della Dogana and Palazzo Grassi in the best fashion of archeological show pieces, with
lots of glass casings and attention grabbing spotlights.
Not exact matches
«A
lot of people are interested in metallic
glasses because
of their strength and their potential use to make better cell phones
cases, computer housings and other products,» said Michael L. Falk, who supervised the research.
Sometimes the litter was a single item, but in some
cases the team found evidence
of mass dumping, such as
lots of glass bottles
of the same type.
Sadly to say, in some
cases (okay in
lots of cases) I've gone without
glasses simply because they didn't...
We've heard a
lot of buzz in the past regarding a Paperwhite update, including our own report about a so - called «Ice Wine» prototype that has a much more dense 300 ppi screen for better text rendering, along with a display that's made
of some kind
of matte
glass which is flush with the device
case.
(See «Materials Availability Expands the Opportunity for Large - Scale Photovoltaics Deployment» — Cyrus Wadia, A. Paul Alivisatos, Daniel M. Kammen) Other materials in PV and solar power in general (
glass, mirror — I don't know a
lot about that point) could be
of concern (depending on type
of glass), although there could be (thin) plastic substitutes in some
cases, etc... (which might have a high EROEI from the petroleum, or biofuel input???)
This year, Huawei has dropped the aluminium
case used in previous Mate phones, and gone with
glass casing instead, a trend we're seeing a
lot of other manufactures follow in 2017.
Unfortunately though, the mirror - finish
glass back attracts a
lot of smudges but that's the
case with all phones sporting a
glass body.
The included screen protector is
glass, rather than the cheap plastic films a
lot of other OEMs include, and there's a clear
case tucked under the lid
of the box.
But as usual with
glass, you'll be leaving
lots of smudges on the phone, something that Xiaomi seems to be aware
of and thus includes a bundled
case.
The
glass also is coming out
of the window frames in a
lot of cases.