Smashing idea: how East Germany invented ‘unbreakable’ drinking glasses
Smashing idea: how East Germany invented ‘unbreakable’ drinking glasses
In the 1980s, a company called Superfest pioneered extra strong glass – but it disappeared with the fall of the Berlin Wall. Now it’s making a comeback
Dropped from two meters onto a sprung wooden dance floor or onto tarmac? Saying only the height is basically useless
I've dropped porcelain from higher than 2 meters onto hardwood and not smashed it. I've also dropped porcelain from a height of about 3 inches into the sink and smashed it. Shit really seems random sometimes.
video essay about these:
That's where I'd heard of them, that channel is a goldmine.
The crowdfunding campaign to revive this technology but make it recyclable sounds a bit weird, given that conventional glass recycling typically cannot handle broken drinking glasses or similar, but only packaging glass.
we used to have unbreakable drinking glasses at home, they're made out of plastic
Didn't read the article eh?
No glass can be infinitely recycled without adding virgin materials, though