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CES 2014: Corning Announces Antimicrobial Gorilla Glass to Fight Germs on Mobile Devices

Some materials, like silver and copper, are anti-bacterial by nature. The ions simply kill bacteria like the way humans are killed by radiation (just an anlogy). There is no immunity. It destroys the cellular structure and the microbe dies. If gorilla glass works this way, that's fine.
 
WestonHarvey1 said:
And it's not good enough. Anything that helps is good. We're entering the post-antibiotic era, and we need new technologies to kill the superbugs.
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No, actually it's the old solutions that will work the best. The article said they are using silver, which is a natural anti-bacterial and anti-viral. People have been using it for centuries and it still works better than modern day chemical solutions.
 
Not for Apple

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http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/products-with-gorilla
 
Totally not necessary. This whole germ and bacteria is totally blown out of proportion. If we remove all harmful germs and bacteria from our daily lives, we are going to get sick easier because our immune system is less active. Just recently, studies showed that washing your hands 20 times a day is not helpful in any way. The cleaner we live, the more allergy and flu instances we will have because our bodies don't react to harmful things on a regular basis.
 
I can say that anti-microbial surfaces in a workplace where stations and spaces are shared are in pretty high-demand and will be popular soon. For a personal device like a phone, I'm not sure how much demand there is.
 
seems like a gimmick but we won't know till someone does some scientific tests.

Bear in mind that cell phones aren't the only place germs are found.
 
id rather have a waterproof phone than a microbe-resistant phone.

talk about solving problems nobody has.
 
One man's treasure is another man's trash

I hope Apple do their homework before falling for yet another "antimicrobial" marketing tactic.

At nanoscale, silver is more toxic than cadmium.

I appreciate that some people want to "bring it on" in their war against germs. Personally, I look at this stuff and sigh -- just another pollutant for our bodies to contend with.
 
Stampyhead said:
No, actually it's the old solutions that will work the best. The article said they are using silver, which is a natural anti-bacterial and anti-viral. People have been using it for centuries and it still works better than modern day chemical solutions.
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Edit: I missed it, they're saying it is an ionic silver coating. So, yeah. You're right.
 
I used a friend's iPhone 5s recently and there was a crack in the sapphire home button. It was the width of the whole button. How's that supposed to replace Gorilla Glass for the entire screen exactly?
 
sailmac said:
I hope Apple do their homework before falling for yet another "antimicrobial" marketing tactic.

At nanoscale, silver is more toxic than cadmium.

I appreciate that some people want to "bring it on" in their war against germs. Personally, I look at this stuff and sigh -- just another pollutant for our bodies to contend with.
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You shouldn't eat your iPad.
 
johncarync said:
If you look at the comparison picture, it appears that it reduces the amount of bacteria by only 25-30%.

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Plus, nanosilver is indiscriminate. It destroys good cells as readily as bad ones.

No surprise the promoters avoid discussion about side effects.
 
Nice idea, but kinda pointless. Everybody and their mothers apply a screen protector to their phones/tablets, so where's the benefit? Now if someone comes up with an anti-bacterial screen protector, that would be big news.
 
Very interesting indeed. They claim that it lasts forever (or as long as you use the device). I wonder how it works. What are the 'special agents'?
 
The problem with anti-bacterial products isn't so much to allow you to be exposed to them, but at a microbial level if you wipe out all the non-resistant bacteria with a phone (or soap), the resistant bacteria (due to an eventual mutation) will have no competition with other bacteria and will flourish. This allows them to proliferate. Competition for resources among bacteria is a good thing and keeps their populations down.
 
This might be good for businesses that are using iPads and iPhones running Square or other point-of-sale software. My local coffee shop switched to an iPad with some point-of-sale app on it, and everyone has to sign their credit card signature with their finger on it. Makes me want to always pay cash just so I don't have to touch it.
 
Nano particles in your skin and bloodstream. There has got to be some health impact to this over the long term. Will the necessary studies be done before releasing such materials for public use? Probably not.
 
furi0usbee said:
Interesting, as the FDA is said to be cracking down on companies using antimicrobial additives in their products, like soap, etc. But I presume this isn't under the purview of the FDA.
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An associated company I work with developed a line of products using ionic silver. We were ready to market the products, but were unable to find any reliable evidence that ionic silver in fact had any properties that supported the antimicrobial claims. The entire product line had to be trashed.
 
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