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Apple: Does This Spaceship Make My Glass Look Big?

Apple's proposed new "spaceship" building in Cupertino features curved glass and an engineering challenge that makes solving the antennagate and white iPhone problems look cinchy.READ»

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Apple's iPhone 5 May Get an All-Metal Makeover--Is That a Good Thing?

The iPad 2 is only just out, but iPhone 5 rumors are already heating up, with hints of an aluminum unibody chassis. Should we be happy about that?READ»

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Apple Patents Glowing, All-Metal Touchpads--What Wondeful Future Does New Tech Suggest?

For starters: invisible keypads, multitouch touchpads, and squeezable iPhones! READ»

Dragontrail vs. Gorilla: The Super Tough Glass Game Is On

Japan's Asahi glass has a new material called Dragontrail that it hopes will steal some of Corning Gorilla's market share. Whatever happens, the good news is that our gadgets will win.READ»

Apple Patent Foresees Sexy, Bulletproof iPhone 5

The Cupertino giant files a design for a cosmetically attractive composite material. It may point the way to indestructible iDevices. READ»

White iPhone 4 Delayed Again: Innovative Manufacturing Process Just a Bit Too Tricky

The white iPhone 4, which was expected to go on sale at the end of this month, has become a pink elephant: Apple now says it won't arrive until "later this year."READ»

Why Those iPhone 4 Leaked Photos Make Sense

A huge surge of excitement has surrounded pictures of what may, or may not be, the next-gen iPhone for 2010. The images surfaced at Engadget, sourced from someone who'd supposedly found the device dropped in a public place. The photos ...READ»

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Candles Made From Used Cooking Oil + Recycled Glass

Waste cooking oil doesn't have to go down the drain; it can be used to make candles, according to the creators of the Filt waste oil candle. Filt's Tokyo office sits on top of the popular Chubby cafe. Periodically, Filt ...READ»

Milan 2009: Borek Sipek Glass Table

Czech glass artist Borek Sipek presents his intricate glass Arcimboldo table at Spazio Krizia.READ»

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At Home with Luxury... Brief History of Glass

No one knows exactly when or where glass was first made. Glass appears to have been produced as far back as the second millennium BC by the Egyptian or perhaps the Phoenician. According to the ancient Roman historian Pliny(AD ...READ»