IPhone 6 Lifeproof case release date?
I got the iPhone 6 and I wanted to get a lifeproof case but they are "coming soon" how soon is that? Does anyone know the release date of the case?
Supercool metals make light iPhone
cases that are 50 times harder than
plastic.
Researchers at Yale University in the US
have created a thin, lightweight
smartphone case that's harder than steel
but as easy to shape as plastic. The case is
made from bulk metallic glass (BMG) - a
class of strong but flexible materials that
have been around for years but, until
recently, engineers have struggled to find a
way to shape them into useful structures.
BMGs, or amorphous metals, are alloys that
are made up of a combination of metals,
but don't have an orderly metallic atomic
structure in their solid state. Unlike normal
metals, which crytallise when they're cooled
below melting point, BMGs are cooled so
fast that the liquid freezes without
crystallising, essentially "locking in" a
glassy state. This gives them a range of
awesome properties, such as superior
strength and a plastic-like flexibility.
Now Jan Shroers, a mechanical engineer
and material scientist from Yale, has
developed a new way of printing supercool
metals into sheets, allowing them to be
easily moulded into different shapes with
very little energy input - something Shroers
has called "thermoplastic forming".
Instead of melting down BMGs and trying to
force them into a mould, as had previously
been attempted, Shroers takes the sheets
and uses gas pressure to deform them into
the correct shape. While Shroers has used
this new technique to turn BMGs into
speciality production items such as watch
components and sensors, he's now set his
sights on very shiny smartphone cases.
"It's obvious. The important properties in a
cell phone case are hardness and weight,"
said Shroers. "This material is 50 times
harder than plastic, nearly 10 times harder
than aluminum and almost three times the
hardness of steel."
The case also requires little energy to
produce and is pretty to look at. But
importantly, because it's harder than normal
metals, it can't be scratched by keys or
other items rattling around in your bag.
Of course, the BMG material won't cover
your iPhone screen, but the lip on the case
will help take the force when you drop it
face-down.
Shroers is now hoping to scale up the
process and have the smartphone cases on
the market within the next couple of years.
Hopefully that's soon enough to stop you
shattering your next iPhone.
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