WCIT 2014 Gabriela Allen - Display Technologies

A View of the Connected World

Gabriela Allen

Marketing Director

Consumer Networks

WCIT 2014

Optical Communications 2.

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2000 BCE

Glass Invented,

Mesopotamia

History of Glass

Early Glassmaking

Roman Empire*

Medieval and Islamic Glass

Anglo Saxon

Glass*

Islamic Glass*

Stained Glass

Crown Glass

Early European Glass

Murano Glass*

Lead Crystal*

Building

Material

Mass

Production

Automation**

* Images provided by Corning Museum of Glass, http://www.CMoG.org

** H.M. Ashley’s first patent for a wide-mouth bottle, Patent 403,023

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Processes

for mass

producing

the television

bulb

1947

1879Glass envelope for

Thomas Edison’s

light bulb

Heat-resistant

PYREX® glass

1915

1970First low-loss

optical fiber

1982Active matrix

liquid crystal

display (LCD)

glass

1934Dow

Corning

silicones

1952Glass

ceramics

Label-free

screening

platform for

drug

discovery

Corning, A Culture of Innovation

Ceramic

substrates

for

automotive

catalytic

converters

1972

Fusion

overflow

Process

1964

Environmentally

conscious

LCD glass

2006

Ultra-

bendable

fiber

2007Thin, lightweight

cover glass with

exceptional

damage

resistance

Pre-1900 | 2014 - Beyond

Pretium

EDGE®

solutions for

data centers

2009

2013Optical Cables

by Corning for

consumer

electronic

devices

First EPA-

registered

antimicrobial

cover glass

2014

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Glass enables much of our technological world today

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Optical Fiber and Cable create the networks

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Demand is growing

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The future of glass in the home

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The future of glass on the road

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We will interact with glass in new ways

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Glass will enable

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