karl
August 20th, 2012, 05:34 AM
The science behind the lottery of a shattered phone screen: Amazing slow-mo video shows why it cracks sometimes . . . and not others
Most of us will have felt the pain of dropping a mobile phone, only to find the screen is shattered beyond recognition or use.
The pain is further heightened when you receive the huge repair bill to fix or replace the screen of your smartphone.
But there are those happy moments when we retrieve our dropped mobiles from the floor to find that the screen has remained intact.
But what causes the screen to crack slightly on some occasions, and completely shatter on others?
See link for story and video clip
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2190668/The-science-shattered-phone-screen-What-causes-crack-others.html#ixzz2456A4qyD
Most of us will have felt the pain of dropping a mobile phone, only to find the screen is shattered beyond recognition or use.
The pain is further heightened when you receive the huge repair bill to fix or replace the screen of your smartphone.
But there are those happy moments when we retrieve our dropped mobiles from the floor to find that the screen has remained intact.
But what causes the screen to crack slightly on some occasions, and completely shatter on others?
See link for story and video clip
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2190668/The-science-shattered-phone-screen-What-causes-crack-others.html#ixzz2456A4qyD