"glass" news and stories

A 23-year old British hairdresser, Michelle Harley, decided to share a Mars bar with her 19-month old son last week as a snack. When she bit into the bar, Harley noticed a crunchy sensation - unusual for the caramel and nougat filled chocolate bars. She realized, after a moment, that the crunch was not coming from a nut or other tasty addition, but from a piece of metal she had bitten into. Specifically, it was the metal end of a glass light bulb. The bulb was of the small size typically seen on Christmas lights. A spokesman from Mars UK assured the Mirror that a full investigation would be carried out to determine how a light bulb could have gotten into a Mars bar.

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When a phone call or e-mail isn't as intimate as you would like, there is a new technology that will allow you to share a drink with a loved one - no matter how great the physical distance between you two: glowing wine glasses. The glasses were designed by researchers at MIT. When one glass of a pair is picked up, its matching glass gives off a red glow. When lips are pressed to one glass, presumably while drinking, the partner glass glows brightly. The glasses contain liquid sensors and wireless links that trigger the light-emitting diodes.

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