Safety glass (thermal toughened glass) seems to be a good bet.

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Still, given the recent deaths, the MTA is being urged to try a more elaborate and expensive option: glass safety barriers.

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Alan Klapmeier, the co-founder of Cirrus, notes that glass cockpits transform the safety and ease-of-use of small aircraft, and could make them accessible to many people who were previously put off flying by the daunting complexity of an aircraft's controls.

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The models involved are the 12-cup coffeemaker version with a molded handle the same color as the machine and a silver metallic bracket running around the glass near the bottom, the safety commission's recall announcement said.

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The Holiday Inn Shanghai branch said it gathered input from various architects and even aerospace experts while constructing this sky-high glass-bottomed water container to ensure its safety.

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Instead, out comes a synthetic gaseous fuel and a lump of shiny rock, not unlike volcanic glass, with toxins locked up inside in relative safety.

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In fact, a recent study by the Flight Safety Foundation found that 38% of all accidents in modern turbine-powered, glass-cockpit-equipped aircraft were likely or highly likely to have been prevented if the pilot had a HUD.

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