Fibers

Fibers can be made of any material like ceramics, glass, polymers, metals, etc..
They have a huge impact on the modern technology. If emphasized one can say that it can strengthen a composites having fibers in a matrix.

Fiberglass is the most common and a very old application of fibers. Fiberglass is a composite with polymer matrix with glass fiber and thus the name given fiberglass or glass fiber.

Instead of these glass fibers, fibers of others materials mentioned above also can be used to make different materials with different properties and will change the way of the world that exist today.