News tagged with printed electronics

Recyclable printed circuit boards

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), along with partners In2Tec Ltd (UK) and Gwent Electronic Materials Ltd, have developed a printed circuit board (PCB) whose components can be easily separated by immersion in hot water. ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Copper-nickel nanowires could be perfect fit for printable electronics

While the Statue of Liberty and old pennies may continue to turn green, printed electronics and media screens made of copper nanowires will always keep their original color.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stable electrodes for improving printed electronics

Imagine owning a television with the thickness and weight of a sheet of paper. It will be possible, someday, thanks to the growing industry of printed electronics. The process, which allows manufacturers to ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Polarized X-ray scattering technique reveals structure of printable electronics

(Phys.org) -- An innovative X-ray technique has given North Carolina State University researchers and their collaborators new insight into how organic polymers can be used in printable electronics such as transistors and ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers devise new means for creating elastic conductors

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new method for creating elastic conductors made of carbon nanotubes, which will contribute to large-scale production of the material for use ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

World's biggest publishers' fair eyes safe future for books

The world's biggest book fair, which opened Tuesday, wants to put paid to fears for the survival of the book in its traditional, bound form in the face of its digital rival's growing popularity.

Technology / Other

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Amazon selling more Kindle books than print books

Online retail giant Amazon said Thursday that sales of digital books for the Kindle electronic reader have surpassed sales of print books.

Technology / Business

created May 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sony eyes December launch of e-readers in Japan

Sony, battling Amazon and Apple in the electronic book reader race, said on Thursday it would launch its latest devices in Japan in December along with a dedicated virtual library.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Amazon says e-book sales of best-sellers double print

Amazon customers are buying Kindle digital versions of the top 10 best-selling books more than twice as often as print copies, the online retail giant said Monday.

Technology / Business

created Oct 25, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

News Corp. abandons digital newsstand project: WSJ

News Corp. has dropped a digital newsstand project that was part of an ambitious plan by the Rupert Murdoch-owned company to help publishers charge for content online, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Magnetic ceramics films for smaller transformers

Siemens is developing magnetic ceramic films so that the high-performance electronic circuits used in lighting systems and other such devices can be made smaller and much easier to manufacture. This type of ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Jell-O lab-on-a-chip devices to spark interest in science careers

With "hands-on" experiences in childhood and adolescence having sparked so many science careers, scientists in Canada are describing a quick, simple, safe, and inexpensive way for kids to participate in making ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jun 16, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

USA Today tests online edition at colleges

(AP) -- Penn State, Indiana and Missouri are the first schools to participate in a USA Today initiative meant to test how students respond to electronic versions of printed newspapers.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Esquire looks to energize print with 3-D animation

(AP) -- Hold Esquire's December issue in front of a webcam, and an on-screen image of the magazine pops to life, letters flying off the cover. Shift and tilt the magazine, and the animation on the screen moves accordingly.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Laptops helping governments go paperless, conserve money and resources

Minneapolis metro-area cities are saving both dollars and trees by reducing their paper-shuffling. From utility billings to city council agenda packets, more city staffs are using the Internet and flash drives to share information ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0