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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

NEC goes ultra-thin with 0.3mm-thick batteries

(PhysOrg.com) -- NEC, which has been working on what is called "organic radical battery" (ORB) technology for some years, has announced its latest ORB breakthrough, the 0.3mm thick ORB. According to Geek.co ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 18, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Researchers Hope to Mass-Produce Tiny Robots

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny robots the size of a flea could one day be mass-produced, churned out in swarms and programmed for a variety of applications, such as surveillance, micromanufacturing, medicine, cleaning, ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (28) | comments 31 feature

New 3D printing process could lead to DIY drugstores

(Phys.org) -- A new 3D printing process developed at the University of Glasgow could revolutionise the way scientists, doctors and even the general public create chemical products.

Chemistry / Other

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Scientists Make Ink Disappear, Make Paper Reusable

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite ongoing efforts to save the trees, many offices print high volumes of paper documents on a daily basis. Although many companies encourage paper recycling, both disposing of and recycling ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (16) | comments 4 feature

Researchers create rollerball-pen ink to draw circuits

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two professors from the University of Illinois; one specializing in materials science, the other in electrical engineering, have combined their talents to take the idea of printing circuits ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Printing off the paper: Pushing the boundaries of the burgeoning technology of 3-D printing

Imagine being able to "print" an entire house. Or a four-course dinner. Or a complete mechanical device such as a cuckoo clock, fully assembled and ready to run. Or a printer capable of printing ... yet another ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 11 | 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

3D printer could build moon bases

(PhysOrg.com) -- An Italian inventor, Enrico Dini, chairman of the company Monolite UK Ltd, has developed a huge three-dimensional printer called D-Shape that can print entire buildings out of sand and an ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 19, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (59) | comments 48 | with audio podcast weblog

New Orleans newspaper to end daily publication

The Times-Picayune, the largest newspaper in New Orleans, said Thursday it would end daily print publication, moving to a schedule of three issues per week, to adapt to "an increasingly digital age."

Technology / Business

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Review: Autodesk's 3-D technology cool but frustrating

Last week, Autodesk updated its suite of 3-D printing and modeling applications, releasing an iPad version of 123D Catch, a program that creates a virtual object by stitching together two-dimensional photographs taken of ...

Technology / Software

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Introducing Cornucopia, the food printer

(PhysOrg.com) -- US scientists have introduced a concept design of the "Cornucopia" or Digital Fabricator, a "personal food factory" able to print food from specified ingredients, with no waste at the point ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jul 23, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (42) | comments 24 | with audio podcast report

Google to reincarnate digital books as paperbacks

(AP) -- Google Inc. is giving 2 million books in its digital library a chance to be reincarnated as paperbacks.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Will 3-D printing launch a new industrial revolution?

Peter Schmitt, an MIT doctoral student, printed a clock in 2009. He didn't print an image of a clock on a piece of paper. He printed a three-dimensional clock -- an eight-inch diameter plastic timekeeping ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (34) | comments 56 | with audio podcast