News tagged with printing
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 ...
Oct 27, 2009 |
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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, ...
Aug 28, 2009 |
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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.
May 29, 2012 |
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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.
Apr 16, 2012 |
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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 ...
Apr 15, 2012 |
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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
Mar 18, 2012 |
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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 ...
Sep 14, 2011 |
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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
Jun 28, 2011 |
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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
Jul 23, 2010 |
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Battery embedded in circuit board demonstrated at Tokyo exhibition
(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking to the future of powering mobile devices, Japanese company Oki Printed Circuits recently demonstrated a prototype of a 0.8-mm-thick printed circuit board embedded with a 170-μm-thick ...
Jun 06, 2010 |
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From butterflies' wings to bank notes -- how nature's colors could cut bank fraud
Scientists have discovered a way of mimicking the stunningly bright and beautiful colours found on the wings of tropical butterflies. The findings could have important applications in the security printing ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 30, 2010 |
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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 ...
Apr 19, 2010 |
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Japanese scientists invent printable lithium battery
(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of scientists in Japan have invented a lithium polymer battery that can be manufactured using only printing technologies.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 08, 2010 |
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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.
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Xerox looks to make color printing more affordable
(AP) -- The economics of color printing in big offices are simple: A page of black and white costs about 2 cents per page, while color runs about 8 cents.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 07, 2009 |
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