Re-Print
I just replaced my inkjet printer, a model Iâd bought less than two years agoânot because it broke or because I didnât like the quality, but because it ran out of ink.…
View ArticleMagnetochromatic Material Changes Color on Command
Rotation of microspheres in a vertically changing external magnetic field. The color is switched between on (blue) and off states. Video courtesy Yin lab, UC Riverside In the…
View ArticleNew "Disappearing" Nanoparticle Ink Keeps Messages Cryptic
Remember when, as a kid, you would pen secret messages with "disappearing ink" by writing on paper with lemon juice? A team of researchers at Northwestern have taken the idea…
View ArticleXerox's Fabric-Printable Circuitry Coming to Production, Heralds Electronic...
If you're like me, the lack of computing power in your T-shirt causes constant problems. Well, thanks to the guys over at Xerox, you'll never have to worry about a jacket…
View ArticleRewriting Desktop Printer Can Erase and Reuse Documents
Figuring out how to recycle TPS reports and office printouts appears to have become a passion for Japanese engineers, as DigInfo News has discovered in recent days. If the …
View ArticleInk Spill From UPS Truck Paints a Highway Rainbow
Rush-hour traffic outside Boston got messier than usual on March 9, when a UPS truck hauling 16,000 pounds of industrial printer ink flipped and shut down an interstate…
View ArticleVideo: Solar Panels Can Be 3-D Printed Onto Regular Paper, Folded 1,000 Times
Engineers at MIT are tinkering with all sorts of advanced solar power technology, like self-assembling solar cells, virus-structured cells and an artificial leaf system that …
View ArticleInvention of The Month: Conductive Ink
Don't wire a circuitâdoodle it. To connect batteries to devices such as resistors and LEDs, a newly developed ballpoint pen uses silver-based ink that conducts electricity…
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