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Transparent Transistors Are Coming

Posted by samzenpus on from the invisible-keyboard dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Transparent electronics is an emerging technology which aims to produce invisible electronic circuits. Now, researchers from Oregon report they made a major advance in transparent electronics. Their zinc-tin-oxide 'thin-film' materials are amorphous, physically robust, chemically stable and cheap to produce at just above room temperature. These new materials and transistors offer many new possibilities for consumer electronics, transportation, business and the military."

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  1. Please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wearable computers, please.

  2. A new form of swindling by Faust7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Yes sir, I know it doesn't look like there's an Athlon in there, but there is, trust me. It's the new transparent model."

    "Really?"

    "Sure."

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    The coolest voice ever.
    1. Re:A new form of swindling by somethinghollow · · Score: 2, Funny

      An updated version of "The Emperor's New Clothes"...

  3. Perfect by nodehopper · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is just what I need for that transparent Lucite(tm) computer case. A transparent MOBO!!!

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    "We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. " Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  4. Only 56 transistors per square inch... by complete+loony · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hope the tech gets better than this. Still I'm Impressed.
    I don't think we'll see much of this implemented.

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    09F91102 no, 455FE104 nope, F190A1E8 uh-uh, 7A5F8A09 that's not it, C87294CE no. Ah! 452F6E403CDF10714E41DFAA257D313F.
  5. Re:China: Transparent Electronics & Spying by BladeMelbourne · · Score: 3, Funny
    The military implications of this technology are clear.

    I could imagine that all other implications of this technology are clear too, transparent in fact.

  6. Re:Roland Piquepaille and /.: Is there a connectio by heptapod · · Score: 3, Funny

    It appears that every single article submitted to Slashdot by Roland Piquepaille is accepted, and he submits multiple articles each month. As of today, it is clear that ten articles were accepted in October, six in November, and four in December (so far). See http://slashdot.org/~rpiquepa for yourself. Some generate lots of discussion; others very little. What is clear is that, on a whole, this generates a lot of traffic for Roland Piquepaille.

    You must be new here. Since when do Slashdotters read the articles???

  7. I'll believe it when I see it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Pictures please...

  8. I already have a bunch of these by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Would you like me to email you some?