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Xerox Claims Printable Electronics Breakthrough

Posted by samzenpus on from the shocker-approved dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "Xerox announced a new silver ink that it's calling a breakthrough in printable electronics, a leading-edge concept that's generated a lot of discussion but few actual products to date. Why? Precisely because of the issues that Xerox claims to have addressed. In concept, printable electronics is just what it sounds like: using a printer, basically an inkjet, to print electronic circuits. If this can be done reliably, electronic devices can be printed for far less than current methods cost. One can also print the devices on a variety of new materials. The possibilities range from printing on flexible plastic, to paper and cardboard, to fabric."

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  1. Finally by srussia · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can replace my racks with a three-ring binder!

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    1. Re:Finally by noundi · · Score: 4, Funny

      I can replace my racks with a three-ring binder!

      It would seem viable until you realize that $99 printer has $4999.99 cartridges and the first one only comes 1% full.

      I'm not expecting anything else.

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  2. Wait for it by Nerdfest · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't wait to have a working circuit printed on as a tattoo, with the components inserted as piercings. I'm thinkin' 2 stage amp.

    1. Re:Wait for it by pyr02k1 · · Score: 3, Funny

      But it'd always be amusing to watch...

    2. Re:Wait for it by StripedCow · · Score: 2, Funny

      I can see it already:

      "Hey, sorry people, the concert has been canceled, our power amplifier just died"

      "But wait, I have an amplifier tattoo'd on my skin!"

      *goes sitting in the back of the stage hooked up to the equipment, while other people are enjoying the concert*

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  3. Re:The death of photography makes it possible by noidentity · · Score: 3, Funny

    Until the end of the 20th century, a major market for silver was photography. The digital camera and the inkjet printer have slowly destroyed that market and replaced it with digital imaging.

    Yeah, thankfully we don't have to use silver ink in our inkjet printers. That would make the ink refills really expensive. Oh, wait...