Harvard Professor Creates Paper Accelerometer

Posted by Soulskill on Monday February 14, 2011 @10:30AM from the trees-aren't-off-the-hook-yet dept.

SuperSlacker64 writes "In an age where just about everything starts going digital, it's refreshing to see someone going back to our roots: paper. Well, sort of. Researchers at Harvard have created a cheap, dime-sized, paper-based accelerometer that they believe could be used in various ways, such as inexpensive medical testing. The device works because a carbon bridge stretches and changes resistivity as the device is accelerated." When they say "cheap," they mean it; the cost per device is estimated to be about four cents.

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My world is topsy-turvy by BitHive · 2011-02-14 10:38 · Score: 5, Insightful

I thought professors were people who couldn't hack it in the real world, but it turns out academia is behind most innovation in one way or another? Color me retarded.
1. Re:My world is topsy-turvy by j00r0m4nc3r · 2011-02-14 11:04 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  All that academic shit looks good on paper, but.... oh.
Of course! by Thelasko · 2011-02-14 10:41 · Score: 5, Funny

Everything works on paper!

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