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Researchers Turn To Silk For Flexible E-Devices

Posted by timothy on from the driving-up-lingerie-prices-worldwide dept.

angry tapir writes "Researchers at a Taiwan university say they have found a way to use silk membranes in flexible electronic devices and started talks with manufacturers about adopting the unusual but cheap material. After less than two years of study motivated by news that silk had untapped properties, an engineering professor and two post-graduate students at Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University figured out how to use the soft, low-cost material for flexible e-book readers, LED displays and radio-frequency identification tools."

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  1. Can't wait by Datamonstar · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can see it now: my wife comes home from shopping, telling me "Hi, Honey, I just got something made of silk and I'm about to the bedroom and get into it. I bull rush in there and find her on the bed reading some trashy novel. Meh!

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  2. Re:Static by sgbett · · Score: 2

    self powered too?! its the future!

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  3. Solid slurm ? by psergiu · · Score: 2

    So the future of e-book readers is a substance squeezed from the behind of a mulberry leaf-eating worm ? :-)

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    1. Re:Solid slurm ? by Jarik+C-Bol · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah, and as such, I had always been under the impression that silk was NOT a low cost product, based on the time and effort required to harvest it, and form it unto a usable sized piece of cloth.

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    2. Re:Solid slurm ? by Dr.+Tom · · Score: 5, Informative

      they start with something called Liquid Silk. Try doing a google search for that ...

    3. Re:Solid slurm ? by shawb · · Score: 2

      Depends on your definition of low cost. If you are comparing it to cotton, then it's moderately pricey. If you are comparing it to carbon nanotubes... then it's an outright bargain.

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  4. Re:Velvet by ciderbrew · · Score: 2

    Velvet Hmmm - I want to dress up like a techno fop too. I'd be a digital dandy in the latest High tech hosiery. I be the talk of the town and all of the there Lundon will adore me.