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- MScrip, on 10/28/2009, -0/+40Can they just work on making ink less than $8000 a gallon ?
- jcsoc, on 10/28/2009, -0/+33A printer that isn't an unreliable inkwhore.
Now THAT would be a breakthrough - dsmx, on 10/28/2009, -1/+30Be quite good for teaching electronics. You could design a basic circuit on a computer then just print it out.
- Jakerzon, on 10/28/2009, -0/+20This could lead to circuits recipes. Download a recipe and print it out to work with whatever project you have going.
- sageerrant, on 10/29/2009, -0/+13Combine this with a 3D printer and let it mature long enough, and it ought to be possible.
- floort, on 10/28/2009, -3/+14Consumer to tech support: "My computer crashed"
Tech Support: "Aw crap, we ran out of ink again." - robbiedo, on 10/29/2009, -0/+11I kind of get nostalgic for the sound of a 24 pin Dot Matrix. It's the only pleasant part of the car buying experience. Someone should design a laser printer with built in dot matrix sound.
- juliusthecat, on 10/29/2009, -0/+11They would have to be able to print capacitors and resistors as well as nanometer scale memory chips to be able to use this thing to print an iPod in your notebook. In other words, don't hold your breath because it is going to be a long time before that break through is made.
- ZeroCubed, on 10/29/2009, -0/+10Wait, so eventually instead of pirating music, movies and programs, we'd be pirating ipods, computers, and cellpones?
- inactive, on 10/28/2009, -1/+11Wow, that's pretty cool!
- DrLeePhD, on 10/29/2009, -0/+9still better than dot matrix.
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vvttttrrrrrrrrrrrtatatatatatataatatattatatattatattatatataataattttaaattataa - StigNordas, on 10/28/2009, -2/+10That's pretty awesome, i wouldn't mind an ipod printed in my notebook.
- mattharvey716, on 10/29/2009, -0/+7inkjet is still superior for photo quality prints
- involution, on 10/29/2009, -1/+8All Passive RFID is, is a 'coil' pattern of copper or similar material. RFID is pretty simple.
XRCC (Xerox Research Centre of Canada) has already done this. There are no other 'bits' to RFID besides the casing. Passive RFID is extremely simple
Think of the technology as a printable backplane, no one is even remotely close to printing components
XRCC has some far more impressive technology, but I'm non-disclosed on most of it - tgc1, on 10/29/2009, -0/+7In the next 20 years this is how things will be done. Almost like a replicator from Star Trek. Initial cost will be astronomical. But these systems will more than pay for themselves. At one point they may actually build themselves.
- inactive, on 10/29/2009, -1/+7His name was Robert Paulson.
- LincolnSmash, on 10/28/2009, -1/+7Brb, pirating hardware.
- hellengineer, on 10/28/2009, -1/+6I'm not wearing that
- chadsmith729, on 10/28/2009, -1/+6You know this will get a lot of geeks all hot and bothered. I know I need to go change ...
- PopcornDave, on 10/29/2009, -0/+4Yeah, how much are those cartridges going to cost.
- fuzzynyanko, on 10/29/2009, -1/+5Well, I got a laser printer. At least it's like $1000-2000/gallon for toner
- JoeNaguib, on 10/29/2009, -0/+3I think you don't understand the difference between people being serious and people being overenthusiastic about new technology. I highly doubt anybody here expected to make an ACTUAL iPod off this sucker. It can't print basic components, the case, the screen, the battery. Unlike you're inability to detect excitement, these people are actually able to deduce realistic applications for this technology.
- DoucheSandwich, on 10/29/2009, -1/+4his name was robert paulson.
- TheSexyGeek, on 10/29/2009, -0/+3That, and the sound of a modem handshake will always hold a special place in my heart.
- DrLeePhD, on 10/29/2009, -0/+3they sound okay if you're using the built-in fonts, but try printing anything as complicated as a Word document and your ears will bleed.
- secrity, on 10/29/2009, -0/+3You just described amazon.com
- peteyb1313, on 10/28/2009, -1/+4Does this mean I can print off porn videos?
- laser314, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2Great, more minimum wage jobs lost. Where's the next generation of kids going to get there first job?
Also, this would cut out impulse buying, store sales go down. Stores won't adapt this dream of yours. - JediCorran, on 10/28/2009, -1/+3while quite awesome, i see some creepy potential for misuse with this breakthrough. especially for spying, and not by big brother, by corporations hungry for consumer market data.
- DrLeePhD, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2wow, the future is going to kick so much ass.
- secrity, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2I used to go through a few ink jet cartridges a month; when I got a laser jet, a cartridge last for months -- and it doesn't dry out and need cleaning.
- ZeroCubed, on 10/29/2009, -1/+3FTA:
" One of the few actual applications has been printing antennas for RFID tags (the technology EZ-Pass or FastPass uses to charge passing cars tolls without forcing them to stop)."
... I'll be right back folks, I got some scratching to do. - robbiedo, on 10/29/2009, -3/+5Apple should make alot of money off this.
- ihavefrowned, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2You can already do this with at least a few major supermarkets.
- Zippo, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2Things gonna getting pretty thin, my friends.
- Rockkybox, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2ohhh burn
- AlyxVance, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2yeah, except it only prints the wire traces, not the actual components themselves. Maybe they succeeded in printing an RFID tag, but you're never going to be able to 'print' a resistor or a capacitor or and IC for that matter. Those components need to be soldered on.
- robbiedo, on 10/30/2009, -0/+1@PopcornDave
that's too awesome for words! - NeoTechni, on 10/29/2009, -0/+1We wont need breadboards anymore.
I'd like to start drawing easter eggs for circuit boards in photoshop soon! - Spacejack, on 10/29/2009, -1/+2"Printed circuits did not become commonplace in consumer electronics until the mid-1950s"
...and circuit printers did not become consumer electronics at all until 2010. That's what the news is. - godsdead, on 10/29/2009, -0/+1This will be amazing combined with ULED.
- involution, on 10/29/2009, -1/+2thanks for playing but passive RFID does not 'transmit'. Active RFID transmits
passive RFID has a much shorter range, this is why you have to put building security badges right up against a reader before it will recognize anything
active RFID has many components including a battery, memory chip and transmitter. It also comes with a much bigger price tag
refer to fig. 6 in the whitepaper you were kind enough to link me to, and keep in mind that printing semi conductors as well as capacitive circuits to form a complete RFID chip simply requires additional layers of printed substrate - crea8iveart, on 10/29/2009, -0/+1Its really very cool.
- PopcornDave, on 10/29/2009, -0/+1You could do that now with a color laser jet and make a flip (fap) book out of it.
- PopcornDave, on 10/29/2009, -0/+1@robbiedo - you'd probably love this then: http://www.emusic.com/album/The-User-Symphony-2-Fo ...
It's "music" made by dot matrix printer. - involution, on 10/29/2009, -1/+1http://www.dectag.com/home_image/dreamstime_686972 ...
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