Portable ‘Inkless’ Printer

Halleluiah, a resurrection to end all technology resurrections, the rebirth of the Polaroid film pack! This Zink printer, “inkless”, as they claim, uses the Polaroid “inkless” film pack technology to make high resolution pictures.
For you youngsters, Polaroid instant pictures were almost as ubiquitous as “Brownie” cameras during my adolescence and young adulthood. I think that […]

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Terahertz Radiation to Control Material Properties

I have been a follower of the work in Terahertz radiation for a long time. Terahertz radiation lies in a range of frequencies from about 500 Gigahertz (above the highest cell phone range) to far infrared, or about 1700 Gigahertz. The significance of the terahertz frequency range is that you can get a great amount […]

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Tacticle Feedback for Touchscreen Devices

Nokia has made a great leap in the world of haptic technology- touch feedback. They have created a touch screen that touches back! Using piezo technology, the screen “jostles” your fingers (.1 mm, hardly a big whack, but enough apparently), along with a click sound, to give you the feedback that you actuated the key.
I […]

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