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Xerox Silver Ink Will Allow Circuits to be Printed onto Anything by Anyone

by Jay Garrett on October 29, 2009

xerox silverI’m lucky in the fact that my cousin is pretty handy with electronics and seems quite comfortable with putting stuff together on a breadboard.

Perhaps my jealousy could soon be at an end as Xerox has come up with something that might allow me to find the required circuits online and then simply print them off – just think of the self-build effects pedals and pre-amps I could own!!!!!

Xerox plans could give us the ability to print our own circuit boards onto plastics, film, and even textiles.

The clever bit that the boffins at Xerox have sorted out is that they’ve developed a metallic ink with a melting point lower than that of plastics – so you’ll be able to print without melting what you’re printing onto.

This also opens up the possibilty for flexible, lightweight, disposable electronics – but no word of when this will actually happen.

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PrintBrush – Tiny Hand Held Printer Coming Soon

by Jay Garrett on September 17, 2009

PrintBrush_redOoooo…..lookee!

British company PrintDreams reckons it’s ready to break out the world’s smallest printer called the PrintBrush!

The PrintBrush will print out in A4, black and white, at up to 600dpi resolution.

It works by you sweeping the device across the printing surface (generally paper) by hand.

The manual labour of printing does have a plus side though. It means that you’ll be able to print directly onto books, cards, boxes, furniture and everything else that will take print yet is usually seen as being unable to be shoved through a regular printer.

The other plus point is that the PrintBrush is to be sillent….shhhhh…….so sweeping out a few A4’s during your bosses boring speech can be done ninja style.

The lightweight (250g) PrintBrush connects directly to computers and other devices via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or infrared.

Word is that it’ll cost in the region of £120 and PrintDreams reckon the PrintBrush will be available by the end of this year.

Check out the vid of the tiny British printer at work:

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Polaroid Two (Pogo) Camera Available in UK

May 5, 2009 Click to read more →
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I’ve been waiting for this for ages. The Polaroid Two is now ready to order in the UK in time for the BBQ, Festival and Holiday season!
This is the digital camera that also prints out your pics just like the original Polaroid.
Don’t be turning your nose up and the 5 megapixel model – it will [...]

Tomy to Bring Back Polaroidness Digital Camera

November 6, 2008 Click to read more →

We bid farewell to the Polaroid camera and shakey-shakey developing film and the world has never been the same since.
The basic idea is still alive thanks to Tomy!
Yup – the toy maker.
Tomy and Zink have joined forces to make the Xiao TIP-521, a digital camera with a printer built in.
The Xiao has an middle-of-the-road res [...]

Alaris 30 – Desktop 3D Model Printer (Replicator)

October 18, 2008 Click to read more →

3D printers are mainly used by industrial designery types.
Many of these folks get their companies to buy the not so cheap versions of Star Trek styled replicators which is all very well for them but not so cool for regular types like you and I.
Objet’s Alaris30 3D desktop printer is no bigger than a regular [...]

Pogo Like A Polaroid Picture

July 5, 2008 Click to read more →

Here’s something new and exciting from Polaroid!
I’m pretty sure that hasn’t been a common phrase since the 60’s.
After announcing that they were ceasing production of their instant film stuff 5 months ago The Polaroid Pogo (Polaroid on the go) arrives.
Pogo is the first pocket-sized digital mobile photo printer to provide you with instant printed pictures.
The [...]