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1. Micro Printing

The tiny book featured on this clip is 0.95mm by 0.95mm, though the book might seem useless, this technology enables countries like Japan to produce a new paper currencies that are harder to counterfeit. The application for this technology is limitless.

2. 3D Printer

The examples shown in this video include a life-like reproduction of a melon and a model of a house (including the interior of the building!). At a price of just under 40 thousand dollars, this printer makes color 3D printing accessible to everyone.

3. D-Touch Pen

This technology is one of my favorite, it involves two separate technology, the first one is the print technology which is invisible to the naked eye, which can be used to send data or instruction to another device such as the D-Touch Pen, which reads the fine print on the paper and sends the data into a device which in turns provide information on what the location in the paper are. This is a very interesting discovery, where in a new breed of input device has been developed which makes use of paper or other tangible things a new set of computer per say.

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Scientist have developed a new way of producing alternative electricity such as battery, in a new form of material. A thin, black looking postage stamp will later be found on our devices such as laptops, music player, cellphones, and other electronic devices. The new flexible battery is capable of providing enough energy for the gadgets of tommorow. Made from 90% cellulose fused to align carbon nanotubes, and an electrolyte layer bonded at the molecular level. It looks like a paper which can produce electricty. When stacked or rolled in layers, it increases the power output in a manner similar to regular batteries.

The electrolyte bonded material will not freeze or evaporate, allowing a stunning operational temperature range. Since the material is flexible, a lot of potential actual application are possible. End users can use it on car doors, boat hulls, or even on home walls. The applications are endless. The material is apparently deposited on an ionic liquid contaning no water essentially a type of liquid salt, which means no toxic chemicals are used on manufacturing or production of such flexible battery, making it environmentally friendly. At the same time materials a inexpensive and easy to mass produce, although researchers haven’t yet worked on through technical issues of cost-effective mass production.

The new battery type exhibits some unique electrical properties. You can use it as a lithium-ion battery which can store and release energy as it is needed. It also has a new property of super-capacitor. These allow a quick discharge when necessary.

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The tangle of cables and plugs needed to recharge today’s electronic gadgets could soon be a thing of the past. US researchers have outlined a relatively simple system that could deliver power to devices such as laptop computers or MP3 players without wires. The concept exploits century-old physics and could work over distances of many metres, the researchers said. Although the team has not built and tested a system, computer models and mathematics suggest it will work.

HOW WIRELESS POWER COULD WORK

source: BBC News
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When Apple announced iPhone with multi-touch interface, from Microsoft’s announcement of Surface Computing, It was clear that we are approaching a new trend of computing. Imagine computers without mouse at all, just using your fingers to navigate and explore everything on your computer. Jeff Han of Perceptive Pixel and Popular Mechanics explains why Multi-Touch Sensing devices will help us makes our daily computing lives easier and a lot of fun.

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