With all the undoubted merits of modern office equipment, there are significant drawbacks. Printers can be called one of the worst irritants: they are noisy, vibrating and generally take up too much space. And while all electronics have a general trend toward smaller footprint, it seems that printers are avoiding this trend. Korean designer Yang… Continue reading The Concept Of The Cylindrical Printer «Circle»
As of today, all that we send into space is made here on Earth, and considerable money is spent on transportation of object to orbit. In sci-fi movies, we’ve seen orbital plants and factories building stations, ships, etc. Why can’t it be like that today? Experts of the Made In Space company will try to… Continue reading 3D-Printers: Now In Space
An amazing invention is going to be demonstrated by a team of Japanese scientists led by Kenichi Okada the Florence. Specialists from Keio University modified the conventional inkjet printer, and “taught” him to print images that are not only bright, but also have flavor. The work is being conducted together with specialists from Canon. An… Continue reading Japanese Scientists Can Make Prints That Smell
A little more than a week has passed since the IFA 2010 ended in Berlin, but it still echoes with interesting developments. The whole world has long dreamed of an adequate version of a three-dimensional printer, which will create three-dimensional shapes at a reasonable price. Something remotely resembling this dream was presented at the IFA… Continue reading Foam Printer At IFA 2010
On Tuesday, at a press conference the president of HP, Mark Hurd shed light on the prospects of using webOS the mobile operating system, the main asset of the Palm Company recently purchased for 1.2 billion dollars. According to the head of HP, webOS will find its use in several products, including tablet computers and… Continue reading HP To Power Printers With webOS Operational System
PrePeat is a rewritable printer that requires neither ink, nor toner to print. This device can print and erase images and text using a specific thermal process combines with special plastic paper. So, one sheet of papers can be used several times to print inrofmation on it, just like a rewritable CD or DVD. However,… Continue reading PrePeat, the Inkless and Tonerless Printer
The technology is the same as that of the simple inkjet printer found in homes and offices, but Japanese scientist Makoto Nakamura is on a mission to see if it can also produce human organs. The idea is that the printer jets out thousands of cells per second instead of ink droplets, and builds them… Continue reading Inkjet Fulled With Cells Can Produce Hearts
A lab-on-a-chip device can now be made at home on a piece of paper. All it takes is the right paper, ink, and sunlight to create a microfluidic device that can not only test water quality but also identify deceases. George Whitesides and his colleagues at Harvard developed this new method to help developing countries… Continue reading Paper, Ink and Sunlight Make a Lab-on-a-Chip
Newtech SRL has announced KeraMagic, the first digital color printer to produce images on ceramic tiles. The new printer is based on inkjet technology, incorporates grayscale Xaar 1001 inkjet printheads to carry out drop-on-demand jobs in a single pass The KeraMagic is available is two configurations – the 350 mm width model and a 700… Continue reading Printer For Ceramic Tiles
HP earlier this week announced breakthroughs in printer ink, printer toner, and media technologies that allow customers to get color printing quality comparable to offset printing. The list of the HP’s breakouts includes: ColorSphere Toner Dual Drop Volume Technology Enhanced ‘Low Melt’ Monochrome Toner ColorLok Media XL Inkjet Print Cartridges Simple Black range of cartridges… Continue reading HP Innovations in Printer Ink, Toner & Media