Some things gives me the creeps, and this is particularly one of them. The latest form of art includes skin and clothespin and these two come together to form the English characters. You can see some letters in the picture shown below. The art form is called Skinographie. There isn't much known about this art-form yet and my research on it ...
When was the last time you ordered for a set of business cards? Was it plastic or synthetic paper? How about something edible? Yes, we have edible business cards, made of beef jerky; printed off lasers. This is the latest glam in town and is soon catching up to the common man. The manufacturers, as they say it, have too ...
The era of human body part replacement has come a step closer to reality, thanks to our very own 3D printers. In the latest development, scientists from a hospital in Switzerland have built a human thumb, not just in shape and size, but also in composition. This is how a body part (human thumb) is built - A 3D image of ...
We have probably just seen it all, inkjet printers being used to print solar cells, blood vessels amongst many others. Not quite everything, latest reports coming in from Japan suggests that the inkjet printing technology will be leveraged to produce OLED TV panels. What is OLED? Organic Light Emitting diode technology uses organic cells to produce light emitting diodes. Its ...
Oh yes! We have seen quite a few variations of printers over the past couple years and its numerable applications, and innovative designs that uses most improbable items to bring prints to life. This time round, it's a printer that uses coffee dregs instead of ink to print, and it does not consume any electricity, just manual movement of the ...
Microsoft Corporation has applied for a patent for a smart phone dock that can hook onto computer peripherals like printers, external hard drives and probably every other accessory that can be connected to a PC. The patent filing also refers to compatibility with Ethernet port as well. The idea is to have a dock that communicates with peripherals through Universal Serial ...
Printers with touchscreen LCDs are nothing new; we have seen plenty of them come and go. But, Sony has applied for a patent that is a possible combination of a Microsoft Surface kind of a technology with an integrated printer. The application is pending with the US patent office and it claims to be an - Image forming device, having ...
Remember that scene in Minority Report, where newspapers could change their covers electronically to keep you informed of the latest news? Well a couple of months ago Esquire mens' magazine told the world they had tested a similar technology on a prototype edition to celebrate 75 years of bronzed ladies and gadgets. It hit the shelves in September and ...
In what could turn out to be a life changing option for many underdeveloped nations, an Australian PhD student has discovered a way of producing solar cells by utilizing everyday gadgets such as an inkjet printer, a regular pizza oven and nail polish. The extract of the solar cell production hasn’t been shared with the media yet. Nicole Kuepper is a ...
Researchers at Boston University's College of Engineering have successfully tested data transmission through LED powered light bulbs. As they see the future, Wi-Fi could eventually be replaced by light bulb transmission. The concept may not be completely out of the world. LEDs are powered by fiber optics and data transmission through optical fibers is an established medium of transmission. The innovation ...