Re:With a simple piece of paper, engineers create self-power...
by yjftsjthsd-h on Sunday September 06, 2020 @11:23PM
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I went in expecting some sort of clickbait (since, y'know, paper isn't exactly known for its electrical properties), but I'd assumed that when they said "[w]ith a simple piece of paper" they really meant a piece of paper. I expected it to be "with just a simple piece of paper an a $14k sound analysis / SDR / magnetism detection rig, we can detect force on the paper", which is still clickbait but would've at least struck me as interesting/novel, as opposed to "we layered actual electronics on paper", which could be interesting if they're pioneering flexible electronics or something but makes the paper basically irrelevant.
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Re:With a simple piece of paper, engineers create self-power...
by scoopertrooper on Monday September 07, 2020 @03:06AM
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> with just a simple piece of paper an a $14k sound analysis / SDR / magnetism detection rig, we can detect force on the paper
This is actually better than that. They created a spray on invisible circuit board that can both detect touch inputs and generate enough electricity to power a bluetooth radio. They achieved all this for a unit cost of 25 cents. That's a pretty amazing achievement and opens up some quite practical uses.
Imagine something like Nintendo Labo, but with so many more opportunities for interactivity.
Another idea, imagine a student's notebook that synchronized their writing with their phone.