Re:With a simple piece of paper, engineers create self-power...
by espadrine on Monday September 07, 2020 @05:15AM
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> The paper you throw in the bin today is actually of no further use to anyone.
I believe the journalist is actually making a damning, albeit poorly introduced, argument against the device as confronted to cultural expectations.
If these keyboards become widespread, it could become easy to mistakenly bin them, because “it is just paper” and it is not obvious that there is a potentially expensive coating and invisible circuit printed on it.
It is a similar argument to the one made against Bitcoin, in which it is all too easy to lose access to money because we hold a cultural habit to discard old hard drives – but now suddenly, they are also wallets containing potentially large sums.
I believe the journalist is actually making a damning, albeit poorly introduced, argument against the device as confronted to cultural expectations.
If these keyboards become widespread, it could become easy to mistakenly bin them, because “it is just paper” and it is not obvious that there is a potentially expensive coating and invisible circuit printed on it.
It is a similar argument to the one made against Bitcoin, in which it is all too easy to lose access to money because we hold a cultural habit to discard old hard drives – but now suddenly, they are also wallets containing potentially large sums.