An improved process for making solar cells could allow manufacturers to cut the amount of silicon needed in half. Since silicon can account for about three-quarters of the cost of conventional solar ...

Tiny electronic devices, called microelectronics, may one day be printed as easily as words on a page, thanks to new research from scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National ...

Color-rich, energy-efficient, and flexible displays based on organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) could soon be churned out more economically on giant ink-jet printers. Precision printer: A Kateeva ...

SCREEN Graphic Solutions Co., Ltd. announces its cooperation with KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. in the development of the Truepress JET S320, an A3 sheetfed digital inkjet printer. The Truepress JET ...

We spend a lot of time thinking of how to create 3D objects, but what about being able to print full color graphics on the objects we create? This isn’t just multicolor, this is full-color! Here’s one ...

If microcircuits could be printed with ink instead of being sculpted into silicon, electronic smarts could adorn almost everything. When electronically tagged, even grocery items could, without being ...

Researchers from Georgia Tech, the University of Tokyo and Microsoft Research in the UK, have found a way to print PCBs on a normal ink-jet printer. “For about $300 in equipment costs, anyone can ...

Dye-based ink-jet photo printers straddle two distinct markets — nonprofessional users who want to print photos from a digital camera with a minimum of hassle, and demanding graphics professionals who ...

ANSWER: An inkjet printer is just that: It prints by spraying jets of ink onto a sheet of paper. To be sure that the ink winds up in the right place, the printer electrically charges it so that it can ...