Xerox Demos Self-Erasing, Eco-Friendly Paper 204
Lucas123 writes "The same Xerox lab that brought us Ethernet, the GUI and the mouse has demonstrated paper that can be reused after printed text automatically deletes itself from its surface in a day. Instead of trashing or recycling after one use, a single piece of paper can be reused up to 100 times. 'The paper contains specially coded molecules that create a print after being exposed to ultraviolet light emitted from a thin bar in a printer. The ultraviolet bar itself is very small, so it can be used in mobile printers. The technology could also be useful for network printing.'"
Re:Hacking the paper? (Score:2, Insightful)
Anyways, can't you still shred this?
obvious future use: white house emails (Score:2, Insightful)
bush white house officials were heard saying 'yippee!' and we seen frolicking to and fro.
paper that erases itself: no need for any explanations about servers not being backed up, outlook doing this or that or any of those other handy excuses. "we didn't realize we used self-erasing paper. honest, we didn't."
Print this story (Score:4, Insightful)
Next thing we'll have is DRM enabled printing that refuses to print this story unless it gets printed with self-erasing ink. But you can print it on permanent ink if you are a registered user. Registration is free. Enter your SSN here.
Is next big thing (Score:2, Insightful)
The mouse, GUI and ethernet: these guys know what people want.
Perfect timing for all these companies who say they want to become environmentally friendly. Same companies that go through reams of paper every day.If there's cost savings involved as well this is a no-brainer.