Xerox hopes to print computing smarts on fabric, plastic

Electronic Clothes? My shirt can be my computer. I can hardly wait!


Xerox hopes to print computing smarts on fabric, plastic
October 26, 2009 3:18 PM PDT
by Stephen Shankland

And you thought computer chips were pervasive now.

In conjunction with a conference in Europe this week, Xerox has announced a new ink technology for printing electronic circuitry on everything from clothes to roll-up computer displays.

Xerox's process uses ink containing silver metal that can be used to wire up processing circuitry. It works on surfaces such as plastic that earlier have shown an inconvenient tendency to melt under the high temperature of liquid silver; Xerox's process works with an ink compound with a much lower temperature, the company said.

Xerox's process can print fine details of electronic circuitry on flexible plastic.
(Credit: Xerox)

"We've found the silver bullet that could make things like electronic clothing and inexpensive games a reality today....