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Gadgets

Xerox Develops Ink To Print Circuits On Nearly Anything

3:07AM Rosa Golijan | Wearable electronics aren’t news, but being able to make them cheaply and easily is. Xerox has developed an ink with which you can print circuits onto plastic, film, fabric and nearly anything you can think of. More »
Random Stuff

Chinese TV Ink Ad Must Have Required Tons Of Squids

11:40AM Jesus Diaz | Directed by Niko Tziopanos, and azzparently starring a wholalotlot of Harry Potter’s Death Eater wannabes, this advertising for Central China Television has me completely mesmerised today. I just can’t have enough of that ink-in-water effect. [Likecool]
Peripherals

Cartridges For Planet Ark Collects 10,000,000th Cartridge

1:30PM Nick Broughall | In the seven years its been running, Planet Ark has recycled 10 million printer ink cartridges. That’s about 4700 tonnes of waste that didn’t go straight to landfill. That’s a pretty good effort, but I reckon we can do better. More »
Peripherals

Kodak ESP 3250 And 5250 All-In-One Printers Skimp On Ink Costs

10:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Kodak updated their all-in-one printer line with the ESP 3250 and ESP 5250. Both use Kodak’s Kodacolor technology, which lets them subsist on extremely cheap ink, which is great for extremely cheap people like myself. More »
Music

Humanthesiser Performance Relies On 15 Bikini-Clad Ladies

9:40AM Dan Nosowitz | Electronic musician/producer Calvin Harris recreated his newest single, “Ready for the Weekend,” by using conductive ink painted on the hands of 15 girls in bikinis. We, of course, post it in the interest of sharing this cool ink technology. More »
Peripherals

The Kaleidoscopic Dance Of The Inkjet Printer

12:00PM Dan Nosowitz | It probably isn’t the most environmentally-friendly idea, but we love this stop-motion video of a bunch of HP printers busting out some sweet paper-and-ink patterns to an electro soundtrack. Check it out, you’ll like it. [Vimeo via Crunchgear] More »
Gadgets

Magazine Story to Reveal Itself During One Thousand Years

11:00AM Jesus Diaz | Forget about electronic ink. This month Opium Magazine’s cover is showing a story that is not there now, but will reveal itself over a thousand years, word for word, thanks to a specially-formulated ink. More »
Peripherals

Bare Conductive Ink Turns Your Body Into Handy Extension Cord

2:00AM Mark Wilson | Bare is a paint that can transform your body into a circuit (without the inconvenience of electrocuting you). More »
Peripherals

Why I Now Hate Epson Printers

7:16PM Wilson Rothman | A few months back, I reviewed Epson’s Artisan 800 printer, and I loved it. Tonight, I hate its shiny plastic guts. In fact, I may never touch another Epson product again because of this… More »
Science

Tattoo Doubles as a Blood Glucose Level Monitor: Rebellious Yet Cautious

4:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | A Cambridge laboratory has developed a special ink for tattoos that changes colour based on glucose levels in the blood. On a related note, diabetes is now the hippest metabolic syndrome in town. More »