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It’s been nearly three years since we first reported on printable circuit boards, but researchers in the UK are still working to hone the process. Leeds University’s Seyed Bidoki was recently able to load a “standard Hewlett Packard inkjet printer with a solution of metal salts and water” and print out an actual electronic circuit. The mysterious “silver salt solution” and vitamin C mixture could be used to “pave the way for safer and cheaper electronics manufacturing,” and moreover, this cheap and easy alternative should certainly be a hit with the environmentally conscience crowd. This method utilizes a water-soluble base, which differs from the less green solvents used in polymer ink / graphite paste varieties from before, but even individuals working with the project admit that ousting the current regime will be difficult. Still, the crew is pressing forward with this toxin-free approach, and hopes to elicit the help of “industrial jet printers” before long to speed things up.
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