Re-Use, Re-Use, Re-Use
Whatever happened to the paperless office? The PC and Internet was supposed to save millions of trees but office workers are using more paper than ever. A joint project between Xerox Research Center of Canada and Palo Alto Research Center, however, may have a solution with ink that “disappears” from paper after 16 hours. This means a lot of paper, including the 21% of documents that are printed and thrown into recycling bins on the same day were printed, can be used over and over. In theory, it's a fascinating technology given many people print documents because reading them on a computer screen is less than user-friendly. Currently in prototype, the process uses no toner and produces a low-resolution document on specially-coated paper. Who knows if this technology will ever appear at an office near given we've been hearing about this kind of thing for years. For example, whatever happened to plastic paper that Xerox worked on for years, and that E Ink is trying develop now?
November 28th, 2006 at 9:48 am
When you compare human DNA to chimpanzee DNA, you see they are around 96% the same. Some people see this as evidence that both evolved from the same original species; I see it simply as sensible code reuse. :)-
Reuse , reuse again and again … is the ONLY way to go :)_