Plastics get wired
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More marketing opportunities are seen for conducting polymers due to the proliferation of plastic and electrical devices. The cheap, durable, manufacturable and flexible material is being eyed for applications such as artificial muscles, transparent circuits, electromagnetic shielding and antistatic coatings.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1995
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"Plastics, Benjamin ...": photorefractive polymers make a big gain in data storage
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Researchers at the IBM Almaden Research Center have created photorefractive polymers that can store large amounts of information in the form of holograms. The two-dimensional holograms in photorefractive substances are erasable.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1993
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The car doctor is in
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CarMD, a California based firm has devised a new tool that retrieves data from the onboard computer of any vehicle sold in the U.S. after January 1, 1996. The device won an innovation award at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2007
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