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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a microchip made of silk that dissolves when it comes into contact with water.
They hope to one day build cell phones, tablets and other electronics that vanish or dissolve in water, reducing the problem of electronic waste.
Professor John Rogers said, “"You don't need your cell phone to last for 25 or 50 years. Nobody wants to keep it for that long anyway.”
But what if you accidentally get your cell phone wet in the rain?
According to the report, the goal of it is to design “transient technology” that is engineered to only dissolve at the end of the product’s useful life.
Click to watch the video below:
[via Treehugger]
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a microchip made of silk that dissolves when it comes into contact with water.
They hope to one day build cell phones, tablets and other electronics that vanish or dissolve in water, reducing the problem of electronic waste.
Professor John Rogers said, “"You don't need your cell phone to last for 25 or 50 years. Nobody wants to keep it for that long anyway.”
But what if you accidentally get your cell phone wet in the rain?
According to the report, the goal of it is to design “transient technology” that is engineered to only dissolve at the end of the product’s useful life.
Click to watch the video below:
[via Treehugger]