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Bio-ink to rebuild bones

By Paperstone on 12 December 2006 in Ink Cartridges And Toners with 0 Comments

Boffins in America have created an inkjet printer that can create bones and muscle by using bio-ink to recreate cellular patterns. Researchers from the Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute and the Institute for Complex Engineered Systems teamed up with other scientists from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine to make the breakthrough. It is […]

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New office equipment copies 21st century technology

By Paperstone on 6 December 2006 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments

The designers at Buffalo have had a busy few weeks, taking everyday office equipment and giving it a thoroughly 21st century flavour. Everybody knows that your PC mouse is a simple piece of office equipment that carries out simple point and click tasks and lets you navigate around your computer screen. So why mess with […]

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Practical products to be ‘office trend in 2007’

By Paperstone on 4 December 2006 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments

Well-designed and practical office products will be at the heart of office supply choices over the next 12 months, according to a renowned trend researcher. Gunnar Frank, a trend expert, has made his predictions ahead of the Paperworld exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany. He claims that office products that lighten the workload and are simultaneously a […]

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Office supplies ‘a threat to security’

By Paperstone on 1 December 2006 in Office Supplies, Shredders & Supplies with 0 Comments

Printers and other office equipment will be part of the group of products responsible for security threats next year, according to computer security expert McAfee. According to a report released by McAfee Avert Labs, identity theft and data loss will feature highly in 2007 with offices around the country having to be extra vigilant regarding […]

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Waste office products ‘filling up’ the developing world

By Paperstone on 30 November 2006 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments

Developing countries are being forced to cope with waste office products and equipment thrown out by Western businesses, according to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Speaking at the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, UNEP executive director Achim Steiner claimed that many of these office products brought with them […]

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Sitting up straight ‘is not good for you’

By Paperstone on 30 November 2006 in Office Furniture with 0 Comments

Office furniture designers may have to go back to the drawing board to create the perfect sitting position after a new study revealed the best way to work. Researchers at the Woodend Hospital in Aberdeen have discovered that sitting up straight may not be the best position for the human spine and have instead recommended […]

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Office supplies enter the 21st century

By Paperstone on 24 November 2006 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments

An Indian student is about to revolutionise data transfer by using simple office supplies. Sainul Abideen has demonstrated a new system for data storage that uses Paper, turning an everyday office product into 21st century technology. Entitled Rainbow Versatile Disc (RVD), he claims that the new use of office supplies works by encoding data in […]

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