Posts Tagged national physical laboratory

Self-Disassembling Circuit Board Paves the Way for Reusable and Recyclable Computer Parts

Posted by Leigh Kim in Green Electronics on November 16, 2012

A printed circuit board that falls apart when submerged in hot water has been created by researchers at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL). This innovative new technique allows resistors, capacitors, and integrated circuits to be removed intact, thereby eliminating downtime between recovery and reuse. Amazingly, the self-disassembling circuit board is made of unzippable polymeric [...]


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New Discovery Makes Piezoelectric Materials 25% More Efficient

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Piezoelectric on March 7, 2012

A new project at National Physical Laboratory in the UK aims to develop a much more efficient piezoelectric energy harvester. They found a serious glitch in current piezo devices that keeps them from giving their best at converting mechanical stress to electricity. Despite the fact that the powers outputted by piezoelectric devices are small (per [...]


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