New machine prints sheets of light

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:40 AM EDT It's a machine that prints lights. The size of a semitrailer, it coats an 8-inch wide plastic film with chemicals, then seals them with a layer of metal foil. Apply electric current to the resulting sheet, and it lights up with a blue-white glow. You could tack that sheet to a wall, wrap it around a pillar or even take a translucent version... [read full story]