{"id":41674,"date":"2013-11-11T19:43:39","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T19:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/futurescope-flexible-piano-using-graphene-based\/"},"modified":"2018-12-06T15:56:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T22:56:31","slug":"futurescope-flexible-piano-using-graphene-based","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/futurescope-flexible-piano-using-graphene-based\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mbx0spQKMFQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=opaque\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/futurescope.co\/post\/66369131073\/flexible-piano-using-graphene-based-ink-graphene\">futurescope<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Flexible Piano Using Graphene-Based Ink<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Graphene is currently more hype than reality. So it\u2019s exciting to see a working prototype. From the Cambridge News Center:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The printed piano demonstrates the potential of using graphene in real applications where printed electronics might be needed \u2013 such as heart monitors and other sensors.<\/p>\n<p>The research team behind it, Drs Tawfique Hasan, Felice Torrisi and Prof Andrea Ferrari, at the Cambridge Graphene Centre, have developed a graphene-based ink. Like the material itself, this has a number of interesting properties, including flexibility, optical transparency, and electrical conductivity.<\/p>\n<p>Other conductive inks are made from precious metals such as silver, which makes them very expensive to produce and process, whereas graphene is both cheap, environmentally stable, and does not require much processing after printing. Graphene ink is also superior to conductive polymers in terms of cost, stability and performance.<\/p>\n<p>The piano, designed in collaboration with Novalia Limited, shows off the graphene ink\u2019s potential. The keys of the transparent piano are made from graphene-based inks, which have been printed on to a plastic film. These keys, working as electrodes, are connected to a simple electronic circuit-board, a battery and speaker. When a person touches a graphene electrode, the amount of electrical charge held in the key changes. This is then detected and redirected by the circuit to the speaker, creating the musical note.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cam.ac.uk\/research\/news\/anti-fraud-lasers-and-inks-for-transparent-electronics\">University of Cambridge<\/a>] [via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azonano.com\/news.aspx?newsID=28693\">azonano<\/a>] [read more <a href=\"http:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/blog\/this-graphene-printed-piano-is-a-peek-at-the-future-of-electronics\">@motherboard<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"attribution\">(<span>Source:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>futurescope: Flexible Piano Using Graphene-Based Ink Graphene is currently more hype than reality. So it\u2019s exciting to see a working prototype. From the Cambridge News Center: The printed piano demonstrates the potential of using graphene in real applications where printed electronics might be needed \u2013 such as heart monitors and other sensors. 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