Into the Driver's Seat

In an effort to curb the adverse environmental impacts of paper production, researchers in a new study have developed a light-printable paper—paper that can be printed with UV light, erased by heating to 120 °C (250 °F), and rewritten more than 80 times. The secret to printing with light lies in the color-changing chemistry of nanoparticles, a thin coating of which can be easily applied to conventional paper to transform it into the light-printable version.

The researchers, Wenshou Wang and coauthors at Shandong University in China; the University of California, Riverside; and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, have published a paper on the light-printable rewritable paper in a recent issue of Nano Letters.

Via Mariaschnee, Tania Gammage

For those lucky enough to have an iPad in the art room, there are a number of creative apps just waiting to be enjoyed. We’ve done a round-up of just some of the fantastic ones out there.

But before you dive in, remember to set up a free account on Creatubbles, so that you can store and share all

Via Suvi Salo, Mika Auramo