[mmercier]

This is not the newest thing.

I worked on a tape automated bonding line in the 80’s.

We made huge semiconductor units on what was essentially 35mm camera film.

The chinese have no doubt advanced this technology, seeing as there were just too many chemicals involved in the process for American sensibilities to permit profitability.

[Wuli]

ping

[steveo]

I had one when I was a young steveo...

[backwoods-engineer]

There was a paper about this plastic microprocessor at this year's International Solid-State Circuits Conference, in San Francisco. Here's some more info on it, a little tech-y< but still readable by the novice.

Imagine a smart debit card that can display the amount left in your account with a push of your thumbprint, powered by light. It's not far off with organic semiconductor technology.