Xerox developing 'erasable paper' system

Iria · Nov 27, 2006, 05:02 PM

Source: IHT
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PALO ALTO, California: . During the 1970s, researchers at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center explored a software technique called "garbage collection" used for recycling computer memory. The technique allowed the automatic reuse of blocks of memory that were storing unused programs and data.

Today an anthropologist at the center, Brinda Dalal, has become a self-styled "garbologist" to assist chemists at the Xerox Research Center of Canada to develop an "erasable paper" system. The goal is to recycle paper documents produced by the company's copiers as many times as possible.

Nov 27, 2006, 05:02 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Xerox developing 'erasable paper' system Source: IHT _______ PALO ALTO, California: . During the 1970s, researchers at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center explored a software technique called "garbage collection" used for recycling computer memory. The technique allowed the automatic reuse of blocks of memory that were storing unused programs and data. Today an anthropologist at the center, Brinda Dalal, has become a self-styled "garbologist" to assist chemists at the Xerox Research Center of Canada to develop an "erasable paper" system. The goal is to recycle paper documents produced by the company's copiers as many times as possible. Last edited by Iria; Nov 27, 2006 at 05:14 PM.