Xerox came up with a great way to reduce paper usage and therefore help save the environment. The printer and copier company came up with a special paper that erases itself, that is if you use a special ink to it.

The printer paper will erase any printed text on it after a day. This means that the printed is only temporary. According to Xerox, this technology will prove useful in offices and industries that use daily printed materials but don’t need the content for a long time. Daily memos, short notices and other simple documents are perfect for this technology.

The ink to be used in with this paper is still in prototype stage. However, Paul Smith, manager of XRCC’s new materials design believes that this technology will start a new trend or system in paper printing.

Smith also added that despite people’s reliance on computers to share and process information, there is still a strong dependence on the printed page for reading and absorbing content. Of course, we’d all like to use less paper, but we know from talking with customers that many people still prefer to work with information on paper. Self-erasing documents for short-term use offers the best of both worlds.”

Source: TechWhack