The act of reading the record as well as changing the record will be indelibly recorded and that is very different from a lot of existing systems with paper and electronics.

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They can be made at room temperature, unlike a silicon chip, and paper is a lot less pricey than electronics-grade silicon.

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Researchers have devised ways to make flexible electronics, for such things as electronic paper.

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About as thin as a single sheet of paper, so consumers will end up with lighter electronics.

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Electronics may even come to rely on paper, rather than eliminating it.

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Having started off in forestry and paper products in the 19th century, it later moved into rubber, cables and electronics before focusing on mobile phones in the 1980s.

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The tradeoff is that some of the electronics have been offloaded to a small receiver that must be positioned on the paper, creating a two-piece solution.

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However, a paper to be presented at a security conference held under the auspices of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a New York-based professional body, in May, sheds some light.

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"Because that paper resume has little chance of leaving my roll-along briefcase, which houses my laptop, iPad and other electronics, " she wrote.

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