This latest instance apparently began when Hebrew University professor Shlomo Magdassi was working to develop a touchscreen using silver nanoparticles but ran into trouble making the screen conductive while still remaining transparent.

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In his workshop he said he's using nickel silver and ceramics as raw materials for the altar.

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Hence, it was cheaper to get silver by using the paper money to buy it on the market than by converting the paper money into silver at the fictional legal price.

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The four-inch square patches can then be joined together using Velcro that contains silver-coated contacts to enable electrical connectivity.

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The protectionism inspired the elder Chuang and his siblings to create Silver Queen, using local cocoa beans and cashews.

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Last year after the secret settlement and subsequent accusations were made public, Silver said he wouldn't engage in any other secret settlements using public money.

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Broadly, instead of using simple supply and demand, it explains changes in the demand for one asset (a small silver coin, say) relative to another (a large coin) in terms of changes in the rate of return that the holder of the assets can expect from each.

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It works using a mesh made from a combination of tiny carbon cylinders -- known as nanotubes -- and silver wire.

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The silver lining in this carbon-filled cloud is that executives at firms such as Gap are using technology to cut the number of trips they make in order to save money.

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