printers
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This Zombie Printer Was Hacked To Broadcast Radio Waves
All electronic devices emit radio waves when they’re powered on, even if they don’t connect to the internet or Bluetooth. Governments have been using these accidental waves to spy on each other since the 1960s — but this week, a computer scientist at the Black Hat hacker conference took the idea way further than we’d…
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An Inkless Printer Makes Colour Images With Tiny Microscopic Holes
Considering printer ink costs more than booze and even human blood, it’s no surprise everyone’s on the hunt for a cheaper alternative. And that includes researchers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology who’ve created an inkless printer that works by perforating special paper with thousands of microscopic holes.
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This Printer Spits Out Messages That Actually Ignite And Self-Destruct
With a new data breach revealed every week, is it possible to safely share anything these days? Even passing notes in class risks a teacher intervention, unless you can smuggle this printer in your backpack. Clearly inspired by Mission Impossible, the messages it prints actually physically self-destruct just moments after leaving the machine, ensuring your…
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A Hacker Turned This Printer Into A Doom Machine
No one really likes them, but printers are actually more sophisticated than you might give them credit for. Given the right circumstances, hackers can take advantage of those guts. One recently did just that with a classic hack that never gets old: Make it run Doom.