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BeaverCleaver [soylentnews.org] writes:

There are plenty of products [sparkfun.com] that [wireglue.us] claim [sparkfun.com] to be a safe heat- and hassle-free alternative to soldering, and that makers of the future will be able to simply draw their prototype circuits instead of using real wire and real solder. These are typically plagued by high electrical resistance and mechanical fragility. Tech Crunch [techcrunch.com] links to Meso Glue [mesoglue.com], which claims to be an alloy that sets at room temperature. It seems to be intended more as a replacement for solder paste in surface-mount electronics, which would make commercial electronic assembly much easier, and make toaster ovens [instructables.com] unnecessary for hobbyists.

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