|| powered by | Digital paper that talks to you04.06.2007 -
(idw) Schwedischer Forschungsrat - The Swedish Research Council
The large boards and store displays already exist as prototypes.
They talk to you directly, using digital information embedded in
the paper. You simply touch various parts of the display to get
information to stream out of printed speakers. And this coming
technology can be used in many areas, from advertising to
tourist information at attractions. Research teams at the Mid
Sweden University forestry industry research program Fiber
Science and Communication Network (FSCN) are working on the
fourth generation of paper products that can communicate with
computers. This integrates paper with the digital world. "We
combine paper with printed graphic codes and electronically
conductive ink that is engineered to be sensitive to pressure.
Then digital information is embedded in the paper, and when it
is touched, the information comes out via printed speakers,"
says Mikael Gulliksson, project le