drupa next age: Platform for Networking and New Business
The special area drupa next age (dna) sets the scene for newcomers and young talents from the print and packaging sector in a targeted manner. With Deborah Corn and Frank Tueckmantel, drupa has enlisted two strong partners with longstanding industry expertise for organizing and designing this show-in-show for cross-sectional technologies. Big ideas, small […]
[Video] Pulp Function: Printed Electronics, Security and the Internet of Print
Discover the viable opportunities for print shops to futurize and meet the growing demand for functional print. Panelists: adphos, DirectMail 2.0, Konica Minolta, HP
1/1 Interview With Don Carli On Printed Electronics And The Future Of Packaging And Design
The print industry is filled with characters, and Don Carli is certainly one of them! I met him several years ago at GRAPH EXPO and we ended up talking for a while about sustainability. I would estimate that he said something that either blew my mind or freaked me out several times during our initial conversation, and […]
#PRIMIR 2014 Summer Meeting To Reveal 'Vision' Of Evolving Printing Industry
This looks cool… if anyone is going PLEASE let me know!! Program Theme Explores “Print’s Evolution—Changing Markets, Firms, Technologies and Applications” Reston, VA—PRIMIR, the Print Industries Market Information and Research Organization, the research arm of NPES, announced its Summer Meeting to be held July 21-23, 2014 at the DoubleTree Downtown-Lakeside Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. […]
Paper Generators Create A New Level Of Interactive Print
I don’t have a degree in electrical engineering, so Im not sure how this is something “new” and not within the known world of printed electronics (the video actually shows electronics being printed)… but if Disney can help kids read, and keep them reading cool interactive printed books… who cares! Disney info and press release […]
Print Ad Charges Phone Using Solar Energy
This isn’t the first time Nivea dazzled the advertising world promoting their sunblock in Brazil. Last year they created a remarkable billboard made with a million beads… But this is WAY cooler than that! Using a print ad to harness solar power to charge devices on the beach… GENIUS. Per the Daily Mail – “The […]
THiNKing About How Printed Electronics Will Impact Print & Consumer Packaging
THiNKing About How Printed Electronics Will Impact Print & Consumer Packaging @ Ryerson University on March 28th by Andrew Wong On Thursday March 28th, students at Ryerson University’s Graphic Communications Management (GCM) program will be hosting its annual colloquium event. This event consist of two seminars, featuring experts from the print and packaging industry and […]
Five Incredible Applications of Printable Electronics
by guest blogger and PMC contributor Ben Freund My last guest blog briefly mentioned that a technology was being developed to allow for printing of simple computer chips like RFID tags using metallic inks. The result would be computer chips produced so cheaply and on such flexible substrates that they could be integrated into almost any kind of […]
What’s New in Near Field Communications
by guest blogger Ben Freund Near Field Communications has been touted as the next big thing to unite print and digital mediums for years now. The technology allows tiny RFID circuits, or “tags,” embedded in physical objects which send data directly to NFC-enabled phones and devices. Although NFC technology hasn’t taken the world by storm […]
The potential in printing electronics: Video from TED2013
This is REALLY COOL… and a great story of perseverance and ingenuity! Kate Stone: The potential in printing electronics Kate Stone is the Founder and Managing Director of Novalia, a company that specializes in interactive printing. Her work combines physical prints with digital electronics. via Watch “Kate Stone: The potential in printing electronics” Video at […]