A new swathe of interactive newspapers and talking posters are poised to hit the streets as Interactive Newsprint, a collective of three UK universities, enters its final phase of development. Academic partners from the University of Dundee, the University of Surrey and the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) are developing printed electronics that add capacitive touch capability to printed pages.
Interactive Newsprint has scooped funding from
the UK’s Digital Economy Programme and is
working with interactive print specialist, Novalia to
develop prototype devices that access audio content
and record interest in specific bulletins, advertisements and
features.
Electronics developments mean that speakers, audio
players and even colour changing fibres can
already be integrated into paper-thin units paving
the way for a revolution in the print industry.