These Printed Circuits Could Connect Any Object For Just a Few Cents
When we think about the connected world, we think about hardware—from Twine to Nest—that connects our household appliances to the web for a pretty penny. But according to Quartz, one firm is pioneering an alternative that's cheap, easy to make, and embeddable in nearly any product.
"Think of it as disposable electronics at the edges of web," says Leo Mirani in a post on the company that's pioneering the genre, a Norwegian outfit called Thinfilm (tagline: Memory Everywhere). The company makes electronic tags that are printed in conductive ink on thin sheets of adhesive that can be attached to nearly anything, from bags of lettuce to diapers to bedding. The Economist recently compared the technology to a bar code, but it can do more than that.
