Printed Electronics Gets More Ambitious

Superhuman powers

Consider electronics providing superhuman powers - not just repairing the disabled but enhancing their capabilities. Many such capabilities are now being demonstrated in laboratories.

Edible and biodegradable electronics

Consider edible electronics for medical purposes - Kodak has just patented that for medicine. Others make their new disposable electronic products edible because there is always a chance of a child chewing such a things as an electronic, paper game card (eg Menippos Germany, Thin Film Electronics, Sweden) or disposable skin patches delivering drugs and cosmetics in a controlled manner (Power Paper Israel etc). In the last year, there has also been a growth in work on biodegradable electronics printed on paper (Helsinki University, Finland; Abu Akademi, Finland; Stora Enso, Sweden, etc).