Printed Electronics Gets More Ambitious

Converging disciplines

In past years, some activities seen as frivolous have converged with professional disciplines such as healthcare. For example, video games (frivolous) are now used to assist the recovery of brain damaged patients (serious). This continues with printed electronics. It enables us to have electronics as art for the first time but consider the following report referring to Elumin8 screen printed, inorganic electrophoretic displays on polyester film. These displays are seen over huge areas in subways and on billboards. They are pasted up like posters yet they emit light in chosen patterns and sequences making advertising, signage and decorative features much more compelling. The information below was recently issued by Back Gallery Project in Vancouver Canada on the occasion of their exhibition of this British invention.