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Touch Sensitive Paper With Built-In Speakers

Posted by Zonk on from the menu-won't-stop-singing-please-take-it-away dept.

The Bongo King writes "There have been several stories about digital paper discussed here on the site recently, but an offering from Swedish research scientists has a new twist. They have made a prototype billboard of interactive paper with built-in flat loudspeakers apparently also made of paper. 'Touch sensors are made using a fine pattern of conductive lines in which the current flow is altered when a hand touches it. Laptop computer touchpads use the same principle. Speakers are made by printing electromagnets out of conductive ink and stretching the paper over a cavity like a speaker cone behind the billboard. The electromagnets vibrate in response to a current, creating a sound.'"

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  1. With speakers... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can't wait for the day when I can write "/." and the paper screams, "Hey, dork, you spelled 'Slashdot' wrong."

    1. Re:With speakers... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I don't think I want to go to a coffee house where an artist is having an argument with his paper over a drawing of the hot Goth chick serving coffee. Although it might interesting if the hot Goth chick's boyfriend shows up, and the paper tells him how ugly his girlfriend looks. I'm sure the artist would be changing papers in a hurry. :P

    2. Re:With speakers... by snickkers · · Score: 3, Funny

      It looks like you're attempting to write a letter. Would you like to....

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  2. If I want a talking picture, I'll watch TV by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now wake me up when they invent a talking pie.

  3. Origami by Tribbin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Making a tweeting bird that moves it's eyes and responds to you touching it and all from a single digital paper.

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  4. Re:Oh god no by 7Prime · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, that's a really good idea. Never saw Minority Report. What could be better than video advertsing ON THE PACKAGING!

    I work in advertising, I'll have to have a talk with my boss about this.

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  5. The next step by Bimkins · · Score: 3, Funny

    How do we make this work with porn magazines?

    You know it's gonna happen...

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  6. Re:Enviromental by i_liek_turtles · · Score: 1, Funny

    In other words, in the future we will get more food for the volume of the box.

  7. The next step . . . by cashman73 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The RIAA is already planning their next major lawsuit against the paper industry,...

  8. New meaning for vanity toilet paper by whallify · · Score: 2, Funny

    So a good novelty item might be disposable electronic talking paper. Maybe it can give feedback as it's being, um, used. "no, you missed a spot."

  9. And classified documents... by Roadkills-R-Us · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...will scan your fingerprints, and if you aren't cleared for the document, the paper can start singing "you can't touch this!"

  10. the downside by rubycodez · · Score: 2, Funny

    Those attending the demonstration of sound-making-paper technology reported 1. it indeed worked. 2. it sounded like rustling paper.