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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 snickkers · · Score: 3, Funny

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

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  2. Oh god no by cbuskirk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    5 years from now you will walk down the isle in a grocery store and every box will be animating and screaming buy me like the cereal box in Minority Report.

    1. 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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  3. Noise pollution? by Zironic · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think we probably need new laws against noise pollution fast. I really don't look forward to billboards speaking to me.

  4. 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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  5. Enviromental by king-manic · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you thought over packaging was bad now. Imagine a cereal box with 1/4 of it reserve for the battery that powers the digital paper display and 1/4 reserved for the speaker. The remaining 1/2 will be food facimille made of phosoric acid, aspertame, Hydrogenated vegetable oil, and recycled newspaper print.

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    1. Re:Enviromental by timeOday · · Score: 3, Informative

      Time Magazine just ran this interesting photo essay called "what people eat." One of the interesting things to notice is how much wasteful packaging we use compared to those who still eat mainly for nutrition. Which is not to say I'd like to live like a refugee, only that it's a shame quality food can't be packaged without all that expense and waste: "Only about 9 percent of the cost of a box of cereal is for the cereal -- the other 91 percent of the cost is for the package and advertising." Unfortunately we humans are suckers for outwards appearance.

  6. 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!"