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Print-on-Demand Touchscreens Could Revolutionize Market

Posted June 29, 2015 12:00 AM by Engineering360 eNewsletter

A team of computer scientists has discovered a way to print custom displays only a tenth of a millimeter thick, including touchscreens, using an inkjet printer and special ink. The thin-film electroluminescent screen would cost just over $20, primarily because of the cost of the ink. Printing could take as long as four hours. Developers described the screens, which are nearly as thin as paper, as "relatively high resolution." The article includes a link to the original academic paper, as well as a video showing proposed applications.

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Kilowatt0 Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Earth - I think. Posts: 2143 Good Answers: 165	#1 Re: Print-on-Demand Touchscreens Could Revolutionize Market 06/29/2015 2:52 PM
	Very cool! Not commercially viable, but very cool none the less! The average consumer won't have an interest. Business won't have the need, other than for a board room prototype. For mass production the price is too high, and it takes too long. But, if they take this to something like Maker Faire, they will need to have trucks coming in night and day to keep up with the demand! __________________ TANSTAAFL (If you don't know what that means, Google it - yourself)
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