Due to the brand new developments comming now to the market, Promotheum is having an excellent chance to execute the first clients request on 1mm thin alphanumeric display integrated into a cover page of Branded Metaxa Diary for 2011.
Based on cooperation with our new partners Enfucell - finnish maufacturer of 1 mm thin softbatteries - and the company NTERA from USA delivering a new NCD Nanochromic displays. The target is to implement and power the display on cover page with no heavy batteries attached, with no thick PCB desk to be hidden with complications, etc... The final solution is light, thin and very cost efficient. The dark blue alphanumeric characters appearing on white background fullfil either Metaxa Corporate Identity Guide and the main functionality of the diary itself.
Functional Packaging
Today's packaging scenario and requirements are changing fast. New printed electronic components, materials, etc enable new functional properties to the package: e.g. changing text, display or sound with the help of a small power source.
Among these developments, the "Packaging of the Future" is expected to do more than just contain and protect: The role for authenticity of the package is becoming even more important, at the same time package is seem to have a growing impact to final buying decision. By embedding a thin and flexible SoftBatteryTM with a printed display or sound element, value-added authenticity capability, light and sound can be incorporated direct into package. SoftBattery™ can also be a power source to the next generation smartcards also known as "powered cards". These cards work by integrating a thin and flexible battery into the plastic card (like credit cards or security cards). These cards may include one-time pass code authentication possibilities or identification codes. In summary SoftBattery provides a suitable power source for e.g.:
The first, from a startup called Ntera, is a part of that fascinating field known as printed electronics. Called NanoChromics display (NCD) technology, it’s an application of nanotechnology that makes it possible to mass produce electronic displays on a wide variety of packaging substrates at low cost and with minimal power requirements. Picture a package made of paper or plastic whose graphics, rather than being static images created by ink on a substrate, are dynamic and interactive displays. That’s what NCD technology aims to deliver.
According to Ntera, an NCD display can be printed with industry-standard screen printing, flexo, or ink-jet printing equipment. The technology is based on something called “electrochromism,” where materials change color when a charge is applied. Ntera refers to the new technology as an example of “printegration,” where a display, a sensor, and a charge-storing layer are integrated by way of successive layered printing steps.
Vizworld.com, a Web site for those who need to stay current with the latest in computer graphics and visualization, says this about NCD technology. “The world changed dramatically when Gutenberg first put words into print and made mass media affordable. Ntera is emulating this with next-generation, cost-effective integrated displays. Today, the printed word is about to regain the dynamic ability to change the world all over again.”
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