Scientists from the University of Michigan have developed an extremely thin and smooth layer of silver that can be used for new displays and touchscreens in the future!
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A team of researchers from Australia has found a way to create nano-thin flexible touchscreens by using liquid metal chemistry and printing the ultra-thin and ultra-flexible electronic material directly onto their desired surfaces. With this new technique, touchscreens could be rolled out like newspapers in the future.
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We interviewed the Steering Committee members of our touchpoint packaging about the platform and asked them why it is a must-see for visitors at drupa 2020.
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Looking back at a great year, we definitely do not forget to look forward as well. After all, drupa 2016’s motto was “touch the future”! At K 2016, another trade show within the field of competence “Machinery, Plant and Equipment” at Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, we took the opportunity to meet some exhibitors from drupa 2016. While displaying innovations for the plastics and rubber industry, they reviewed drupa 2016 and answered a few questions. We asked them, which future trends they see regarding the next drupa, how they prepare for drupa 2020 and what they are looking forward to the most when thinking of it.
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The areas of digital inkjet printing, 3D printing and printed electronics are increasingly overlapping. Case in point: A novel nanoprinting process developed by researchers at the ETH Zurich. The team of scientists managed to print a new class of transparent, highly conductive electrodes for use in sensitive touchscreens.
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Ideally, packaging engages the senses and creates an emotional bond with the customer. But what if the packaging itself displays physical signs of emotions? That’s exactly what the packaging developed by the Russian designer Stas Neretin does.
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Experimental, innovative, playful and surprising – these attributes are probably high on the wish list of every advertiser. One company that has definitely earned them for its newest display is the London-based agency Dalziel and Pow. They created a large interactive board that told stories with sounds and sights when touched using conductive inks.
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Nanotube inks have captured the imagination of inventors and scientists worldwide. For years, researchers have been working on methods and materials that turn nanotube inks from lab projects into viable ingredients used in printed circuitry. Now Chinese scientists from Tsinghua University in Beijing have developed a method to draw nanotube fibers with a pen.
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The growth potential of the digital textile ink market lies ahead: the rise of e-commerce and the popularity of customization are accelerating print on demand and expanding digital textile printing to various segments across the supply chain. The textile industry has undoubtedly become an integral part of the printing industry and thus drupa is responding to this development with a special forum “touchpoint textile” at the upcoming drupa 2024.
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Marabu presented CO2- and energy-saving UV-LED-curable screen printing inks and a new digital printing varnish at glasstec 2022. The manufacturer's portfolio was also expanded with inks suitable for screen, digital, and pad printing for the glass industry.
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