The printing industry is about to enter a new age, one that may redefine, at least in part, its purpose and its product. Recent developments in materials science make it possible to use printing processes to produce electronic components and devices — with the potential to do so inexpensively and in great number. Printing, as a form of precision patterning, offers the greatest hope for enabling the “Internet of Things,” a phase of technological evolution in which everyday objects incorporate some degree of artificial intelligence. Printed Electronics and the Automatic Identification of Objects provides a comprehensive overview of this topic.

Target Audience: Product development and strategic planning professionals in the printing, packaging, and electronics industries.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

The Automatic Identification of Objects

Printed Electronics and RFID

The Survey of the Future for RFID Tagging

Appendix

Notes

References