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CAPID Demonstrates Prototypes of Paper Products with New Electronic Functionality

The tags are thin and flexible, metal-oxide tags, integrated in paper and plastic products.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

At the 2018 European Forum for Electronics Components and Systems (EFECS), Horizon 2020 consortium CAPID has demonstrated prototypes of paper products augmented with new electronic functionality – Capacitive ID (CAPID). It’s the industry’s first demonstration of CAPID technology, which integrates electronics into paper making it possible to connect the paper product to the internet via a touchscreen device.   CAPID is a system through which a tiny, flexible tag is inserted into an object. That o...

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