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Imec, TNO, Cartamundi Develop Flexible Tags that Communicate with Standard Touch Screens

C-touch tags can be integrated into a wide range of paper and plastic-based objects such as tickets, certified documents, payment cards, and more.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

Imec, TNO, and Cartamundi announced that they have developed a flexible capacitive identification tag that communicates with standard touch screens (C-touch). C-touch tags can be integrated into a wide range of paper and plastic-based objects such as tickets, certified documents, payment cards, realizing smart products. The connection to the internet is established simply by placing the tagged object on the touchscreen or vice-versa. The results, developed in the framework of Holst Centre,...

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