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Paper gets ‘Smart’ with Drawn-on, Stenciled Sensor Tags

In this example, the speed of the spinning tag on the pinwheel is mapped to onscreen graphics. Credit: Eric Brockmeyer/Disney Research

In this example, the speed of the spinning tag on the pinwheel is mapped to onscreen graphics. Credit: Eric Brockmeyer/Disney Research

Researchers have created ways to give a piece of paper sensing capabilities that allows it to respond to gesture commands and connect to the digital world, IoT. The method relies on small radio frequency (RFID) tags that are stuck on, printed or drawn onto the paper to create interactive, lightweight interfaces that can do anything from controlling music using a paper baton, to live polling in a classroom.

The technology – PaperID – leverages inexpensive, off-the-shelf RFID tags, which function without batteries but can be detected through a reader device placed in the same room as the tags...

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