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Scottish banknotes from polymer
The Scottish will also move to polymer banknotes. The Clydesdale Bank, one of the three banks that produce money, has asked banknote printer De La Rue to print the new 10 pound note. They had already asked to change the 5 pound note. The new 10 pound note will, just like the paper note, have…
Lees meerLenovo Folio: foldable tablet becomes smartphone
Lenovo has shown a prototype for a foldable tablet. It is a technological masterpiece with a number of interesting features. After folding the tablet it becomes a smartphone with a screen on both sides – great for selfies. A definite con is also shown in the video, the bump which remains after folding. If and…
Lees meerAlbert Heijn introduces productscanner with augmented reality
Albert Heijn (biggest supermarket chain in the Netherlands) has introduced the AH Productscanner. An app which uses augmented reality to give customers information about ingredients, nutrition, allergens, recipes and provenance of the AH branded products. The AH Productscanner uses augmented reality to achieve this. After scanning the front of a product with a smartphone the…
Lees meerCompanies send digital, but consumers want print
More and more companies choose to digitally communicate with their customers rather than with paper. But the consumers themselves would prefer to receive paper communication. From a cost perspective companies prefer to send invoices and statements in digital form rather than physical mail. But eight out of ten consumers would prefer to still have the…
Lees meerPrinergy 8.10: Kodak workflow becomes two way street
Digital workflow solutions such as those from Agfa, EFI and Fuji have been offering data from output devices for optimisation of workflow for years. With its new version 8.1 Kodak claims to go further than just device data and says to be able to communicate with EFI Fiery, HP, Ricoh, Konika Minolta, Landa and Komori…
Lees meerA Spanish First: Fujifilm Jet Press 720S at La Trama
Start-up digital print business La Trama selects the Fujifilm Jet Press 720S to sit at the heart of its operations Founded five months ago to provide fully customisable short to medium run length commercial print jobs of outstanding quality, La Trama Digital Print is a dynamic, modern digital print business. Based in Zamudio, Spain, the…
Lees meerSmart Glove
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a smart glove that wirelessly translates the American Sign Language alphabet into text and controls a virtual hand to mimic sign language gestures. The device, which engineers call “The Language of Glove,” was built for less than $100 using stretchable and printable electronics that are…
Lees meerPhoenext, big in textile printing
From Ajax football flags, scarfs for the André Rieu fan base, Nick & Simon pillows, oven gloves to sleep masks – you name it, Phoenext makes it. “We do just about anything except clothing,” as owner and director Jakob Lameijer points out. They relied on the transfer sublimation expertise of Mimaki dealer Texo Trade Services…
Lees meerWhatsApp beats paper mail
There are plans to reduce the number of days for postal services and increase the costs. To keep postal services affordable and regular measures have to be taken before long, according to Henk Kamp (Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs). The postal market is decreasing fast because communication is more and more digital, according to Kamp.…
Lees meerApple ARKit to unlock augmented reality´s potential
Static print has got formidable competition now that Apple´s ARKit is making it super easy for developers to add augmented reality to their apps. ARKit will not only take care of a flood of new games which will transport players to different worlds, but will undoubtedly be used for advertising and other information. You can…
Lees meerHow to reach 32% of millennials with multi channel publishing
There is an unstoppable trends among millennials, people born between 1980 and 2000. The increasingly important group of people is changing their preference for the consumption of news to digital publications. At least 32% of them prefer digital. The solution for content disseminators is multi channel publishing. Read Agfa´s Mobile Snippet about how to…
Lees meerDesktopography: your whole desk will be one big touch screen
Carnegie Mellon University´s Future Interfaces Group has come up with a way to make a touchscreen from your desk. With hardware consisting of a mini projector and a 3D camera which can be screwed into your desklamp Desktopography miraculously changes your desk into an interactive workspace where you can manipulate objects. It is a cheap…
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