14 DAY TRIAL // If you've never heard of researchers Simon Olberding, Michael Wessely, and Jürgen Steimle from the Max Planck Institute for Informatics and Saarland University in Germany, you can be glad to know that they have something that could change your life.
They have invented something called the PrintScreen, a flexible, light and easy-to-make screen which can be used in smart wearable devices, digital signage, and a host of other things.
It sounds amazing, especially since it's easy enough to make that you can do it at home if you have a printer of your own, but it's true.
PrintScreen lets you choose what application it should be used in and what material the strip should be made from. Even the quality of the final product can be affected, since it's determined by your printer.
Here's how the PrintScreen is made and what it does: you use a printer to create a four-layer sheet that provides luminescence by means of phosphoric ink.
There's a whole set of instructions in regards to choosing the material of the strip, the setup, the application, and the type of printer. Don't worry though, even someone with no knowledge of the product could figure out how to make one in around five hours of reading and experimentation.
So, if you have half a day to invest in a possible new hobby, you can learn how to make interactive print products, smart objects, personalized computing devices, art pieces, digital signs, etc. All of which can be bendable or fully rollable, in addition to being bright and thin.
