DocumentCode
3741016
Title
A market analysis of technologies towards the disappearing of electronics
Author
Gianluca Zaffiro
Author_Institution
Trend Analysis & Future Centre, Telecom Italia S.p.A., Torino, Italy
fYear
2015
Firstpage
399
Lastpage
400
Abstract
Miniaturization of computation, thanks to Moore´s Law, goes to every object including those that we wear and stand around us. This trend is facilitated by the introduction of general purpose modules that extend the community of designers to include unskilled creatives. Printed Electronics, using organic materials instead of silicon, makes it possible to create edible, disposable and perishable IoT devices. 3D Printing can embed electronic materials into any bearing structure, transforming dumb objects into digitally alive ones through Structural Electronics. The spread of smart devices fosters the development of super batteries, energy harvesting and wireless transfer. In this work these trends towards a disappearing electronics are described and analyzed.
Keywords
"Consumer electronics","Batteries","Market research","Energy harvesting","Wireless sensor networks","Wireless communication","Plastics"
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Consumer Electronics (GCCE), 2015 IEEE 4th Global Conference on
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/GCCE.2015.7398712
Filename
7398712
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