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TAPP.
ONLINE:
SMART
PAPER
Ask yourself: what if we could make paper intelligent? Nope, not a line
from the Men in Black movies. In fact, it’s very real today. Niels Postma
developed a way to enable packaging to communicate digitally. His
startup from Joure is able to generate actual data from paper.
SALT ‘N… PAPER?
Paper has been a means of communication for
ages. But let’s face it. A piece of paper doesn’t
exactly excite us anymore. Right? Wrong. Niels
came up with 100% recyclable smart paper
that measures, remembers and transmits
temperature data throughout the entire supply
chain by simply holding your smartphone next
to it. No additional hardware or apps needed.
WHEN SENSORS MAKE SENSE
All Tapp.online projects are characterized
by a smartphone-based/mobile-only
approach. By adding chips, sensors, and
printed batteries, Nield found a way to make
paper smart. Tapp.online is able to retrieve
data out of everything. Niels: “We basically
embed chips into paper. Therefore, we can
create data driven IoT packaging.” T-Mobile
is the connected partner for consumers and
businesses alike. We connect everything,
people to people, things to things, answers
to questions. From air pollution sensors in
buildings to garbage bins with sensors. But
paper was a first. And of course, we wanted
to be part of this and make a contribution to
help reduce waste.
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