>> YNVISIBLE - PRINTOO

A few days ago; this kickstarter campaign just finished after reaching their $75,000 goal.

The team over at ynvisibile is focusing its effort on the ability to provide a flexible modular approach to arduino devices but more importantly make printed electronics accessible to the general public. They have also teamed up with a number of other vendors to provide interfaces to battery modules, photodectors, solar cells and LED strips - obviously this is only the initial partnerships that will surely grow over time. The conductive ink integration also allows people to add their own flair and creativity to end-user interaction.

The great thing about this technology is the ability to make IoT truly ubiquitous - flexible devices allows for the expansion into sectors such as wearing computing that doesn't need to be bulky or obvious. We have seen many wearables in the field of sport, health monitoring and some party gimmicks with t-shirts with LEDs that respond to audio - but putting and arduino compatible device into the mix opens up many more opportunities.

It will be interesting to watch these guys and see how quickly they can come to market after their kickstarter campaign and see what others can do with the technology - if you want to see some of the demos they have put together; pop on over to the list of demos.