Remember when perfume strips n magazines was revolutionary. Researchers at German electronics giant Siemens AG have developed ultra-thin miniature color displays that can be printed onto paper or foil. Siemens say these displays can be used on packaging.

The advent of low-cost disposable technologies provides opportunities for applications that include electronic smart packaging, such as the changing use by date on packaging, sensors on drugs and foods, brand enhancements, signage and large area displays, photovoltaics, RFID, merchandising, healthcare applications.

Essentially its packages that show pictures. And if they don't talk now, (limitations on power supply and its a first stage development) they soon will.

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