PaperWorks
PaperWorks (EU STREP FP6-516895) aimed to enhance a seemingly mundane, but ubiquitous, resource to support everyday work, interaction and collaboration - paper.
The project, funded by the EU, sought to exploit the advantages of new computing and multi-media resources whilst also maintaining the properties that make paper such
a pervasive material. In particular we undertook novel research in engineering, computer science, and the social sciences and developed innovative ways of interleaving
the paper and the digital. In this project we explored ways of enhancing reading, writing and other paper-based activities. This involved the use and development
of sophisticated inks, papers and substrates, complex coding and detection systems, software and information architectures, as well as novel work in product,
information and interaction design. These design and development activities were supported by experiments, technical interventions and studies of both potential
users of augmented publications, and of publishers and other content providers.
The project partners within PaperWorks brought these activities together through the development of robust applications and publications that demonstrated the many
ways by which we can build bridges between the paper and the digital.
Project Partners:
- King's College London, United Kingdom
- Acreo AB, Sweden
- Anoto AB, Sweden
- Arjowiggins SAS, France and United Kingdom
- Brunel University, United Kingdom
- ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Malmo University, Sweden
- Pearson Education and Edexcel, United Kingdom
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