Pulp-Based Computing
A Framework for Building Computers Out of Paper

Marcelo Coelho, MIT Media Lab
Lyndl Hall, Concordia University
Joanna Berzowska, XS Labs
Pattie Maes, MIT Media Lab

We have developed a series of techniques for building sensors, actuators and circuit boards that behave, look, and feel like paper. By embedding electro-active inks, conductive threads and smart materials directly into paper during the papermaking process, we have created seamless composites that are capable of supporting new and unexpected application domains in ubiquitous and pervasive computing at affordable costs.