Thinfilm solutions for the Internet of Things

Using thinfilms on suitable substrates it is possible to provide a means to communicate with Smart Phones.

Thin Film Electronics ASA (also known as Thinfilm) , a Norwegian company is a leader in the production of thinfilms using near field communication (NFC).

Thinfilm will be participating in the GSMA Innovation City at the Mobile World Congress in Shanghai during June 29-July 1, 2016


Thinfilm has two products,
  • Thinfilm NFC SpeedTap(trademark)
----Connect everyday objects to the Internet of Everything
  • Thinfilm NFC OpenSense(trademark) 
----Thinfilm NFC OpenSense creates a connected “smart package” using printed sensor tags and a smartphone’s Near Field Communications (NFC) capabilities

This will have a large scale market as the Internet of Everything becomes more and more popular with Smart Phones as single source of control.

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