World’s First Digital Interactive Newspaper Becomes a Reality

Interactive Newsprint is a new research project led by the School of Journalism, Media and Communication at the University of Central Lancashire (Lancashire, U.K.) and funded by the Digital Economy Programme. The platform is capable of capacitive touch interactions, which means that by touching various parts of the page, readers can activate content ranging from audio reports, web polls or advertising—all contained within the paper itself.

But the developments in printed electronics do not stop there. Digital devices and microphones, buttons, sliders, colour changing fibres, LED text displays and mobile communication can all be used in an interactive newspaper.