A market analysis of technologies towards the disappearing of electronics

Abstract

Miniaturization of computation, thanks to Moore's Law, goes to every object including those that we wear and stand around us. This trend is facilitated by the introduction of general purpose modules that extend the community of designers to include unskilled creatives. Printed Electronics, using organic materials instead of silicon, makes it possible to create edible, disposable and perishable IoT devices. 3D Printing can embed electronic materials into any bearing structure, transforming dumb objects into digitally alive ones through Structural Electronics. The spread of smart devices fosters the development of super batteries, energy harvesting and wireless transfer. In this work these trends towards a disappearing electronics are described and analyzed.