T-Ink Inc.

T-Ink can be used in a variety of applications, from a medicine package that alerts its owner to dosage times; to rugged, washable outerwear with adjustable heat settings; to toys that talk and teach when touched, even under water. What makes T-Ink technology truly innovative is that it can accomplish these feats with no wires, electronic components, or sensors: just ink.

Eliminating the need for bulky batteries, circuits, switches, sensors, buttons, and wires, conductive ink supplants hardware without losing functionality. T-Ink's proprietary technology of printed electronics comes in every imaginable color, and can coat almost any surface, from paper and textiles to plastic, glass, metal, and fabrics. In addition to its many options for color and adherence, "thinking ink" systems are nontoxic, durable, moldable, stretchable, and waterproof.

T-Ink's nontoxic, water-resistant ink formulations went into developing a SwimWays talking pool float. Children generate sounds from the vinyl float by touching printed T-Ink activation switches. Another innovation, Ink-Logix-printed heat Thermotex technology, equips outerwear such as coats and gloves with adjustable heat settings that can endure environmental extremes, including water. Sears' Craftsman Heated Workwear jacket uses T-Ink's Thermotex technology, proving so durable and nonrestrictive that the fabric is foldable and stretchable as well as washable.

T-Ink has partnered with Playtex on talking sippy cups; with Fisher-Price on interactive posters featuring characters from such children's programs as Sesame Street; with Elmer's on Color 'N Sound talking coloring books; and with McDonald's on Happy Meals tray liners and toys promoting Pixar's animated movies.

See more possibilities for T-Ink technology by visiting www.t-ink.com.