Gallery: It Works! A Tiny Speaker Printed on a Single Sheet of Paper
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Coralie Gourguechon created a paper speaker and amplifier. *Image: Coralie Gourguechon*
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By screenprinting conductive ink onto paper to create a network of circuits, she crafted a speaker that can be hooked up to a source of sound input. *Image: Coralie Gourguechon*
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To turn the speaker on, you pop out the sound cone. To turn it off, you lay it flat again. *Image: Coralie Gourguechon*
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Her paper electronics are made only with conductive ink and glue. *Image: Coralie Gourguechon*
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"The main idea for the construction process was to keep everything on one sheet of paper, with the following making process: printing, cutting, folding," she says. *Image: Coralie Gourguechon*
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Paper modules. *Image: Coralie Gourguechon*
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Gourguechon likens her work to circuit cartography. *Image: Coralie Gourguechon*
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The goal is to demystify the gadgets people use every day. *Image: Coralie Gourguechon*
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