Kate Stone is an English engineer and founder and CEO of the company Novalia which has developed products using "Interactive Printed Media".

Education

Stone has a degree in electronics from

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, and a PhD in physics from

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with the

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Career

Stone founded the company Novalia in 2006. The company has developed the use of ordinary printing presses to produce interactive electronics, with touch-sensitive inks and printed circuits. She has termed these products "Interactive Printed Media" (IPM). The company has worked on advertising campaigns for

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, and

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. She has presented her vision of interactive print at many global forums and conferences, including "DJ decks made of...paper" at TED2013 and "The press trampled on my privacy. Here's how I took back my story" at TED2018, Observer Ideas and Creative Science Sessions. Stone's work on interactive electronics was featured on a television documentary for

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. She has also contributed to NASA's Space Apps Data Bootcamp in 2016. She is a member of the Editors Code of Practice committee.

Personal life

Stone was born in

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, England, United Kingdom, but now lives in

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, United States. She is transgender, and transitioned in 2007.

References

External links

Stone on the ''My Mission Is...'' podcast
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