Editor's Note: This article was orginally published in I-Connect007's Flex007 Newsletter.

Many do not truly understand just how big printed electronic circuits (PECs) will become. I believe that PECs will affect nearly every aspect of our life in one way or another.

For example, one day in the near future, we may find cheap embedded electronic devices in our everyday products. You wake and head to the bathroom, and a bottle of pills senses that you're awake and reminds you to take your pill. The bottle displays the number of pills left, and will automatically order more medicine from the e-pharmacy store via wireless Internet.

You pick up your toothbrush, and it plays your favorite song while you brush. When the song ends, you can stop brushing. The tooth brush knows when the bristles are worn out and the brush emits a little "replace me" song.

The head of the shower glows with the color of the water, red to hot blue for cold and nice orange for the 106 degrees you programmed. As you reach for the soap box, it senses your presence, lights start to flash and it plays the company's logo.

You wince and wonder how far the packaging will go to get you to buy that product.

During the shower, your shampoo displays an electronic scale along the side indicating the amount remaining in the bottle. You stand in front of the mirror ready to shave, touch the mirror and it displays today's forecasted weather and switches channels to show your driving route to work and the delays in traffic.

The bread's plastic bag still displays a current "good until" date, which counts down. The milk container tells you the bacterial content of the milk is acceptable.

The handles on your pots and pans flash red lights when they're too hot to pick up. Your morning paper displays a full-color video of today's main story. For lunch, your box of noodles shows the temperature of the contents on the lid, and beeps when it's at the proper eating temperature.

Your watch records and emits a Bluetooth signal, sending your blood pressure and pulse rates, blood sugars and temperature to your computer--or to your mirror.

Your tennis racket tunes the strings to improve the way you play after analyzing your swing. Your can of spray paint senses how much is left in the can and displays a "shake" symbol.

When you try unsuccessfully to read the small print on a package in the store, the font automatically changes to a bigger size.

These are but a mere glimpse into the future world of printed electronics. Printed electronics will help you in your day-to-day life, and marketing executives won't hesitate to use a $0.15 PEC to improve the chance you will buy their products.