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We are pretty good at inventing things in Britain, for example railways, television and jet engines. We invented cricket and soccer, but given the state of our national teams, I will gloss over those. However the latest invention to come out of the UK is a new nano-substance called graphene that was first isolated at the University of Manchester by two Russian born scientists, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov. A feat that lead them to receive the Nobel Prize in 2010.

Dear Johannes,

I thought I would write and let you know how your business was going. It has been a long time since you started it in Mainz in 1440 with your new press, and like many businesses it has had its ups and downs over the years. You had great success with your bible, but I have to tell you that as well as the book printing market, we have developed a number of other very successful niches.

We have entered the era of “Digital Darwinism” in which technology is now moving faster than the ability of many businesses and industries to keep up or survive. Nanography^® can help printers adapt to this new digital era.

When Guy Gecht welcomed guests at the start of this year’s EFI Connect conference in Las Vegas, no one was expecting to see a re-enactment of last year’s fireside chat with Benny Landa, but they got a big surprise! when Benny walked on to the stage during Guy’s opening address.

Nir Zarmi is the COO at Landa Digital Printing and the driving force in implementing Benny’s vision for Nanography^®. To start off 2014, we decided to ask Nir to share his plans and hopes for 2014 and to share some of his insights about Nanography.

My next door neighbour’s child is a seven year old tech-savvy brat. You know the sort. He can reprogramme the operating system of an iPad and is the only one in the house who can operate the catch-up TV. So it was with interest that I saw that he had been given a “John Bull” printing outfit for Christmas. This is a series of small rubber letters, a wooden holder, together with a bottle of ink and a collection of coloured cards.

I don’t know about you, but I am mainly using social media to communicate with and keep an eye on my kids, who are currently scattered around the globe. I have a Twitter account, Facebook page and now a Google+ page and, I spend a few minutes each day seeing what nefarious activities they have gotten up to.

At a recent Smithers Pira conference I was jolted from my post lunch somnolence by someone describing smartphones as “supplementary packaging”. Had I misheard? I mean how can you wrap cornflakes with an iPhone or bottle coke in a Nexus?!