Some RFID-enabled paper is already on the market but the chips are much thicker, resulting in either bulky paper or a bump on the surface that would mean such paper could not be printed.

BBC: US engineers develop smart RFID-enabled paper

Paper does not ship well, as it is both bulky and susceptible to humidity.

ECONOMIST: Paper

If the technology successfully drives costs lower, it could be a welcome boost for Hollywood, which, despite selling the world tales of futuristic sophistication, is as an industry often behind the curve in technology--images are stored on bulky, perishable film stock and large crews of technicians take orders from essentially paper-based offices.

FORBES: Carly Goes To Hollywood

Not for me the little paper bags containing small boxes of tablets, no, it's great bulky plastic bags of bread, flour, pasta and pizza bases.

BBC: Coeliac still tortured by eclairs