Wednesday, February 04, 2009

OLED!! [shout it like Olé]

Get ready for the OLED revolution. They're already beginning to appear in TV screens and cell phones, but Siemens and Philips are considering the option of using OLEDs as a source of light in a room or outdoors. Snippet from the article:

"The ...incandescent bulb created the pattern for home lighting: Our light sources are small and bright. ...Because they're too bright to look at, they need to be reflected and diffused with lamp shades and frosted glass.

OLEDs could overturn all that, with broad, diffuse light sources bathing rooms in a gentle glow. ...

...GE imagines putting OLEDs on the inside of window blinds — pull them down, light them up, and you have light streaming from the window, even at night. You could even make OLED wallpaper, since the material is flexible."

No comments: