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The Future Of Light - Organic LEDs

Posted by michael on from the let-there-be dept.

pmbarth writes "The filament based or fluorescent light technology has not changed for a long time. However, there appear to be new lighting technologies on the horizon. Personally, how cool would it be to just 'have light', and not have a bright light-source to contend with? Bye-bye incandescents!"

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  1. Hey! by AnalogBoy · · Score: 3, Informative

    This was in star trek: TOS! The return of the archons, i think...

    Okay.. i'll submit to a beating and yells of "geek!" now.

  2. But will people buy them? by Veramocor · · Score: 3, Informative

    This is a great technology and can only get better over time. Unfortunately I'm unconvinced of potential consumer acceptance. People will usually buy something that is cheaper (incandescent bulbs) then somthing that is more expensive but will last them longer and use less electricity.

    I own a few compact flouressant bulbs which use 1/3 the electricity and last at least 3 times as long. These lights pat for themselves at least twice over. Unfortunatley not many people have adopted them because they cost more than their incandecent cousins.

    What needs to be done to gain exceptance for a better technology?

    Can we change a culture so use to one technology?

    I think awnsering these two questions have greater implications further than LED lights, such as fuel cell technology an hybrid cars.

    Veramocor

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    Veramocor
  3. Mmm...organic! by NaturePhotog · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not only energy-efficient, but tasty and better for you, too! :-)

    Also of interest was the article linked to from the posted one, about using organic LEDs for thin, bright computer displays.

  4. Weird Tech Paper by Prof_Dagoski · · Score: 3, Interesting


    This reminds of a weird tech paper from Digital Equipment Labs I once read. Some engineers were screwing around on break and one of them hooked their kim-chee to a power source and some test equipment. They discovered two things: one the kim-chee acted like a rectifier and that it also acted like a LED. They then did some preliminary research into the field of vegetable electronics. I'm not sure how serious this really was, but it was a fun read. This used to be on the web, but I haven't seen it in ages. Has anyone else read this?