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EL Material Can Generate Both Red and Green Light

Posted by timothy on from the stop-no-go-no-stop dept.

Burstwave writes "According to this story, investigators at Philips, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Amsterdam, have developed the first electrochemiluminescent material that can generate both red and green light, an effect that depends on current flow. The full report will appear in Nature on Monday. This significant advance in ECL technology will lead to smaller and brighter full-color LED displays."

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  1. Yeooouch! by bryanthompson · · Score: 0, Troll
    Philips does not expect to see the first application of the newly developed electroluminescent material complex until 2006 or 2007. That device will be a small polymer-based, full-color LED display -- "a few-inch screen" in a small appliance, perhaps something like a shaver, according to Hofstraat.

    At first when I read this, i couldn't help but think 'what the hell would you want a display on your razor for?', but then, realizing I was about to troll, i thought about the benefits...

    blade-wear indicator

    closeness of shave indicator

    battery power indicator

    It's just a matter of time before someone turns it into a webserver...