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GE Reaches OLED Milestone

Posted by timothy on from the lightsource-lust dept.

swordboy writes "General Electric recently announced the largest and most efficient OLED panel ever created. The 24 inch square panel emits 1200 lumens with a power consumption of about 80 watts - on par with today's incandescent bulbs. This represents the first fruit from the NIST project with ECD Ovonics. The ultimate goal is a cheap, flexible display and lighting technology that can function with an efficiency of 100 lumens per watt. This would make great wallpaper." (And, I hope, a great backlight for laptops.)

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  1. Imagine... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...a beowulf cluster of these! Oh wait...

  2. What the FUD? by JoeShmoe · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Okay, totally offtopic but this just made me do a double take. I'm quite used to seeing Microsoft ads on Slashdot. Idealogical nutcases aside, ad money is ad money. But until now, the Microsoft ads have been for things like Visual Studio or Microsoft technologies...no real conflict there. Microsoft thinks .NET is great, advertises it on Slashdot where (no doubt) programmers visit...that makes sense, right?

    Imagine my surprise when I see this:

    MSFUD1
    MSFUD2
    MSFUD3

    Does anyone else think that this is just going too far? Is Slashdot so hard up for revenue that they are now taking ads that run directly opposite of (what I've understood) is a core philosophy of the site? How many stories do we see on Slashdot about the lengths Microsoft goes to with "independent" research showing how Linux is more expensive, less secure, buggy, etc?

    Frankly, I don't care one fig or another about the whole Microsoft vs. Linux argument because there are too many sides to the issue and pros and cons for both. But how can Slashdot editors have any credibility when they post stories that blast SCO for using Microsoft money to propel the FUD juggernaut down the streets of public opinion...while at the same time they have a nice colorful banner at the top of the page that basically says the same thing? If I wanted this kind of Microsoft shilling, I'd read Paul Thurrott.

    Frankly, I'd like to see Slashdot say "Hey, you know what, we have some standards for ads we will and will not accept". Otherwise, what next? SCO ads saying "Slashdot runs on stolen SCO UNIX technology! Click here to pay for your license to access this website!" Actually, why not? SCO obviously have lots of money to throw around...Slashdot, why not get a piece of the pie?

    I could go on, but I think the point has been made, sorry to take the tangent but well, what's the point of having Excellent karma if you can't shine a spotlight on something bugging you?

    - JoeShmoe
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    1. Re:What the FUD? by vanillacoke · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      And this is why we don't have a meta discussion page. Because it's all about the money, really. There's too much of it to allow Slashdot to really be impartial.

      But nobody really cares anyway. Herds, the lot of ya.

      And I'm posting this AC free, damn the punishment.

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      The secret to getting modded up is to allways say i've got karma to burn in your sig..
    2. Re:What the FUD? by codeonezero · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Another completely offtopic thing...i just clicked on the first link in the parent post, saw that the poster had 5 mod points, then i logged in and now i got 5 mod points!

      I'm getting paranoid....(clicking ms ads = free mod points?) ;-)

      [yeah it's just pure coincidence, thanks for reading this offtopic codeonezero post :-)]

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  3. Rape a fish by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    This is a state of mind. When you rape a fish you must be one with the fish. You must feel the water flow pass, just like a fish. Your actions and thought process must resemble the aquatic creatures.

    I realise that this might be difficult for some to understand, but you must consider the implications of what you are trying to do. Firstly, you are from very different environments, amply demonstrated by the difference in the way that you both breathe. Also social paterns and relationship must be taken into account.

    Of course one must remember to have fun at all times, and remember it is love so take it as it comes.

    Tune in next time for unique positons and I'll explain that special relationship you can have with the octipy species.

    good fuck and good night.

  4. Australia rules by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Aussie! Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi!

    1. Re:Australia rules by gareth6889 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Off topic? how can wanting to watch one of the best games ever (AFTER cricket) on the walls of your house be off topic?

      why are the people who mention pr0n and doom marked offtopic? :-D

  5. Mod parent... Its Disturbing by Moocowsia · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Let me be first to say what the fuck.

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    Moo!