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Organic LED Could Replace Light Bulbs?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the heard-that-before dept.

egrinake writes to mention a BBC article about a 'natural' replacement for lightbulbs. From the article: "The organic light-emitting diode (OLED) emits a brilliant white light when attached to an electricity supply. The material, described in the journal Nature, can be printed in wafer thin sheets that could transform walls, ceilings or even furniture into lights. The OLEDs do not heat up like today's light bulbs and so are far more energy efficient and should last longer."

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  1. Good Idea... by PC-PHIX · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...but a wafer thin sheet of organic material shining above a cartoon character's head is never going to look as good...!

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  2. In clothes by Bombula · · Score: 5, Funny
    Once they get this stuff stitched into clothing, it's going to be just about unbearable. As if all the marketing crap of t-shirts wasn't bad enough already, what with our entire culture expressing individuality by paying corporations for the privalege of advertising their products on our bodies, now people are actually going to be lit up like downtown Tokyo. Fan-fuckin-tastic...

    Well, I suppose the Tron Guy is going to have a field day with this stuff, so it's not all gloom and doom...

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  3. Re:Finally, a use for IPv6 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So many possibilities... and you'd just end up drawing boobs and penises on it.

  4. Re:Obvious Safety Application: by Detritus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some drivers still wouldn't see you, even if you soaked your clothes in gasoline and set them on fire.

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  5. Don't Get It Wet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Before this becomes a reality, the scientists need to work out a way to seal the OLEDs from moisture which can contaminate the sensitive material, causing it to no longer work."

    If only they could put it into an airtight package, something small and convenient, maybe a ...bulb... of some kind.

  6. Yeah but by jlebrech · · Score: 5, Funny

    how many OLEDs does it take to replace a lightbulb.