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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. 100% Efficiency? by Gertlex · · Score: 0, Redundant
    The researchers believe that eventually this material could be 100% efficient, meaning it could be capable of converting all of the electricity to light, without the heat loss associated with traditional bulbs.

    Is there such a thing as 100% efficiency in any physical system in existence? Not that I know of. Sure they could get really close to 100% and that would be nice, but it wouldn't be 100%.

  2. Re:Good Idea... by William+Robinson · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yeah. And we will have change all light bulb jokes now. Damm.

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