Yes, that would be cool, but I think you are missing the bigger picture. Yes, OLEDs will be used for displays (and already are if you have more dollars than sense), but the end game is general lighting. They were already more efficient than LEDs, which can be more efficient than CFLs depending on how they get their DC current, and OLEDs can be screen printed. I think ink jets can be used to make them as well, but I'm not sure. Either way, once they ramp up production, you can buy the most efficient lighting in the world (in both end use and manufacture) for a fraction of the cost of old incandescents, with a whole bunch more features. You buy it by the role, cut it to fit the shape you want, attach a dimmer and maybe a color controller. Heck, if you want you can connect the color controller to a color sensor so the light coming from OLED poster matches the outdoor light: a little yellow at dawn and dust, a little blue at noon, and fading between all day to match. THAT could do your peepers and mood a lot of good.
Yeah, I mean, it is one thing if you are a science fiction writer looking to expand upon the what-ifs of science and technological development to philosophize on the human condition allowing us to learn from hypothetical mistakes before they happen, or even just to entertain, but no head of state that should be head of state would make such a person his primary advisory on which he based public policy. He'd be laughed out of office. The people would not stand for it! Oh wait...
If the government did issues stock, do you think it would actually help? Wait, the dollar is kind of like government stock. How's that doing these days?
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Yes, that would be cool, but I think you are missing the bigger picture. Yes, OLEDs will be used for displays (and already are if you have more dollars than sense), but the end game is general lighting. They were already more efficient than LEDs, which can be more efficient than CFLs depending on how they get their DC current, and OLEDs can be screen printed. I think ink jets can be used to make them as well, but I'm not sure. Either way, once they ramp up production, you can buy the most efficient lighting in the world (in both end use and manufacture) for a fraction of the cost of old incandescents, with a whole bunch more features. You buy it by the role, cut it to fit the shape you want, attach a dimmer and maybe a color controller. Heck, if you want you can connect the color controller to a color sensor so the light coming from OLED poster matches the outdoor light: a little yellow at dawn and dust, a little blue at noon, and fading between all day to match. THAT could do your peepers and mood a lot of good.
Yeah, I mean, it is one thing if you are a science fiction writer looking to expand upon the what-ifs of science and technological development to philosophize on the human condition allowing us to learn from hypothetical mistakes before they happen, or even just to entertain, but no head of state that should be head of state would make such a person his primary advisory on which he based public policy. He'd be laughed out of office. The people would not stand for it! Oh wait...
If the government did issues stock, do you think it would actually help? Wait, the dollar is kind of like government stock. How's that doing these days?