Wednesday, March 19, 2008
GE Creates Organic LEDs OLEDs
Live Design: "GE Global Research announces the successful demonstration of the world's first roll–to–roll manufactured organic light–emitting diode (OLED) lighting devices. This demonstration is a key step toward making OLEDs and other high performance organic electronics products at dramatically lower costs than what is possible today."
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I had no idea that this kind of thing was even being researched. How awesome. I think that once testing is finalized this product will really take of in all kinds of markets. I suppose with the whole organic movement, this was soon to come, and I am sure so many people will jump on board with it. This product will work great with the "go green" buildings that everyone is working on now.
I actually got a newsletter about this from Lighting and Sound America. It sounded really cool and like Alana, I had no idea they were even trying to make this kind of thing though I guess it makes sense to be. Making LEDs as available and efficient across a multitude of uses as possible seems to be the goal which is really cool.
OLEDs are a cool new thing that like every one else I was not really aware of until reading this article. I like the way they are working to create lighting products in unique shapes and mediums. This seems to me to be a little like those loght panel hings from rosco that you can drill or bolt through and are these 1/4" thick indestructible sheets that emit an even field of light. I think that OLEDs could bring a new wave of inventive ways to incorporate light into abnormal places in an ecofriendly way.
It definitely seems that we are moving in an LED direction, especially in the world of architectural lighting. Thus, by making them a bit cheaper, they definitely will start to become the norm in various architectural applications, especially in museums and such. The fact that they are ecofriendly only makes the argument for them stronger, especially since ecology seems to be an issue everyone wants to "latch" on to (in my opinion, to not have to think about the economy or international affairs).
OLEDs aren't necessairly new, it's the roll-printing that's a new process
im betting that in another 10-20 years, people's photo printers will be replaced by OLED printers, letting them print video clips onto paper
OLED tech is not particularly new. Small, low res OLED displays have been used in embedded devices for several years. Further, roll-up displays have been promised for close to ten. OLEDs are only organic in that they use polymers instead of silicon. However, I see this as being somewhat significant because it is a step towards a cheap manufacturing process. The light output is impressive for a flat panel, 1200 lumens from a 2 foot square sheet is a lot, but at the same time I think that like conventional LEDs this will require more maturity before having a major market in the theater industry. Neither are anywhere near incandescents in raw output. On the other hand, I can see one or two of these replacing the fluorescant fixture you see when you look up.
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