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Sony's Flexible, Full-color Oled

#1   Eugine 

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    Posted 27 May 2007 - 09:31 PM

    Don't have much information on it, but check out this youtube clip

    Excellent.

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      Posted 27 May 2007 - 09:37 PM

      Huh. Nifty is all I can say.

      I guess I can't say that Sony makes stuff that's easy to break anymore.

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        Posted 27 May 2007 - 11:25 PM

        My girlfriend showed me this on Thursday, ish. It looks very promising.

        I don't like Sony for a lot of the stuff they do but they are rather innovative and they do produce results at some point or another.

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          Posted 27 May 2007 - 11:34 PM

          ^ Agree with Nick on everything (except the girlfriend part, since I don't have one). That's a true revolution there, Sony has really outdone itself with the innovation.

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            Posted 28 May 2007 - 01:16 AM

            I've known about OLEDs for a little while now, and what it can offer is pretty impressive. OLEDs offer real white light (not that bluish white light that standard LEDs provide), and they can be printed into flexible sheets (as shown in the video). This can lead to wallpaper imbeded with OLEDs, which is like having a wall for a TV. Or maybe having your house covered with them.

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              Posted 28 May 2007 - 06:50 AM

              That's pretty nifty. I believe I heard something in a magazine that said that people were developing flexible cellphones with this stuff.

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                Posted 28 May 2007 - 02:46 PM

                I bet other Sony fanboys like me are rejoicing over this, but its not that special until they figure out what device they're going to use it on. Though, I would bet that they would use it mainly for the Ericsson phones and nothing video game related.

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                  Posted 28 May 2007 - 09:56 PM

                  I'd like to see a wafer thin, flexible PSP, though I doubt I'd be able to afford it. ;)

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                    Posted 29 May 2007 - 02:36 PM

                    I'd like to see that in an mp3. I'd love to have that.

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                      Posted 29 May 2007 - 07:17 PM

                      To be honest, now that I'm thinking about it, how would it be applied to current electronics products? I mean, having a paper thin cell phone would be nice, but I'm happy enough with the current models, which are small and sleek enough so they don't obstruct.

                      I suppose energy efficiency is a benefit that can't be beat, however. I forget, does the video explain how the OLEDs get their power?

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                        Posted 29 May 2007 - 08:15 PM

                        I think this is cool. I like the possible idea of a roll up t.v. that you can take anywhere. Even better, make it small enough to fit on a lens to glasses and watch t.v. in class.

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                          Posted 29 May 2007 - 10:11 PM

                          View PostGolden Legacy, on May 29 2007, 09:17 PM, said:

                          To be honest, now that I'm thinking about it, how would it be applied to current electronics products? I mean, having a paper thin cell phone would be nice, but I'm happy enough with the current models, which are small and sleek enough so they don't obstruct.

                          I suppose energy efficiency is a benefit that can't be beat, however. I forget, does the video explain how the OLEDs get their power?

                          So much posibilities in my head right now. Come on, Sony just pwnt the Daily Prophet from Harry Potter P:

                          On a serious note:
                          1. Wallpapers, newspapers, posters, billboards are reinvented to include 'live' models. Think Harry Potter again =)
                          2. What escout said, plus practically thin TVs, which can be embedded into your walls. Every technology that uses some form of display after applying this technology will be shrinked even further, and will be more durable, when the technology is perfected.

                          Really, in the long term, this technology will revolutionize electronics.

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                            Posted 29 May 2007 - 10:33 PM

                            I imagine this is reeeaally expensive, putting it in newspapers sounds far-fetched. But wallpapers, billboards, and posters sounds reasonable. Or a TV that's practically not there unless you're actually looking at it for your walls. Yummy.

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                              Posted 30 May 2007 - 05:27 PM

                              It's not that expensive, but I highly doubt we'll ever get disposable OLED newspapers. Mabey one that rolls up, and you just plug it into a news stand to update it with the day's news? That's be interesting.

                              Also, the OLEDs get power from the same place any other electronic does. A battery or standard household outlet.

                              But as far as most of our interests go, I'm looking at a gameboy in your glasses, or possibly one that's near paper thin. ;D
                              But it'd also be cool to have a TV in your glasses.

                              One more thing. In an article by Popular Mechanics the people they interviewed about this had already been able to print sheets of OLEDs, and that the size of the sheet was only limited by the sive of the printer. So I guess that's a yes to OLED wallpaper. :)
                              This is the exact article I got my info from.


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