Lighting of the future... made into a Christmas tree today!GE has been conducting a lot of research and development into Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs). It seems that holiday cheer overtook the Global Research Center, and they wanted to show off their latest technology in a festive way.
OLEDs are highly energy efficient. In the lighting world that means they use less watts (electricity) to produce more lumens (light). The other part that designers are so excited about with OLEDs is that they are very thin and incredibly flexible. Be on the look out for this technology to make its way to cell phones in the next couple years. I mean they already made a Christmas tree!
Costs are still high, but GE is working hard and they are making advancements. As you can see in the picture, these lights can be made in one long roll. The production is similar to a newspaper press which was a breakthrough in lowering manufacturing costs. The prediction is that OLEDs will make a jump in usage by 2015 (that sounds a lot farther away then it actually is… wow).
In the meantime we can follow its progress dreaming up some interesting uses, or we can just watch GE make it into a Christmas tree.
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