It’s reported that Universal Display Corporation announced the possible with OLED technology that made a television screen as thin as a piece of paper that weighs no more than a few ounces. Or, so flexible it could be worn around our wrist and is virtually indestructible, which stands for Organic Light Emitting Diodes.
Janice Mahon, the company's vice president, gave us a tour of the labs where the OLEDs are created: The process starts by producing organic molecules, which are then sandwiched in thin layers of plastic or metal, and when energized can create light or images.
Now, manufacturers are struggling with putting capacity in place to make the products. Despite that hardship, major companies such as Sony Dell Panasonic and Toshiba are already on board. One reason is because OLEDs use one-fourth the energy of LCDs. As we know, at the first television of it's kind, made by Sony. It's extremely thin, but straight and sturdy. Mahon explains that OLED technology compared to LCD is brighter and has a faster operating rate and wider viewing angles. The only word for it is wow! With OLEDs the light source isn't behind the display, it is the display.
Besides, OLED displays can also be flexible, leaving open many alternative options. The possibilities of different designs got the interest of the Military, and now it's funding much of this research.
One prototype has a paper thin display, pulling out of a pen. The idea is that the display could hold a mini computer screen. Another would use a traveling mirror, allowing the user to change it into a display at the touch of a button. The displays can also be transparent. The see through displays can also be dual purpose. Universal display is working on putting OLED technology into windows. They could be transparent by day and a light source at night.
All the possibilities have scientists predicting that this thin, flexible, see through technology is on the edge of transforming our outlook on life.
