Thursday, 19 Apr, 2007
Science
New Electronic Display to Be Used on Clothes and Beer Cans
One of the latest inventions in the field of light emitting devices might change the way people light their homes and design clothes. The device represents a thin film of plastic able to conduct electricity and create solar power.
Scientists working on the international project are looking forward to bring the organic light emitting devices to the masses. Thus the invention could significantly cut costs by billions of dollars each year.
Due to the fact that the organic light emitting devices are very thin and flexible, electronic display screens could be easily created on nearly every material, thus, for example, clothing could, for the first time in history, display specific electronic information.
There are various ways of using the this OLED, like for example change the color of clothes, beer can would be able to display various sports results. In addition the OLED is much more efficient than the light bulb used today.
Currently these devices are applied in mobile phones and MP3 players. However, such OLED is not quite reliable for large TV or computer screens.
In order to make the device more efficient so later to launch it to mass market, the international consortium of researches, Modecom, headed by the University of Bath, United Kingdom, started a three-year project which will cost about $1,700,000.
Modecom comprises 13 groups from 9 universities and two companies. There are three groups from the United Kingdom, six groups from the United States and one group from China and one each from three European countries including Belgium, Italy and Denmark. Only the European countries and China will receive financial aid from the European Union.
The coordinator of Modecom is Dr Alison Walker, who represents the Department of Physics of the University of Bath. "This is a long-term project, and the contributions of many scientists are needed for its success ... Success in achieving the goals of cheap, efficient and long lasting devices is essential as we must do everything we can to reduce our energy costs," he stated.
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- 67 votes
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mrexcellent [InfoMANIAC]
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what inventions can do to our individual lives is really really amazing,so keep it up guys!!!!- 58 votes
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snsuresh [InfoMANIAC]
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- 57 votes
//31 Jul 27, 2008 01:50 PM | posted by: I-A - hi!Your invention was great.i hope that the philippines will join to your project.
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//30 Jul 23, 2008 06:04 PM | posted by: emma - it was excellent. just that i am an african but this project involves european countries and china. hope africa will someday join this project.
- 62 votes
//29 Jul 13, 2008 03:37 PM | posted by: vidhu verma - a boosting technology ,will be a boon in coming timebut technologists need to work a bit on thisssssss!
- 61 votes
//28 Jul 12, 2008 03:28 PM | posted by: Christley - hey, WE all of our comments, we Apprieciate this, coz we have succed our assighnments and PROJECT, LUCK GO LUCK!.. jejeje, TNX alot@!
- 60 votes
//27 Jul 10, 2008 10:37 AM | posted by: samia laiqat - thats great............. maens to say nothing is far from human being's approach. well done. keep it up.
- 73 votes
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- 62 votes
//23 May 10, 2008 08:04 PM | posted by: Raghunath - Thank you for a very good informtion.Looking forward to a day when the entire ceiling of the home gives off light instead of a lamp.
- 68 votes
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i like it. - 66 votes
//21 Apr 28, 2008 09:43 PM | posted by: Indra - wht kind of script is this itzz so boring i didnt learn anything to tell yew tha truth.'....lol
- 68 votes
//20 Apr 19, 2008 06:45 AM | posted by: kate - ...nice idea...be sure that it wil be effective...cans with moving pictures.... cool...
- 60 votes
//19 Mar 16, 2008 09:55 AM | posted by: benj hamoy - is this a fact? coz i found it in the internet how could you be convinced without even having a photo or something?
- 54 votes
//18 Mar 07, 2008 06:14 PM | posted by: Unknown - This is extremely useful for my project that im doing now. appreciate it
- 46 votes
//17 Mar 06, 2008 09:03 AM | posted by: ABBY - I LIKE IT!
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//16 Feb 22, 2008 03:34 AM | posted by: clayton's kitchens - wat about having a kitchen temperature device?
- 46 votes
//15 Feb 17, 2008 04:18 PM | posted by: Edward_35 - sir, This is great for my reporting in school and this invention helped me a lot thank you sir....:)
- 58 votes
//14 Feb 12, 2008 10:00 AM | posted by: israel - sir, can i have any article about your invention? just a little bit. this for my thesis in our school. here's my email address
- 44 votes
//13 Feb 09, 2008 10:52 AM | posted by: myn - It was an amazing invention but i hop i can see a picture of it. maybe if there's a picture it will be a lot more interesting but it is still great!
- 50 votes
//12 Feb 04, 2008 05:40 AM | posted by: reyj - great job.....
- 50 votes
//11 Jan 21, 2008 10:05 AM | posted by: Unknown - shocks!!.. before there were no technologies but now almost all of our things are made up of technologies..maybe one day the green trees, cystal-like ocean, the sweet voices of birds will disappear..
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//10 Jan 09, 2008 04:13 PM | posted by: jerricson - it was an awesome invention... but for sure, less people would be able to acquire such products. since it was new in the int'l market... it will cost too much and few people will patronize it... leaving the company who produces such goods gain its large losses.
- 45 votes
//9 Dec 22, 2007 12:27 PM | posted by: Name - -"do we really want criminals to get their hands on the device????"
Sigh, that didn't take long.
Time to refill that Valium script there buddy. - 58 votes
//8 Dec 17, 2007 05:50 AM | posted by: Bray - nice!!!keep on
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//7 Dec 06, 2007 04:39 AM | posted by: Unknown - it is exciting to have an extra ordinary shirt but im sure if this proposal will approve it will take also a high cost of money.
- 48 votes
//6 Oct 31, 2007 08:03 PM | posted by: jessi - i agree with the jessie below- do we really want criminals to get their hands on the device????
- 46 votes
//5 Oct 26, 2007 06:31 PM | posted by:
ROY [InfoTOT]
- Its really an awesome idea! Keep it up!
- 47 votes
//4 Aug 16, 2007 06:57 AM | posted by: jeason - new
- 64 votes
//3 Jun 20, 2007 11:00 AM | posted by:
grumbler [InfoMANIAC]
- A moving image of Sparten would be cool, or anything you want.
- 43 votes
//2 Apr 23, 2007 11:00 AM | posted by:
Patrick [InfoKID]
- Just think, you could have a T-shirt with a moving picture of Spider-man moving in a 3 sec clip. Or posters on you wall that do the same.
- 45 votes
//1 Apr 19, 2007 04:11 PM | posted by: Jessie - Kinda scary technology when you think about it.
More advanced forms of this technology could be used as full body suits to impersonate people etc.
Just a thought..
