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OLED Wallpaper: Who needs a window?
Toshiba is working on an ultra-thin OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) display that could be used to wallpaper your home, turning any wall into a huge TV.
From Toshiba:
"The wallpaper uses light that has been redirected by an ultra-fine grating that is fabricated by self-assembled nano particles." Also according to Toshiba, it's several years from commercial production.Damn — I want it now. Lenses will amplify the light, and brightness levels close to more traditional TVs will be possible with nanotechnology. Entire rooms could be covered with a floor-to-ceiling glow. Instead of picking a permanent color palette for a room, set one for your mood at the moment. Don't paint a static mural in your kid's room, just install this and keep moving murals playing all day long. Keep a sunny day in your kitchen, all winter long. Or just use it as the world's biggest badass TV. That works for me.
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Inventor Spot via Geeky Gadgets
By ghost at 6:10 PM ON 02/25/09
Seems like the beginnings of a primitive holodeck.
By Goth Starangel at 7:00 PM ON 02/25/09
Fahrenheit 451, here we come....
By centenium at 10:02 PM ON 02/25/09
My cube wall will be so awesome.
By Al at 12:25 AM ON 02/26/09
I can look forward to pulling out the remote and clicking on a wall like in Total Recall to change the outdoor scenery and watch a high def Watchmen with friends...in a few years.
By thexfile at 3:02 AM ON 02/26/09
it's something i've been telling my parents the last 2 years and young architekts i work withe.
in fackt withe the new oled printable ink it should be possible....
maby a bit expensive but posible.
only thing so far i guessed was that you need some sort of conection and box to link the panels up and to create 1 big picture or several differant.
the fackt i like like about this is yes the "holodeck" experiance or the cube in "sunshine".
but i see the aplication also in bringing "natural" lighting into place without having wal / cyling mounted fixtures.
thus giving a more natual feeling , and maby a creepy one where you dont realy notice where the light is coming from.
it wil save energie , in making / changing papers or painting / lighting.
but if we make every wall in every room an "oled wall" then i gues we would consume the same or even more energie.
therfore i see more aplications on :
- cylings
- under cabinets
- in cabinets
- on the back of doors
etc.
not counting the grapical things you could do withe it.... becouse that would be endles...
but i find it funny that everybody thinks of the "holo deck"
where i see better more realistic comparison , that then was made up to be "silly" but now can come treu.
yes i'm a "back to the future" fan.
and if you are 2 you can remember those nice roolup blinds that boasted "the scenery chanel bringing you views 24h a day"
then it was silly , but strange that withing my liftime such a thing could be realety....
but i gues i should not be that surprised as when i am old i hope to tel my grand children i saw so many things change ;-)
By Dexmac at 12:42 PM ON 02/26/09
I think a fair portion of the population would probably start vomiting from motion sickness.
By blaine at 11:12 PM ON 03/05/09
it reminds me of the short story "The Veldt" by ray Bradbury. Very creepy stuff
By Raehtik at 6:11 PM ON 03/11/09
I think I will call mine a "Parlor".
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