LEDs and OLEDs on CNN "10 technologies to watch"

LEDs and OLEDs on CNN \"10 technologies to watch\"

Just saw this on CNN:

"Consumer electronics
OLEDs: Organic light-emitting diodes are brighter and use less power than normal light-emitting diodes. (They rely on carbon with nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen elements -- thus, the "organic" tag.) They're perfect for screens on cell phones, digital cameras, and camcorders, and even for a new crop of affordable flat-panel monitors.

Lighting
LED lightbulbs: LEDs will outrun obsolescence by moving into the home. Philips is already pushing its Luxeon line of LED lightbulbs, which can last 10 to 50 times as long as incandescent bulbs while consuming 80 percent less energy."

Pretty cool!

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/12/23/bus2.feat.tech.towatch/index.html

Re: LEDs and OLEDs on CNN \"10 technologies to watc

Cool stuff. Up until now I didn't know that there was a Luxeon "bulb" besides those offered by Everleds.

Re: LEDs and OLEDs on CNN \"10 technologies to watch\"

On that same page was:
"Micro fuel cells: Japan's largest wireless phone carrier, NTT DoCoMo, plans to introduce cell phones powered by miniature fuel cells -- which run on hydrogen or methanol -- late next year. Look for them to also show up as expensive add-ons for high-end laptops"

Combine one of these with the next gen LS (10W maybe?) and we are talking one serious flashlight! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif I can't wait!