The Digital Measuring Paper is a new way to measure the remaining power in batteries. Designed by Wang Gang, the device features a soft/ flexible OLED screen and a paper-thin IC. See more pictures after the jump. Read more
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Some scientists from Philips Research have successfully developed the first-ever organic light emitting diode (OLED) module that can be powered directly from a mains electricity supply. This new prototype opens the door to OLED systems that can be directly plugged into standard power outlets without the need for bulky power management circuitry. The company will release more details about this new AC-powered OLED display in the near future. Stay tuned for more updates. [Geeky-gadgets]
Konica Minolta is ready to release the world’s first flexible OLED lights sometime later this year. Konica Minolta utilizes a PEN/ITO substrat from Sumitomo chemical. The lifetime of these flexible OLED sheets are about 3000 hours, while the brightness level is 1000 cd/m². Too bad, the pricing info is still unavailable at this time. We will keep you posted. [OLED-Display]
Looks like Samsung’s 14- and 31-inch OLED panels will drop sometime in the net 2 years. According to Woo-Jong Lee, VP Marketing at Samsung SDI states that the medium and large size displays like monitors, laptops, and TVs will get the OLED treatment in 2009 and 2010. Samsung expects to produce about 3 million OLED panels in 2009 for a goal of 6 million in 2010. Hopefully this plan follows through. [Digitimes]
