Paper-Thin Batteries To Juice Self-Powered OLEDs

This is some quick innovation. I love popsci, I can literally see the future unravel in front of me.

Great idea, but how do you put electrical energy into the battery? Solar power? Or has someone invented a technology for generating electricity from say, the flapping of the tent material in the wind or the movement of clothing on a person? If so, that's pretty exciting.

Two typos:
"Organic LEDs hold large promise..."
"The partnership binds GE with Power Paper, an Israeli company whose ink-based ..."

They said the paper batteries would be entering the market fairly soon. I didn't expect to see more on it 2 days later.

Too many people/businesses have become comfortable producing the same mediocre technology. It's good to see people push hard on better technology.

Why are we still driving internal combustion engines???

it's the "Big Auto/ Big Oil Conspiracy"... we still drive archaic vehicles so that we keep spending more money than the more recent tech would require. multi-billionaire CEOs need to eat too, you know.

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Lord knows we couldn't just kick anyone who has enough money to live comfortably for the rest of their life without doing anything in the ass and invest their money in new technology and heath-care. Then we'd be a bunch of d@#! socialist commies or something.

(I'm prepared for plenty of comments on my complete lack of knowledge on politics)

The possibilities of where this lighting can be used is endless. This is only the start.

How expensive is this power paper?

Chieffranky: I'm not going to comment on your political knowledge - my only question is why bring politics into the discussion at all? This is fascinating tech - perhaps such that will open new vistas for us all. If you create a cheap and useful power source you have the possibility of changing how the game is played. I haven't heard about actual output potentials on it yet - but imagine if it is viable and becomes so cheap that it is practically free. It is the sort of thing that COULD change our current paradigm.

I apologize. I was pretty tired when I posted that.

orgainig ig a worg...

Organic electronics is the technology of using organic (non metallic with the usual sense of it) materials to build conductive, for electrons, devices.

They still suffer from durability (average life time less than 5 years), efficiency and flexibility of the device.

Nevertheless, it is a disruptive technology with great economic potential and I am sure the R&D will be continued.

OLEDs are not only for lights and screens. They may transform the currently silicon based electronic industry with flexible and low cost devices. (carbon is much more abuntant than silicon). Example for OLEDs are photovoltaics, intergrated circuits, everything that today is made by polymers can be replaced by OLED and be tranformed to a smart device that will be able to transmit information.
(imagine plastic bags with movie images like those in sci fi films).

Consider the implications of the above!

I expect the first efficient, low cost devices around 2015.

Another innovation that will probably never see the public, like the $.25 per watt solar cells print like newspaper, where are they?

I do not now what can i do next.

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This is a good new article, however I personally believe we should be seeking more reliant solar powered lighting rather than small batteries and paper thin tv's. If my house could run all of the appliance through smart technology and reduce the reliance on the grid and or batteries I would be a parent in bliss.

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Too many people/businesses have become comfortable producing the same mediocre technology. It's good to see people push hard on better technology.
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Why are we still driving internal combustion engines???

c'est le "Big Auto / Complot des grandes pétrolières» ... nous avons encore conduire des véhicules archaïques afin que nous garderions les dépenses plus d'argent que la technologie plus récente, il faudrait. PDG multi-milliardaire besoin de manger trop, vous le savez.

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Tämä on nopeita innovaatioita. Rakastan popsci, voin kirjaimellisesti nähdä tulevaisuudessa purkaa edessäni

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