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Could Glowing Walls Replace the Light Bulb?
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Recently released by the Times Online, a government body that supports low-carbon technology believes that we may be using light-emitting wallpaper rather than light bulbs by 2012. The walls are coated with a chemical that can illuminate all parts of a room with an even glow that mimics sunlight and avoids the shadows and glares of conventional light bulbs.
OLED wallpaper
The chemicals require an electrical current to be stimulated in order to produce light. However, the voltage on this current will be extremely low, energy efficient, and leaving the walls safe to the touch. The walls will be equipped with dimmer switches to control the brightness of the room.
The chemical coating can be applied in the form of a specially treated wallpaper, or it can be easily painted directly onto walls. This can also be used for flat-screen TVs, computers, and mobile devices.
Lomox, a company that is developing the organic light-emitting diode technology, was recently granted £454,000 to produce the technology by The Carbon Trust. The Trust believes that it this technology will be two and a half times more efficient than current energy saving bulbs and that the usage of the wallpaper could make a big dent in Britain’s carbon emissions and their goal of reducing 34% by 2020.
Because the wallpaper requires such low amounts of energy, it can be powered by solar panels or batteries. Lomox believes that the technology could also be used to illuminate road signs or barriers where there is no means of electricity.
While it may seem as though this technology provides limited household lighting accommodations, Ken Lace, the chief executive of Lomox believes that the light will provide all types of potential for how we decide to décor our homes.
LEDs have been available for several years now, but concerns regarding cost and durability prevented further development. Lomox provides a much cheaper process and has discovered a combination of chemicals that aren’t vulnerable to the same oxidation that shortened the life span of organic LEDs.
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