Saturday, 22 November 2008

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Similar things happen when you want to launch software using dedicated shortcut keys (as displayed above). This is a real gift for gamers, as it makes it so much easier to assign keys and then not haplessly hunt around for the right one while your enemy descends upon you.

One thing is for sure; we aren’t going to see OLEDs in mainstream usage anytime soon. They will probably be used in places where power efficiency is higher rated than long life such as cell phones or backlights for LCD panels.

Furthermore, we could perhaps see OLEDs everywhere - from the light bulbs in your house to fancy T-shirts with neon lights you can wear to your favorite hotspot and make your friends feel inadequately lit. The possibilities are endless once the technology takes off for mainstream usage.

Want to roll up your TV screen once you’ve watched your favorite movie? Sure thing, with OLED, your display will be thin and flexible enough to allow you just that. We already have cameras from manufacturers like Kodak that employ OLED instead of the regular LCD viewfinders; so OLED is starting to make appearance in sophisticated technologies with a promise for a bright future.

If we could combine the displays with paper-thin computing, just think of the kind of notebook we could have. I would love to be able to carry my notebook neatly folded away in my wallet. Of course, all of this is really far off in the future, but it could be a possibility if OLED becomes affordable for the most advanced generation of products ever witnessed by anyone.



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