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OLED Gauntlet Fulfils Our Techno Hero Fantasies

Mark Wilson — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:30:00 +0000

Universal Display Corporation’s flexible OLED armband may be a bit bulky today, but just think, in a few years it’ll be bionically embedded in your arm to control your rocket pack and robo dog.

Wrist-Worn, Flexible OLED Out in the Wild

Sean Fallon — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:30:00 +0000

The Universal Display Corporation (UDC) have themselves a wrist-worn, flexible OLED prototype that they built with support from the US Department of Defence.

As you can see, the 4-inch screen looks a bit too unwieldy for practical use in the field, but the UDC believes that this technology will find a home with our military forces some time in the not to distant future (and in our mobile phones and other devices beyond that). In the meantime, they plan to bring a working model to CES, so at least a few lucky attendees will get a taste of our OLED future. [OLED Display]

Super Skinny OLED Display Is Thinner Than a Sheet of Paper

Gizmodo US Edition — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:00:00 +0000

If you thought OLEDs were thin already, researchers at the Universal Display Corporation (whose factory we visited last year) have made a flexible display that’s positively anorexic. The ultra-thin metal foil screen is less than 50 micrometers thin, which means it’s even thinner than a sheet of A4 paper. The UDC folks also claimed that their new invention exceeds the industrial target of 1,000 hours and the lifetime of conventionally sealed glass packaged OLEDs.

The researchers said they were able to get better lifetime ratings after identifying a flexible, highly impermeable barrier layer, which helps keep the OLED screen from degrading because of oxygen and water. Flexible, amazingly thin and with a very decent lifespan? It sounds like we’re two steps closer to handing out Young Lady’s Illustrated Primers. [AVS Symposium via Slashgear]