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GE Reveals OLED Design Concepts

by Melody Voith
July 13, 2009 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 87, Issue 28

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Credit: GE
Flexible OLEDs on safety outerwear.
Credit: GE
Flexible OLEDs on safety outerwear.

General Electric is working with design students from the Cleveland Institute of Art to create lighting applications for flexible, thin, organic light-emitting diodes. So far, they have presented ideas such as concealed under-shelf lighting for retailers' flexible advertising signs, illuminated stairs, light-up wallpaper, and light-enhanced safety outerwear for emergency personnel. GE expects to commercialize its first OLED products in late 2010 or 2011.

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