Nanotech BSU

OLEDs:

The 'Optimus' keyboard has tiny OLED screens embedded in each key, allowing it to display context information on the fly. In Photoshop? You've got Photoshop icons, complete with alt functions.



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German scientists have figured out how to make organic LEDs that are transparent.With transparency, a display could be illuminated from the back or front. That means the OLEDs could be embedded into laminated glass—that means a car windshield, or even the windows in an office building, could offer a clear view out but also be turned into display panels when needed.




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This is a little 3 Button Keyboard that uses programmable OLED screens as buttons. So you can put icons of your favorite apps on their faces, and launch them by punching down. The USB keyboard's little screens can even show dynamic images like live webcam feeds, CPU usage, and the time. And, since there are only three buttons, you'll want to make good use of the 6 presets that you can hotkey through. The screens are 20 by 20mm each, and have a resolution of 96 by 96 pixels. Only a 3fps refresh on those keys, so no video. Sorry. Keys are 30 by 30mm, each.




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FOLED, which stands for Flexible Organic Light Emitting Diodes, can be placed on other flexible material like plastic or metallic foil. It offers an improvement over regular LCDs that need to be built on glass substrate. Video at the link below...

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/flexible-oled-video-demo-reminds-us-of-the-80s-only-more-flexible-195645.php


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Samsung has figured out a way to make HDTVs even thinner by combining OLED and active-matrix LCDs. The innovation eliminates the backlight, the thickest part of a flat panel, thus shaving it down to an iPod nano-esque 12mm thick. The 1600x1200 demo unit's 17-inch screen is shaped in the old-fashioned 4x3 aspect ratio and eeks out a lame 1000:1 contrast ratio. This AMOLED (active-matrix organic light emitting diode) technology is promising, already being used in cellphones and PMPs by Samsung, and it's high time it were scaled up for the big screens.