As a new year has already come, a new development in the OLED technology is also expected to emerge. Here, it comes! Philips and BASF have recently collaborated to create a transparent OLED that also acts as a window when switched off. Combined with solar cells, the new OLED is also self-powered and energy-gathering, capable of generating electricity during the day and offering electricity in the night. So when you use it as the car roof in the day, the OLED will stay transparent, ensuring you a bright and open interior; while you switch it into an interior light during the night, however, the OLED then offers light with the energy it gathered in daytime.

Designer: Philips and BASF

Cleverly combining light and shadow together, the giant OLED mirror collaborated by rAndom International and Chris O’Shea would feel the human’s movement and thus to interact in the term of either light or mirrors. Stand still, and the panels act like mirrors, but when you’re on the move, the OLED pixels then light up. The other interacting type is totally different, as wherever you go would become mirrors with the left parts still act as light. It’s very magical, and now the You Fade to Light has been produced in a limited edition of just eight units, each is selling for €140,000. So if you don’t think it’s exciting enough to watch them in the video, you may consider getting home one such piece.

Designer: rAndom International & Chris O’Shea

The first high-efficiency OLED on plastic was claimed by researchers from the University of Toronto recently, which is deemed as an important development that may lead to more durable and “impact-resistant” displays. The flexible OLEDs were invented by adding 50-100 nm thin layer of tantalum oxide onto plastic, thus to achieve the same refractive index as that of heavy metal-doped glass. The new technology is believed to be producing OLEDs with a low cost, while promoting the efficiency and durability of OLEDs in the meanwhile.

Designer: Z.B. Wang, M.G.Helander

How to ensure the safety of your data stored within a hard disk drive? Our suggestion is to use the EZSAVE Lockdown USB 3.0 2.5″ HDD Enclosure. Once connected to your computers, the HDD enclosure will ask you to key in a four to eight digit pin with its OLED touchscreen, and the digit pin is expected to keep your data safe without the worry that somebody may decode it. The device features AES 256bit drive encryption, which is also used by the central government of the United States, so it is really reliable to store your data within it.

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With this magnetic OLED wallpaper, you can say goodbye to the ugly light bulbs. Not only featuring a nicer look, the OLED lighting is also more energy-efficient, 2.5 times more than compact fluorescent bulbs. In other words, the OLED wallpaper is about as powerful as other lighting devices, but requiring merely 3 to 5 Volts to power the OLED film. But the most exciting new may be that you won’t wait for too long to use these wallpaper to decorate your room, coz they’ll hit the market in just two years.

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Compared with the ‘Portable Printer for Laptop‘ we introduced before, the ‘Stick POP’ is much smaller in size and easily fits in your handbags. Measuring 23 cm long and 6 cm wide, the pocket printer also features an OLED screen on the bar to display the printing status. Simply connect it to your computer (or other devices) via USB, and then you can easily have your documents printed!

Designer: Jihun Kang, Youngho Lee, Jieun Lee & Changsu Lee

Exactly speaking, it is actually the display rather than the whole laptop that is transparent. Announced by its creator Samsung, the transparent screen also allows you to see other items behind it when using the laptop. Does that really make any sense? I mean, you may not accommodate multiple viewpoints. Even so, the concept still sounds cool and perfect to most guys. Announced by Samsung, these 14-inch transparent OLED displays will be in the shops in less than 12 months. Let’s wait and see!

Human Media Lab at Queen’s University in Ontario has developed these interactive OLED gaming tiles, which are surely to challenge current toys on the market. By connecting different tiles to each other, you can easily change the gaming background and participant members. And for extra fun, you can flip the tiles to create some unique effects: for example, when you flip the tile full with water to another tile, the water will flow into that tile, just as you can see from the picture on the right side.

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The further we move on, the more acutely we feel that we kids born in the 80s are the fortunate generation, as we had rather an unforgettable time before cell phones, computers and players came to us. We had boom boxes those days, and we do miss them a lot. Still luckily, we now could have them back, in a new form. Look at these MP3 players, they’re portable devices with OLED screens and support MP3/WMA/WAV audio formats.

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Designer by the name of Yichun Chuang poetically brings out the relationship between the stones and the road. Appearing in the Seoul Green Project, the so-called ‘Luna Piedra’ (which means moonstone in Spanish) has drawn much attention, as they look extraordinarily beautiful, giving out soft and splendid light in the night. Moreover, equipped with a tiny nano generator, these OLED stones also generate power by water currents, without heating up the water or resulting any pollution.

Designer: Yichun Chuang

Simplicity is the main character we have seen from the innovative OLED clock. Totally four OLED figures included, each of them is powered by an independent energy source and control panel. And when the evening falls, the most exciting thing happens. The clock displaying black numbers during the day time then shows the time with white figures, allowing you a convenient use in the dark. And that is based on the embedded luminance sensor, indeed.

Designer: Vadim Kibardin

Well, forgive my ignorance, but who can tell me how could such a big OLED screen be hidden in the tiny triangular MP3? It’s really magic. Conceived by designer Lisa Kohanski, the Tripod MP3 Player could be transformed into a movie player if you pull the two halves apart. More amazingly, the movie player could also be remotely used with the MP3 control.

Designer: Lisa Kohanski

Those who love BlackBerry are sure to love the Allerta impulse, a new supporting device that displays all the alerts received by your BlackBerry. The device comprises a 1.3 inch OLED display, Bluetooth 2.0, a glass lens, a vibrating motor, a micro-USB port, and a 150 mAh li-ion battery. Unluckily, Allerta impulse won’t be ready to assist you with those BlackBerry affairs until February, 2010, so please wait patiently for it.

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Believe me that you wouldn’t mind waiting for a few years to own a futuristic laptop like the Roll-Top, though it’s just a concept product at present. Due to the soft OLED technology, this laptop is a flexible display that unrolls into a multi-touch 17-inch laptop. As it could be rolled up conveniently, Roll-Top is more portable.

This hanging OLED screen can help you read the fundamental information the first time you open your eyes in the morning. Besides, for lovers, they also can read the sweet words of their sweethearts. How cool! It promises to improve your life in quite a unique way.

Life is all about choices, and the OLED DIY wall decoration now provides you with a new one. As it allows you to paint on the decoration glass freely, you can redesign it whenever you’re tired of the existing one. What makes the wall decoration unique may lie in its different appearances during the day, which looks hyaline in the daytime and turns to be colorized glass when it is charged in the night.

Designer: Shane Crozier

PS: OLED (Organic Light Emitting Display), which is called “dreamlike display”, is a new type of cell phone LCD and it shows some difference with the traditional LCD in display mode. On one hand, it makes use of the thin organic materials and glass coatings instead of backlights, so the organic materials will shine as the current passes by. On the other hand, the OLED display screen can be made miniature with a much bigger visual angle and saves up more electricity.

Except for the elastic USB connector, the latest USB from Ennova Co. is also equipped with an OLED screen which can show different colors to tell the correct fingerprints. So it’s the best helper to protect the data of your clients.

Specified information of the patent: US 7,462,044

As a matter of fact, the business card is not useful per se. What we really need is the contact information printed on it. This is the reason why we usually copy the name and the phone number on the telephone book.

However, this gadget can free you from those manuscript contact information. The built-in scanner can shot the picture of a standard business card and if you wanna check the information, you can get it through the OLED screen.

Designer: Sungwoo Park & Bongkun Shin

Incredible? It is hard for us to realize how difficult it is to make a screen as thin as a sharp knife. But it is true. If you have a chance to own a screen like this, please take care of your fingers to avoid being cut.

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It is said that this is the first OLED lamp in the world. It comes with 10 OLED panels; each has a light-emitting surface of 132* 33 millimeters and luminance of 1000 cd/m2.

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By combining OLEDs with transparent photovoltaic cells, another developing field, this new window can give you extra sunshine at night. Because of the high efficiency OLEDs, it can give you six hours of 60-watt shine after four hours of quite good sunshine.

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Sending SMS is a good way to communicate with your friends, but you might still remember the era of traditional letter. This innovative design allows you to send SMS and even E-mail by handwriting.

Data transformed via bluetooth between the digital pen and phone or computer. And the status is displayed on the built-in OLED screen.

Designer: Reuben Png

With a large glass surface area completely covered in a flexible OLED film, this concept car could provide wider view to guarantee your safety. Plus, it’s trunk could be changed into a suitcase.

Designer: Marc Kirsch

Put this circle under a bowl, you gonna read the weight from it’s OLED display. Moreover, this electronic device won’t need batteries or any other external source of electricity. The power would be generated while you twisting Boa open.

Designer: Martin Pråme

A 12.1 inch model at 2.88 mm width from Sharp and an 11 inch model at 3 mm from Sony have been launched on CEATEC 2007. The big difference between the two is Sharp continues to use LCD technology while Sony is pushing OLED. With a long history in LCD, Sharp continues to evangelize the future of the technology.

However, Sony is claiming a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio with a ship date of Dec. 1, 2007 at a price of 200,000 yen ($1,734 US), while Sharp claims only 2000:1 while not releasing a ship date or pricing. Which one do you like?

Wanna play music, please first spin the interface OLED display to correct the distorted images, OR you can’t enjoy your music.

Designer: Sung-kyu Nam

The new OLED display technology from LG Philips could dramatically reduce the cost.

The opaque oil would float on the water and obscure a colored surface beneath — when an electric charge was applied to the field it would reveal the surface and change the color of the pixel. This process is simple and cheap.

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This 2.5-inch full color flexible OLED display is only .3mm thick. It’s pretty cool. You can even blend it like a plastic piece. Video after the jump.