Organic light-emitting diode technology will be the next big thing in flat panel displays. Invented by Eastman Kodak in the early 1980s, OLED is made of small lumps of organic material that glow when electrical current is applied, a process known as electrophosphorescence.
When OLED is used to produce displays, the technology can produce self-luminous screens that don’t require a source of light like LCD or DLP (thus requiring less power), so manufacturers can obtain screens that are even thinner than LCD displays. Low resolution OLED displays can be printed on plastic, resulting in a cheap manufacturing process. Because of all this, OLED has started to replace LCD in handheld devices such as PDAs, MP3 players, and shavers.
One of the best aspects of OLED is that it will allow transparent, flexible screens. The US government is currently funding OLED research to produce a HUD that will allow soldiers to view through their helmets while receiving orders. Yes, the technology seen in Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and Minority Report is just around the corner.
OLED sounds like the holy grail of displays since it doesn’t have any of the drawbacks found in other flat panel technologies and has several advantages over them, such as increased brightness, faster response times and the screens are lighter, thinner, and consume less power.(from teambox.com)
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