From 2011...
From article, (We've long heard how OLEDs (organic light emitting diodes) are poised to change the home electronics market thanks to their energy efficiency, but what about large-scale applications like lighting up urban buildings and façades?
UrbanTiles, created by Israeli designer Meidad Marzan, offers a glimpse into how OLEDs could potentially light up our cityscapes, in the form of two-sided, reversible tiles that have photovoltaics on one side which collect sun energy during the day, and on the flip side, OLEDs which shine using that power at night. Assembled on a surface, this checkerboard of light-collecting and light-emitting tiles could change how our cities are lit at night.
Though the flexibility, brightness, thinness and low energy consumption of OLEDs make them a prime candidate for replacing other technologies, the only current obstacle is their high price. But green designers are envisioning them everywhere -- from cellphones, monitors, laptops, games, to even clothing and wallpaper. And earlier this summer, Mitsubishi created a visually-impressive 20-foot OLED globe at a Tokyo museum using 10,362 panels -- so it may be a matter of time before you may see it on a building near you.)
Me, "While OLEDs are still expensive, in a few more years time, (Maybe, 10-20 years. The timing really depends on how much an owner of a building is willing to spend.) we may actually be looking at skyscrapers with full OLEDs displays. Hell, if the Empire State Building can change the colors at its top and along its sides? There is no reason that one day the whole building, if not most buildings, could not be a computer controlled display."
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