Transparent Light Origami

Universal Display's Transparent Light Origami (TLO) is an intuitive demonstration of additive color http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive_color and how a white OLED lighting panel is created. The OLED device is made from 16 triangular, transparent, glass PHOLED panels that, when turned on, glow either red, blue, or green but remain transparent. When turned off the panels are clear. Each panel is connected to the next via a friction hinge, which is similar to the hinge on a laptop screen. This allows the structure to be folded and bent into an endless variety of shapes.

The design of the TLO was inspired by the observation that colors emitted by overlapping transparent PHOLED panels combine in an additive way, as is the case with overlapping PHOLED materials in an OLED panel. Red and green produces yellow, red and blue produces magenta, etc. All three colors overlapping produce white light. As illustrated by the TLO, when overlapping layers of red, green and blue PHOLED materials are sandwiched within a single panel, white light is emitted.

The PHOLED panels are made using breakthrough technology and materials, called phosphorescent OLEDs, which enable highly energy-efficient light emission. Today, Universal Display's proprietary phosphorescent OLED technology and materials are used in OLED displays that can be found in popular smartphones, digital cameras and other portable electronics. PHOLEDs are also enabling the development of white OLED lighting panels that may be more energy-efficient and could soon replace the use of incandescent and fluorescent tubes in specialty and general lighting applications.

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Awesome origami dance!!!