Print light – LED photo paper prints and adheres to any surface.
From "let light be born" to "let light be printed", as now even light can be printed. The American company Rohinni based in Idaho has presented an innovative product, Lightpaper , which is a new approach to lighting. It is a very thin paper that emits LED and which, once printed, can be adapted to almost any surface, taking its shape.
A company spokesperson said the best way to describe Lightpaperis that it is "a mixture of LEDs and ink. Using a special process, the solution is printed onto a substrate."
The potential applications seem limitless and are limited only by the imagination. “Wherever there is light, the new product could replace it,” according to Rohinni. From light-up wallpaper on walls to printed luminous logos on products.
The company's marketing manager Nick Smoot estimated that eventually one could print the light they need in their own home. "You'll be able to design and print your own light. At the moment we're doing that, but we're going to give people the ability to do that themselves," he said.
" Lightpaper is a light platform, which we don't yet know how it's going to be used. What we do know is that we're trying to 'unlock' the possibility of creating light," he added.
The tiny photodiodes are about the size of a red blood cell and are scattered throughout the ink. The substrate onto which the ink and LEDis a material that is a good conductor of electricity. When current passes through the printed material, which is shaped like a square, like a postage stamp, it lights up.
Already some companies - unnamed - are working on applications of Lightpaper and the first products may appear on the market in 2015.
Light -emitting diodes, once limited to small bulbs on electronic devices, are gradually evolving into a new and increasingly popular lighting category, expected to reach a turnover of 30 billion dollars by 2025. Large companies, such as Philips, have long been actively engaged in the exploitation of LED to bring new products to the market.
Source: protothema.gr
