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OLEDs were sold to us as being cheaper and better than traditional LEDs, but they hit a bottleneck on the way to market: The high price of production. Partly the big price tag was due to indium tin oxide, which is used as an electrode in these energy-saving lights - and which is added to them via a painstaking, expensive process. A new method could simplify that process, producing OLEDs in a way that "faster, easier and cheaper." More »
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Mysterious lights are seen at sunset and during the night. They reappear again and again, in all kinds of weather conditions, causing no damage. What could they be? Have you seen them? More »
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Under certain circumstances, sound waves can generate light. Find out which circumstances, explore the debate about how the phenomenon works, and learn how to make your own sonoluminescence generator. More »
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These flowers dangle delicately, but you cannot pluck them. They're made of precision-etched metal, and contain an electrified light source. More »
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Ever wanted to give your inner sanctum sanctorum some flickering evil genius style lighting? That mad scientist's lair you've been silently constructing in the basement can now have ready-made lighting, complete with brass fixtures, tube lights, and skull knobs. Gothic Glow has made it much easier to have steampunk-style filaments burning in your house, so instead of spending that time working on the lights, you can devote it to your doomsday device, or your mechanical suit of self-aware armor. More »
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A designer collective called Electric MoOns has created what they called "balloon ballet"—an installation of 100 balloons bunched together in a LED-lit grid in a pitch dark room. It is, its creators believe, the world's largest 3D balloon display, and when it's not floating eerily in its multi-ovular matrix, it does a kind of flash dance—dubbed "Atom"—that goes along with some trippy music and a light show. More »
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