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LED Breakthrough Could Result In Giant Blade Runner-Style Displays

Skyscrapers could become the monitors of tomorrow.

That dystopian future just edged a little closer… Researchers at the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology have created a new super race of LEDs that might possibly take over the world. Well, not quite, but electronics company Samsung announced on Monday that their researchers have made a breakthrough in LED technology that could allow for “super-sized LEDs using glass [and plastic] substrates”.

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Although the commercial availability of the technology is still ten years away, it will mean that window panes will be able to double as display screens, so you could hook your computer up to your home windows and beam cat videos to the neighbors or use them for lighting, turning your house into a UVA-style structure. "In ten years, window panes will double as lighting and display screens, giving personality to buildings," says a Samsung researcher who worked on the project.

[via The Next Web]