Nine Hot Consumer Technologies You Can't Ignore
Like it or not, these much-discussed technologies are going to have a significant impact on your IT department.
OLED Screens
Thin! Bright! Efficient! Coolness!
OLED makes displays a lot more flexible.
We've been waiting years for super-thin, ultra-bright, power-efficient organic light emitting diodes (OLED) to give us screens on everything from sidewalks to T-shirts. Well, we're a long ways from watching cartoons on the back of the cereal box in the morning, but large OLED screens do seem to be around the corner. Sony announced plans for 2007 OLED-based TV launches, and Universal Display Corporation (one of Sony's OLED partners) is talking about roll-up OLEDs that live in a small tube you could tuck in a pocket.
Why You Should Care: The IT potential—should these screens get cheap enough—is huge, as is the "Get me one of those" factor the first time your CEO sees one of your competitors using OLED in an oh-so-marketing-friendly way.
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