Green IT : Future of IT will be green alternatives

With technology gearing up to face the future major transformations are going on. Its an all new world with a different approach to change the effects that gases like CO2 are having and to make things better and eco friendly.

Initiatives have been taken in the IT sector and in the electronics sector with Investments being made to develop Products that are Environment Friendly.

LG recently presented its Laptop, an ecological laptop concept that uses fuel cell batteries and features organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display technology. This concept notebook received a Red Dot Award nomination for “Best Concept Design” for 2006. The batteries of the LG e-Book use natural gas, methanol, and other eco-friendly liquid fuels. The fuel is stored in a transparent cylindrical hinge. The LG’s future laptop uses organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels for display instead of the current liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. Unlike LCD, OLED does not need a frame around it, and it consumes less electricity. The keypad will also be made of a singe OLED panel, like the one used in LGs Chocolate Phone.

So the new buzz is the use of OLEDs. Currently, OLEDs are used in small-screen devices such as cell phones, PDAs and digital cameras.OLED’s are extremely flexible and have a wide viewing angle, low power and high contrast ratio. Viewing content on an OLED laptop will certainly be more entertaining then content on a normal OLED screen. Imagine rolling up your laptop and storing it in your pocket until you get to your local cafe where you can unroll and use it instantly!

So lets get started by understanding the concept of OLED and how it will storm the market and change the way Electronic Products look and work.

OLED !!

Imagine having a high-definition TV that is 80 inches wide and less than a quarter-inch thick, consumes less power than most TVs on the market today and can be rolled up when you’re not using it. What if you could have a “heads up” display in your car? How about a display monitor built into your clothing? These devices may be possible in the near future with the help of a technology called organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs).

OLEDs are solid-state devices composed of thin films of organic molecules that create light with the application of electricity. OLEDs can provide brighter, crisper displays on electronic devices and use less power than conventional light-emitting diodes (LEDs) or liquid crystal displays (LCDs) used today.

That was a little sneak peak on the world of OLED. There are a number of useful resources on internet to gain an insight into the working of OLEDs.

Several companies have already built prototype computer monitors and large-screen TVs that use OLED technology. In May 2005, Samsung Electronics announced that it had developed a prototype 40-inch, OLED-based, ultra-slim TV, the first of its size [source: Kanellos]. And in October 2007, Sony announced that it would be the first to market with an OLED television.

Research and development in the field of OLEDs is proceeding rapidly and may lead to future applications in heads-up displays, automotive dashboards, billboard-type displays, home and office lighting and flexible displays. Because OLEDs refresh faster than LCDs — almost 1,000 times faster — a device with an OLED display could change information almost in real time. Video images could be much more realistic and constantly updated. The newspaper of the future might be an OLED display that refreshes with breaking news (think “Minority Report”) — and like a regular newspaper, you could fold it up when you’re done reading it and stick it in your backpack or briefcase.

The future cerainly belongs to OLED enabled devices and this will further help in achieving better things but not at the cost of Environment.