In the recently started ‘So-Light’ project eleven German companies and research institutes work closely together on OLEDs. The goal is to reach a leading position in the fast growing worldwide OLED market. The 14.7 Million Euro project is also financially supported by the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research).

LG want to start OLEDs might cost 2.1 times the price of an LCD.
LG says the company plans to launch LED and OLED display options in the next couple of months. "OLED should be here by end of 2009." Commenting on prices, he says, "LED-backlit displays might be 1.6 times the cost of present generation LCDs, whereas OLEDs might cost 2.1 times the price of an LCD." As part of its marketing strategy, LG attempted to prove that the In-Plane Switching technology has the advantage of a touch screen.

If you've seen the movie "Minority Report" and marvelled at the transparent computer screens used by Tom Cruise, you'll appreciate what German researchers have concocted in their labs: entirely transparent OLED (organic light emitting diode) pixels.

The researchers, located at the Technical University of Braunschweig, are claiming the development to be a world's first.