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An enterprising young designer from the Netherlands has invented what has to be the ultimate in home illumination – light emitting wallpaper.
Hmm, from looking at the pic above, I'm guessing he's not too excited about it - Techradar goes on to explain some of the contruction elements -
"The base material is made from a commercially available product that’s manufactured by a number of companies. What I have done, though, is to apply that technology in a different way."Delving deeper, Samson revealed that the wallpaper is constructed by "sandwiching" a number of layers together that combine to produce light:
"The back layer is a silver-based solution that conducts electricity, while the layer above this contains phosphorous pigments that light up. On top of this is a flexible, transparent ITO conductor layer, with regular wallpaper placed on top to act as the final, outwardly visual layer," he explained.
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Phosphorus? ITO?
Why not just use electroluminescent panels? I'm sure there're white ones out there...
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@thesamurai - Do i smell a remake?
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so, this being make and all.. how would one go about MAKING their own light up walls???
anyone, anyone?
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Funny. We get put in our place for expecting make to have substantial content, being told "not everyone is an expert." Yet it takes a fair bit of expertise to actually do something with the "wouldn't it be great for a remake" comments.
Me? I'd prefer laser cut window shades, and cheap wall coverings.
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@meh - cheer up! Thesamurai was the one who suggested an alternative method to constructing this light-up wallpaper - and hey, you're right - I'm not an expert on electroluminescence or wallpaper. I'm sure some of our readers must be though.
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@athousandleaves - from what I can google, electroluminescent panels are readily available and pretty easy to use but quite expensive. ~$90USD for a quality 8"x11" piece.
If you're interested in experimenting without breaking the bank you could try removing a somewhat dim version from a cheap light-up keyboard. I've done this myself and used it as a hacky bit of decoration in my office space - not very bright but still fun!
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so i found this distributor for "e-lite" EL stuffs.
http://www.luminousfilm.com/
sizes up to D (23 x 35 inches) for $450, or $850 with inverter.
yikes. a whole room could be upwards of $20k or more... crazy.
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