You need to make this happen. This is a great idea. The article claims similar technology was patented a few years ago. This needs to happen as soon as possible. Regardless of the environmental benefits from needing less electricity from the wall, the extended battery life would be phenomenal. One of the biggest limited factors on all small, portable technology is the battery.
Seriously, take out your phone, open the battery compartment and take out the battery. Unless you have an iPhone, or any other apple product... then you probably can't take out the battery. They suck like that. Anyways, compare the battery to the rest of the phone. Keep in mind that some of that volume of the phone is just the metal/plastic/whatever casing, and then there's the screen itself. Now how much volume is left that actually contains the processor and the other "computer" like components. Pretty small huh? On my phone that's actually smaller than the battery.
So technology like this in the screen means tons of improvement in phones. Longer battery life, of course. But not just that, it means the phones can be better. Sure, we could have a battery that lasts three weeks... but that's unnecessary. Instead, we can shrink the battery, leaving more space for the processor and stuff. Plus, more powerful processor means it needs more power, but that has to be limited so the battery doesn't die in an hour. Longer lasting batteries mean that's less of an issue to.
And the article is unclear, but it sounds like it might also be able to charge off of other ambient light, not just from the LEDs themselves, which could mean that the battery could last indefinitely, unless you only use it in the dark.
Basically, it's awesome and I would pay significantly more for a phone that could "magically" last insanely long or forever. Worrying about running out of battery when I'm out is inconvenient and limits my use of the phone.
Do this now please.
-SF
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