You might be able to print your own light in the future.Ī few lighting companies are already working on Lightpaper applications that could hit the markets by mid-2015, but Smoot declined to disclose details about the companies involved. Other potential applications the company illustrated on its website included illuminating logos on mobile phones, lighting installations on walls, smart watches and wristband notifications. FROM EARLIER: Meet the amazing 174 gadget that lets. It could become a very common technology in the future that people would eventually be able to print and design their own lights. A company called Rohinni has come up with Lightpaper, which is a printable, paper-thin lighting solution that can be applied to any surface. The firm has shown off wallpaper, car logos and even snowboards with display using the paper built in. Todays lighting methods require soldering LED to circuit boards - now you can just print light on what you want. Light sources or bulbs are not required in Rohini's Lightpaper solution.Ī potential application for the paper thin LED is printing illuminating lampshades that would not require additional light sources or bulbs, Smoot said. US-based Rohinni, established in 2013, focuses on miniLED and microLED technologies for lighting and displays. The worlds thinnest light, it is printed and flexible, Rohini, the firm behind it says.

The diodes are randomly dispersed onto the material, and light up when connected to an electronic current, said the company’s Chief Executive Officer Nick Smoot. (All photographs courtesy of Rohini)Īccording to a Fast Company report, Rohinni is using ink and small LED lights to print “red blood cell” sized diodes onto a conductive layer. Lightpaper, billed as the thinnest LED lighting in the world. Lightpaper is billed as an innovative way to print lighting and apply it to any surface, in any shape and for any situation. 3.25/ea LED T8 Tubes 175W MH Equal LED Wall Pack Only 66.19 Standard Shaped LEDs only 0.99/ea LED Parking Lot Lights - Starting at 139 TCP LED Tubes - Starting at 2.

Rohinni, an Idaho-based company is introducing the world’s thinnest LED lighting, the Lighpaper.

Rohinni lightpaper