'The tiny diodes are about the size of a red blood cell, and randomly dispersed on the material. 'That object is then sandwiched between two other layers and sealed,' he said. Tyler Hayes in Fast Company wrote about their mixing ink and tiny LEDs together and printing them out on a conductive layer. 'All we know is that we're trying to unlock the ability to create light.'

'With Lightpaper it's more of a platform of light that we don't even know how it's going to be used,' said Smoot in Fast Company. The technology could be illuminating logos on products, such as mobile phones, installing lighting on your wall, or a wearable wristband flashing the time and message notifications. 'Right now we are printing the light, but we are going to be putting that back in the hands of the people.'Īpplications in mind? While their answer is 'endless markets,' limited only by the imagination, they give illustrated examples on their website. 'You will be able to design and print you own light,' he said. 'Anywhere there is a light, this could replace that.' He also said that eventually people will be able to print their own at home. Using a proprietary process, that solution is printed on a substrate.' He also stressed in that encounter that its application potential was endless, Smoot said they were thinking about printing lamp shades-the lamps would not need light bulbs.

When a charge is sent through it, it glows like a gleaming portal.' Last month, in CDAPress (The Coeur d' Alene Press), Nick Smoot, chief marketing officer, said the best way to describe Lightpaper was that it is 'a mix of LEDs and ink. Popular Science described Lightpaper as 'a paper-thin light-emitting square.

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